CS34 October Sail

Was working around the house, went outside and cut the grass.
Man it was hot, so I called Rita and we headed to the boat for a sail.

Winds we forecasted for 7-12 knots for the afternoon, and build with thunderstorm warnings after 4pm.

We left the dock at 12:30pm, hoisting the main going out the channel.

Full main

Unfurled the jib shortly after.

110% jib

Wind was only 6-8 knots from the SW.
We headed on a close reach 45 degrees off the wind almost due south at about 3 knots of boat speed.
Waves were almost 2ft, meaning something has been happening all night/day out were the wind was coming from.

Rita andShadow

About 3 miles out we tacked toward Pickering and were able to make 4 knots of speed thinking we might go into Frenchman's Bay and have dinner at the Port restaurant.  However, thick clouds were building on land.

We turned back to Whitby, but the wind had dropped to 5 knots, so dead downwind was slow.
I didn't want to get the spinnaker out as were were expecting thunderstorms, so on came the motor.

We got in and got the boat away before the rain started.

Trip Odometer: 9.44 miles
Moving Average: 3.5 knots
Moving Time: 02:39:00

GPS Track
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Yellow is where we dropped the mainsail