The "Duck Race" - the Havre de Grace YC Invitational - was cancelled due to excess wind, but they kept the dinner scheduled for Saturday night. We were already on Grace down at Worton Creek Friday morning when we learned the news, so we decided to sail up to Havre de Grace on Friday instead. NE15-20 with gusts to 25 - 2nd reef - beating all the way - 34.7nm to cover 20. It was fun! Tidewater generously offered us free dockage for two nights to boot.
Sunday, Dobbs and I blasted on a beam reach over to the Sassafras River and anchored in the lee of the cliffs west of Ordinary Point. NE20-25, rain, fog.
Monday - back home to "the barn" at Worton Creek Marina. NE25 with higher gusts - 3rd reef in main, 2nd in jib, rain, chilly. Saw AJ Meerwald and Brilliant - two schooners staging for the race next week.