[C38] We made it home!

[david at dlrfilms.com]

Well, we made it home to Montauk. Hoo! Ray!

Even better, there's enough water in Lake Montauk for ever inch of our keel!

The trip ended up being about 50% offshore and 50% ICW. Had some great
sailing on the ICW, and even the motoring days were pleasent enough.

Offshore ranged from motoring in dead calm (only a few hours) to double
reefed with a scrap of jib rolled out (only a few hours). In between was
some of the most satisfying and pleasurable sailing I've ever done.

The Aries was a revelation. The (brand new)teflon bearings are still too
tight, but it still works well in anything over about 8 kts. Wednesday
morning we were running along the South shore of LI, making about 6 kts.
My mate was asleep and I was brewing/drinking tea while the boat steered
herself. Heaven! By nightfall I was asleep in my bed for the first time in
four months. (Only startled awake once.)

Now we have a whole Summer of knocking around here. It looks like it's
going to be a great Summer!