Off to the reservoir Saturday morning - weather not too promising. But, as I have a dry suit, I don't have much of an excuse, or want one really.
Boat prepared for launch - with sailing due to start at 11:30. Right on cue, skies darken and it chucks it down at 11:25 prompt - with serious attitude. Retire to car for about ten minutes while it blows itself out, to a tolerable level anyway.
Onto the water, with little wind. It does pick up pretty soon after launch fortunately.
Todays' aim was to try to sort out my gybe. I'm probably not quite getting the timing right, but occasionally it rounds up coming out of the gybe and comes close to loss of control/capsize. So, downwind we, or rather I, go - the better half still not quite up for sailing just yet, but soon apparently - gybing like a good 'un. One instance of near loss of control but on the whole OK. Still not that confident to be honest.
My initial plan, with weather in mind, was to sail for about an hour and a half and then then go in, as there was a ridge of heavy rain and possible thunder storms coming.
I was tempted to stay out longer, but as 13:00 approached, the clouds duly rolled in and the wind picked up significantly. Discretion being the better part of valour, I headed in and got the boat out of the water. Just as I got into the boat yard, the heavens opened and the wind got up to about 25+ knots. Lumpy water and white horses, nice to look at but gybing could have been interesting - no guts!
Short but sweet really.
Tomorrow we have galley duty! I hope they are ready for us.
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