After 10 days of dreary overcast, we finally got a sunny day with big winds. Repeater student Doug Drummond helmed as a couple from West Virginia celebrated their 20th anniversary by sitting quietly and taking in the scenery.
We sailed on a southwest wind up to the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station to see the USS Bainbridge. Afterward, on the way back, the Navy patrol boat guarding the Bainbridge hooked up with another patrol boat that came out of the NWS lean-to with its siren going full blast. They weren’t chasing us, for they were 100 yards away in a parallel formation. It spooked Doug, and he past the wheel to me. Eventually they trailed off. Exciting stuff.
Kentucky Sailors
A couple from Summer Shade KY performed well in 15 mph winds gusting to 20, but they didn’t sound Southern. “We’re from Rhode Island and New Hampshire,” David Collard. “We moved to get away from the bad winters,” added his wife Terry. “We went two months one winter with the temperature never rising above zero, living in the mountains.” He added, “I went camping over in Canada and woke up at 50 below. Everything gets frostbitten at that temperature unless you’re fully covered.”
Fortunately, Kentucky is much warmer, and they have a boat. “It’s a 30-foot pontoon boat with a cabin and bedroom with double bed, and a little kitchen. But it sucks gas.”
To make matters worse, “We haven’t been out this year because the marina is under water. We can’t get to the ramp and launch because of the flooding.” So they enjoyed sailing a fast three hours and made record speeds.
Women enjoy sailing today more than ever, and particularly a romantic cruise. Couples get to enjoy a romantic getaway as they sit up on the bow for privacy, and Let’s Go Sail provides professional photos for free. First-time or skilled mariners are welcome to sail a modern-32-foot sailboat in a unique setting of wildlife and Fall foliage or Spring bloom. It makes for an extraordinary anniversary idea.
Spinnaker Sail
Two couples who had never met got to go on a spinnaker sail in light winds blowing from the southwest. Sue and Rhett Francisco life in Cincinnati OH, where the Ohio River is not conducive to sailing. So they bareboat with the Moorings in the Caribbean.
Rhett and I hoisted the spinnaker near Yorktown and Sue helmed for five miles diagonally across the York River to the entrance of the Perrin River near Guinea. It was a delightfully silent, smooth sail and only the second time this season we did it. Spinnakers require teamwork and agility and are usually appreciated best by experienced sailors. Along the way, we passed a 44-boat set up to take cancer survivors sailing. Rhett sat up on the bow for a while, taking in the scenery.
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