Two weeks ago (June 19/20), the weather was a bit "iffy", but I was itching to go sailing. Friday night produced a great sunset (normally a predictor of good weather the following day -- "red at night..." etc. etc.)
So Saturday, John had off and we waited for the fog to lift, then headed down to the dock. When we got there it was drizzling, and the wind was quite fresh (15-20 knots). More importantly, there was some significant waves on the bay and the finger docks (where the launch picks us up) were moving up and down in response to those waves.
I looked at John and raised an eyebrow and he said something to the effect of "we gotta try it sometime", so despite the "rough" weather, we headed out.
Now I know there are some real sailors out there that will be laughing their a$$es off at my description of this as rough weather. But for us it was a step up in intensity.
We got on board, prepared Seas The Day, swallowed hard, and threw off the mooring line.
It was by far our most intense ride. Seas The Day heeled over a bit more than normal and we reached almost 7kts under mainsail alone. The photo below was a quick grab with my iPhone while Otto took the helm.
We made it across the bay, even adjusted the sails some to get the heeling under control, but it was relatively windy and drizzling the whole time.
I also tried a quick video to capture the sense of being out there...
In the end, we made it across, then motored back (to charge up the batteries), and of course, ended the sail at KYC for some cold ones.
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