Recruited a friend from the club to venture out for a quick sail down to the vicinity of MRSA "C" and back.
We shoved off pre-set for a reefed main and with the tiny jib-top reacher hanked on. It was puffy. 8 to 18, puffs to 22 or so. More characteristic of a NW or N breeze, with the freqent boisterous puffs and big directional swings. Even with a grotty bottom and just the jib up, we powered down to MRSA "H" in no time.
To work back, upwind, we put the reefed main up. The reef point significantly reduces sail area on this main. So it was comfy, even in the big puffs. We were impressed how well the boat did in significant breeze even with the lousy sheeeting angles I had set up with the jib top (outboard and not twinged down), not to mention how foul the boat's bottom is.
Bit of a screw-up when we got back on the mooring. Somehow some dunce (the skipper) had not kept one end of the bridal cleated. A slight surprise when Kris calmly called back, "Tim, we aren't on the mooring anymore." Quick motor start and slight entanglement with another mooring float and, with patience, we re-acheived the proper mooring pendant and made things ship-shape.
Rust. It does not sleep.