Its great to be on the water again

We had a great weekend sailing to Salem and back. On Saturday the winds were light but we ended up using our spinnaker to sail in around the many rocks and islands of the Marblehead and Salem approach. Added to the fun were numerous small sailboats racing. We picked up a mooring in Salem and went for dinner at Finz. It was packed, due to graduation, and prior to getting a table we sat at the bar and were mesmerized by the skills of a drink mixer - she was so fast. On Sunday we left Salem at 9:40am and had to motor back to Nahant, but then with a little breeze we put up the spinnaker and were initially sailing at 1.2kts, then 2kts, then 3 and ..... until over 7 kts. As we approached Spectacle Island we gybed - always an interesting event with a spinnaker - and sailed into the inner harbor. On the way in we were passed by our friends on Fujin (they were heading out). We took down the spinnaker and decided the conditions were too good to go back to the marina and so we turned around and sailed out to Long Island where we gybed and raised the spinnaker again. Definitely the best sailing day of the season - so far.

Here we are heading southwest along the north channel east of Dear Island as a beautiful boat heads northeast