Wow, yesterday was a great day sailing on The Chesapeake Bay! We have been suffering like much of the nation a heat wave. This last week (I was out of town before that) we had tempos in upper 90s and the feels like was 105°+. Sailing was out for sure. But yesterday the temps were in the mid 80s for a high and humidity was way down, so sailing was a must. The wife and I went out about 10 am and sailed until almost 5pm. We covered nearly 24 miles just day sailing. The wind started at about 10 and then gradually increased to 15+Kn by our return.
One interesting point I have learned about my new Cat 27 is that she likes to run wing & wing! My previous boat was work to sail dead downwind, she didnt like wing & wing at all and without constant attention to sails and wind she would gybe. But the Cat loves it, set the sails and she will fly downwind. Yesterday was a good example; we returning and rounded the Bay side #1A mark on a broad reach. We were in line with about 6 other boats, all much bigger (30-50). We were losing ground on a broad reach but when we turned dead downwind and I gybed the main over to wing & wing we took off, leaving all the other boats in our dust. The wind at this point was about 12Kn and we were making about 5.5-6.7 (some surfing I suppose) as we passed all those big boats. IN fairness, most were big cruising boats, not racers. This makes me wonder how easy she will be with an ASym spinnaker maybe next year. Joe McCary Aeolus II #4795 West River, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
