Our final trip of the season. It was great!
We were either reaching or broad reaching most of the way to Boothbay
Harbor, 43 50.96N 069 37.65W, in winds up to 20
knots, with boat speeds reaching 11 knots.
We were dodging lobster pots of course (interesting at those speeds),
but at least we didn’t have a propeller in the water sucking in their lines. And we finished with a nice beat into
Boothbay harbor.
A sailboat was motoring against the wind as we were beating
in and it turned out he was a fellow DEYC member who ended up on the mooring
next to ours. We met him the next day
and he was apparently impressed with the speed we were sailing at on the way
in. Between you and us, this was nothing
to do with our sailing skills, but due to the fact that we still had 20 knot
winds, and unlike monohulls that have a maximum hull speed, multihulls just
keep going faster as the wind gets up. Anyway
it was a very nice sail to finish the season with.
Ships Log: 5691.5, Todays Log: 25, Seasons Total: 1243.6
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