post-hospital sail (leg 9)
the past 10 days have included a stay in hospital for three days and two ER visits. Today, after sufficient recuperation, we were able to get to Prairie Gold for a quick sail. We went out to castle island and back. Winds were pleasant (10 kts) and we had an enjoyable sail. Of course, now that summer is here we have the usual crew of amateurs who do not know the rules of the road and sail in rental boats. As we were sailing on a starboard tack we were on a parallel tack to a sailboat approaching us. At the last moment they turned in towards us! Call it a sixth sense if you will, but Phil had just turned the engine on, and managed to use it and the sail to make an avoidance turn and accelerate away from the --------ers. It was sufficiently close that we could feel the adrenaline rush through our veins. Having avoided these weekend sailors we continued to have an enjoyable afternoon.
On returning to port we cooked mackerel on Prairie Gold and had our first evening in the marina for the summer. It feels good to be back.
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