[C38] We made it home!

[david at dlrfilms.com]

The nicest sailing we had was in the wide, protected waters of NC's ICW.
Boat making nice time close hauled, rail down, with barely enough wind to
ruffle the water, and not nearly enough to make any chop. Bungie off the
wheel and let her run!

But the offshore passages we the most satisfying. Once we'd get the boat
balanced, it felt like we could go forever!

BTW, Bill of Wild Goose joined us for the Chesepeake to Barnaget leg and
we REALLY enjoyed having him along, not least because 2 on 4 off is A LOT
easier than 2 on 2 off. Unfortunately Bill's time aboard was about 30
hours of not enough 6 hours of exactly enough wind, and 6 hours of too
much wind. White knuckles all around coming into Barnaget!

> David,
>
> Thanks for relating your adventures up the eastern seaboard.  It was
> interesting hearing about taking a C38 up the intracoastal waterway and
> offshore from the perspective of us in the Northwest who sail in tidal
> waters protected from the open ocean.
>
> Phil Gay
> C38 049 Que Linda
> Everett, WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of david at dlrfilms.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:16 PM
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> Subject: [C38] We made it home!
>
> 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!
>
>
>
>
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