Just a quickie cos it's late and I'm off to bed shortly
We left Burnham as planned on loose company with SV Laurin and once clear of the moorings set all plain sail
Laurin was some way ahead of us at this point but not for long! Pagan is no slouch :)
We nailed the passage plan perfectly and on the reach up the Ray'sn saw 8.1 knots on the log in about 16 knots apparent. Not bad for an old girl, not bad at all
We put a reef in the main of St. Peter's, having already rolled away a good bit of the genoa, as the wind strengthened.
Then as we cleared start point and shaped up to enter the Blackwater the wind stiffened again and with upwards of 24 knots on the nose we decided we'd had enough fun. Down came the sails and on went the donk for the final few miles
It was a really satisfying sail
The afternoon and evening was spent in the company of good friends and now it's time for bed
We left Burnham as planned on loose company with SV Laurin and once clear of the moorings set all plain sail
Laurin was some way ahead of us at this point but not for long! Pagan is no slouch :)
We nailed the passage plan perfectly and on the reach up the Ray'sn saw 8.1 knots on the log in about 16 knots apparent. Not bad for an old girl, not bad at all
We put a reef in the main of St. Peter's, having already rolled away a good bit of the genoa, as the wind strengthened.
Then as we cleared start point and shaped up to enter the Blackwater the wind stiffened again and with upwards of 24 knots on the nose we decided we'd had enough fun. Down came the sails and on went the donk for the final few miles
It was a really satisfying sail
The afternoon and evening was spent in the company of good friends and now it's time for bed
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