CS34 WYC to ABYC

Peter Smith and I took Still Time to Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club to use as a boatel for the weekend race  on ACE.  We left the dock around 9pm and went for a quick pump out.

Also, by taking Still Time on the cruise, I will have enough cruises in to get my cruising pendant flag for 2014!

Going out the channel, we saw 30 knots of breeze from the south, setup with a reefed main and rolled about about 80% of the jib.  Point of sail was a beam reach, and were screaming along at over 7 knots comfortably.  The waves were 6 to 8 footers and the autohelm could not handle them, so we had to manually steer to keep the boat going in the right direction.

Before CBYC the wind started to dropped down to about 15 knots, so we shook the reef out and rolled the rest of the jib out.  The waves were less.  When the wind dropped to less than 3 knots true, I started the motor to keep our speed over 5 knots.  Peter went below for a snooze.

The wind swung around to the west (on the nose), so I dropped the sails and motored the final 3 miles.  I docked the boat in our slip and woke Peter up after I got the electricity hooked up and the heater.  We got in around 1am in the morning.

Pictures from the morning:

ABYC clubhose

Nice end dock

Trip Odometer: 22.28 miles
Moving Average: 6.1 knots
Max Speed: 9.5 knots!
Moving Time: 03:37:00

Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2014/20140919.kmz