Portsmouth to Willoughby

So now we had the boat ready to go to her marina slot over at Willoughby Harbor Marina. It was blowing up to 20 knots from the North, with no relief in sight, when we decided we needed to move the boat before the folks at Ocean Marine started to want some rent from us...

So with Hugo (Brigite's brother) and Val (his girlfriend) as crew we set off. We did not know how the boat would handle the strong winds, so we were somewhat apprehensive to say the least. I knew our rig was a tad soft, so I snugged it up a few turns, and we put up the #3 with 2 reefs in the main.

It was a great sail! The boat loved the breeze, and tracked along as if on rails. Brigite & I were very pleased! The tide turned against us as we went up Hampton Flats and we were not making great time, but that was fine as we were enjoying the sail, and testing out our new boat in these conditions.

As we approached the marina - after succesfully navigating the entrance to the channel with our new information and the awesome GPS that we bought from our friend John H. - the engine would not start.

A clunk noise but no crank. Frustrating, but the wind was suitable to sail to our dock spot. We sailed in and were overall happy with another successful journey under our belt.