On the way to Still Pond - great winds so I decided to race this guy
Still Pond Creek - we motored with the dinghy to see what goes on in the creek
Sue came down for the weekend and we got a late start on a very cloudy day. Marty left earlier and communicated back that the wind in the bay was 10 knots from the NE. We motored past the airport and raised the sails. It was great sailing across the bay as we hit speeds of 7 knots with 12-15 knots of wind. Then we tacked and headed north until we ran out of water and tacked back. Finally after 1 more tack we dropped the sails and motored to the north side of Still Pond to anchor. We settled in and then deployed the dinghy and engine. We motored all the way back into Still Pond Creek and then Churn Creek. We traveled over 8 miles in about 3 hours. Then we had a quick swim in a light rain. After showers we had some appetizers and then pork loin on the grill with potatoes and salad. Finally hit the hay around 10 PM.
Sue was up early to close windows as rain was getting heavy. It rained until about 9 and when it slowed we decided to head back to Parkside. We grilled hot dogs first for lunch and then raised the anchor. We raised the Genoa once past most of the crab pots. the Genoa was reefed to about 80% as the wind was 20+. We were sailing at speeds around 7 knots on a broad reach to behind Pools Island. We dropped the sails when arriving in Middle River and motored back to our slip.
Days:2 Days to date:43
Miles: 37.4 Miles to date: 969.9