Melanie and I were able to shoehorn in a couple hour afternoon day yesterday, her first sailing (& lessons). The wind was light enough to hoist the main at the dock for the motor out. We initially sailed under main alone with a few tacks & points of sail orientation. Nearing North Dumpling we put up the jib, the old original lapper that came with the boat. The breeze was now up into the low teens making for a brisk ride.
West of North Hill we tacked back to the east along the north shore of Fishers, and witnessed a Tartan 33 overtaking to leeward inadvertently cut inside South Dumpling’s green can, luckily clearing the rocks. The skipper was single handing and steering from the low side unawares of the buoy, till he saw it pass close abeam to windward.
Abeam West Harbor, we bore off wing & wing (pole-less). Halfway back to Noank, a jibe to port wing & Melanie kept us head to wind, while I dropped anchor. Then under anchor we furled the main (winds in the mid-teens). And commenced with a pleasant motor back to the dock.
13:56 S 12 6.00 Fog/Mist SCT015 78 74 79 72 87% NA 80 29.90 1012.3
14:56 S 10 4.00 Fog/Mist BKN008 OVC048 75 73 94% NA NA 29.89 1012.1
15:56 S 10 3.00 Fog/Mist BKN007 OVC013 75 74 96% NA NA 29.86 1011.1
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