It was an off-on-off again type of sailing day. The wind would pick up and we would kick along, and then after a while, it would die down and we would flap around. Still, we got enough in, that we felt like we had fun.
For one thing, it was fun to pursue the Lady Washington. It took her a while to get her sails out, and to get oriented, and then she just took off. It was fun to watch. We got much closer than our photo indicates, but the batteries in our camera died before that point.
Soon after we left the harbor, a small seal popped up almost right next to the boat. It's the closest I've ever been to one in the wild (and I've seen quite a few). It was cool.
I made sure to check the tides before leaving so I was on top of the tidal current situation. We had not problems on that front. It was a good time to be out. We left at high tide, and the next low tide was not going to be very low. This meant the currents were not going to be very strong.
I can never figure out the wind around here. When we decided to go back in, we were in almost a dead calm. We could see other boats sailing close to the mouth of the harbor though. Sure enough, once we motored in close enough to the bluffs protecting the harbor, we got some very nice wind. It was so nice, we turned off the motor and sailed right into the harbor. I love doing that.
Before we docked the boat, we took a circuit around the harbor. At the north end, we were surprised to find two large seals sunning themselves on a floating pier. That was cool as well. We tried to get as close as we could without scaring them with our motor (trust me, it's scary).
All in all, it was an excellent day. Our 2nd daughter, who likes sailing the least, did not want to come, so rather than force her, we dropped her off at a friends house. We missed her, but I think we were all happier she didn't come. She can be quite grumpy when on the boat when she doestn' want to be.
We're a tired crew. Have a nice weekend.
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