Sailing with John

John (my son) was off work this weekend, and the original plan was to go up Saturday for a day sail with him.  But the weather looked sketchy (that turned out not to be true) and I delayed the trip until Sunday hoping for less rain and the chance for his friends to join again.

The friends had a previous engagement, we got the less rain... also a lot less wind.  It was one of THOSE days where the report looked promising (7 to 9 knots with little gusting).  And it seemed pleasantly breezy as I drove through Keyport and we headed out on the launch.

But there's something about Seas The Day crossing above 40.44889 latitude (roughly the entrance of the mooring field) that causes all wind to stop on the Raritan Bay.  We actually watched a circle of calm follow us out to the #1 buoy then spread across the bay.

So we sat, drifted, and talked...

And ate lunch...

Then of course as we needed to head back in (I've learned that I need to be on the road by 2:00 on a summer Sunday to avoid a huge traffic tie up crossing the Delaware Memorial Bridge), we watched the wind surround us and only hit Seas The Day as it was time start the engine to head back.

So we motored back to the ball in perfect 11 kt sailing conditions.  So be it...  it was still a great day!