Highs were in the upper 50's low 60's. Mostly Cloudy. Winds out of the south starting off at 5-10, but quickly went up to 10-15. No real gusts - pretty stead. Barometer 30.21 steady.
Set off around 11:30 out of Lankford Bay marina. Didn't even try to get the main up until I had rounded day mark 7 in Langford Creek as the winds were picking up and the direction was not conducive to raising it ealier. Kept the engine on until I got to the Long Cove day beacon (no. 3) in Langford Creek where put out a reefed Genoa (roller furling) set to about the size of a jib, and turned off the engine. With the reefed headsail, I had good control of the boat in winds ranging from 12 to 19 knots. Stayed on a close haul and made good velocity until getting to the Langford Creek Junction Light out in the Chester, and then I moved to a beam reach sailing back and forth between Gordon Point outside of Reed Creek and Ringgold Point outside of Church Creek. Finally decided to head back, so turned into the wind with the furled headsail out... dropped the main, and then unfurled the headsail to the full 150 Genoa and had a wonderful run back up the Chester, Langford Creek and into Davis creek where I rolled it in, turned on the engine and headed back into the slip. A fun day - even though it wasn't sunny