Originally Seas The Day was due to get "hauled" this past Monday, but I'm involved in a complicated project at work so I delayed it a week. It looked like that was a great decision as Today was supposed to be sunny and in the 70s with a nice breeze... a true Indian Summer.
But we got on the launch and it was cold again. Yes, temps were in the low 70s, but the skies were cloudy and winds were strong... quite blustery actually being up around 20 to 29 knots. So we decided to sail across the bay and try to get a nice photo of Mt. Loretto chapel. We needed to charge our batteries and run the engine at full throttle for a while before putting everything away for the winter.
You can see, our attire has changed somewhat in the last couple of weeks.
Those who were brave enough to sail were "reefed" the sails were lowered and tied up or not unwound all the way to reduce the sail area (due to strong winds).
We made it across the bay, staying clear of the channel so any large ships could pass and got a nice view of Mt. Loretto when the sun broke through some clouds.
So then we turned around and headed back. There were some ominous cloud formations over the bay but no rain. The wind and waves were more than we were dealing with recently, but we made it back, picked up the ball for the last time, then met up with the Millers at KYC.
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