Today's Red Baron crew
Out for a practice sail on Red Baron to get some details back together prior to the next Wednesday night race. Pleasant but gusty conditions made for great weather to test the newly repaired #3, and we set off upwind to the bridge to put the boat through her paces. It took me about 10 minutes to get my feel for the helm back as I hadn't driven the boat in nearly a month. We rounded the bridge and set off on a nice pleasant broad reach to have some lunch on the way back down the river. The boat became overpowered a couple times, and I had to interrupt my sandwich eating to keep her on a steady course. We continued sailing downwind out into the Bay, and then put in a couple upwind tacks to head home. A beautiful day on the water with some good opportunities to get tuned up and ready to skipper the boat again.