Flying!
Out into Chester
Reefed headsail
It was a brisk day - in the high 40's, very low 50's but sunny. Nice winds from the Northwest 10-15 with some bigger gusts. Got out of the slip and as soon as I left the Lankford Bay Marina area, turned back to get up the main. Thought about reefing, but decided to leave out a full main and just reef the headsai - which worked very well - the boat had a nice balance to her. Flew down Langford Creek and into the Chester sailing on a beam reach down to the Chester River channel bouy 11 - off of the tip of Eastern Neck Island. That was about 7 nautical miles in an hour - quite a feat for a sailboat that has a max speed (according to the formula) of 6.7 knots!! After I made the turn to head back, the wind slowed a bit, but still moving well - but on a bit more of a close reach. Wind began picking up again up near Grays Inn Creek and into Langford Creek, so I had to re-furl (reef) the headsail (a 150 Genoa) so as not to be overpowered. Lovely sail - lovely day. Only one other boat out - and that was a powerboat!