Thursday July 21st

Yesterday, a couple rowing past our boat in their dinghy asked me if our boat was as much fun as she looked.  I responded “sometimes”, and they both said they knew exactly what I meant.  Today might have been an example.  The weather was gorgeous once again with SW winds between 8 and 15 knots.  We were sailing under screecher alone, and with no mainsail to interfere with it, we were sailing at up to 8.5 knots. 

Then things got interesting.  The wind picked up and we decided we’d had enough fun with the screecher so decided to furl it and unroll the Genoa – a much smaller sail.  Unfortunately, the roller mechanism on the screecher decided not to co-operate.  We got it half rolled, then had to pull it down manually, (in rising winds).  Teresa had to cope with steering, lobster pots, and the screecher halyard, while Ron was on the tramp trying to pull the sail down.  Well, (obviously since you’re reading this), we succeeded, but not without some bruises. 

Apart from that, it was a great day’s sailing.  We now have a project to figure out how to drop the screecher  more easily without furling it.

We arrived at Frenchboro, 44 07.53N 068 21.74W and picked up a mooring in the small harbour.  After stowing the screecher a little more securely, and planning our next few days, we went ashore to the Lunt Dockside Deli where we had crab pasta, washed down with a BYO of Rhubarb wine, courtesy of Melanie, our new friend from the DEYC.

All’s well that ends well!

Ships Log: 5854.7, Todays Log: 23.2, Seasons Total: 159.5