March 26 - Sail with Crew

Trip dates: 
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Trip length: 
1 day
Type of watercraft: 
Sail

Was a lovely day - was 52 when we got to the boat and got up above 60 before the day was over. Barometer was at 29.97 and falling slightly - Winds out of the west and were at 10-16 knots most of the day, except for about 15 minutes when they fell off.  Left Lankford Bay Marina about 11:00 or so... first mate had a tough time leaving the slip as well as getting the main sail up, but with the Captains help, managed to get it up before heading down Langford creek on a close/beam reach. We furled the headsail to a jib just to keep us well balanced - and that worked nicely.Headed down the Chester staying primarily in the basin area between church, grays inn, reed, and Langford creek just having some fun on a nice springy day. Wind dropped off right about 2pm, so we turned back and unreefed the headsail, but the wind filled in again and we were a bit overpowered with a 150 genoa out. Had a nice breeze all the way back up the Chester and into Langford creek before dousing the sails as we headed into Davis Creek and Lankford Bay marina.  A lovely spring sail with the First Mate!!