CS34 WYC Moonlight Cruise

The full moon in on Monday at 2pm, so the Whitby Yacht Club organized at Almost a Full Moon cruise on the Saturday night.  Rita and I were cruise captains and lead the fleet out. 

The moon rose at 6:53pm with the sun set at 8:52pm

Rita and I anchored outside the clubhouse at around 8pm, and led the fleet out at 9pm.

Winds were forecast from the NW about 10 knots with gusts to 20.  The NW wind meant not too many waves, so I sent the course to be from where we were anchored out to mark 9 of the race course, then a beam reach to the Ajax weather buoy and back.

There were 33 boats who had signed up for the cruise, but only 12 came out.

It was the best sail of the season for us on the big boat.
Winds were a little less, about 10 knots, but got the boat going between 4 and 5 knots the entire time.

Interlude (Mirage 33) at sunset

Rita always takes a nice photo!

We didn't get any moonlight shots as there wasn't enough light for the camera.

These are from Paul Becker:

The moon was VERY bright, a good time was had by all.

Trip Odometer: 15.0 miles
Moving Average: 4.5 knots
Moving Time: 03:18:00

Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2013/20130720pm.kmz