[Rhodes22-list] Chesapeake Sailing

[cowie]

Did anyone get out on the Chesapeake Bay this past weekend?  I am trying to
get to know my new boat and tried to take her out Friday but the wind was
blowing a good 18 knots with gusts above from the SW direct into the
Herrington Harbor North inlet, white caps, good size waves and too much
wind.  I started to take out the main and tack back and forth around long
bar then decided it was too windy and too much sea.  But then I couldn't get
the main back in because it was blowing back and forth so much.  I continued
to motor sail to a leeward shore and was able to take the sail in and ducked
into Herrington Harbor South for a break from all the wind.  My gps
registered 7.3 knots when I motored back to HHN at half throttle surfing the
waves back home.  Saturday was a much better day to sail with 3-6 knot
winds.
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