The recent cold (and snowy) weekends are finally behind us. I think we had 3 Saturdays in a row where we had snow on the ground! But this past weekend we had nice sunny skies and temperatures in the low 50's - but much cooler on the water.
We went out on Friday in the late afternoon, and there was a fresh breeze blowing out of the NW at around 10 - 15 knots. The boat was 'winterized', and needed to be put together before our adventure.
We went out with the No 2 and full main. We reached out past the first opening, and then as the cold was starting to take grip on us we headed back and got in just before sunset (which was at 1745), and before Brigite completely froze!
It was great to get back out on the water and have a good sail with the boat powered up. Silver Fox was zipping along at 5 - 6 knots in both directions. There was quite a good ebb flowing that was bolstered by the wind driven current.
As a reference; the trip to the first gap and back is about an hour each way, and 8 nm.
The engine is running great, and I am delighted to report is completely reliable.
One administrative note; did go for a motor once for an hour under load, last week.
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