A windy Memorial Day weekend in Boston

Over the Memorial Day weekend we had high winds in Boston. There was a low pressure system to the east over the Atlantic that brought cold, wet windy weather - perfect conditions to sail. On Saturday and Sunday we sailed locally in Boston harbor, but on Monday with a little sun and slightly warmer temperatures we ventured out to the Graves and back. At times we had steady winds of 35 knots and sailed at times with only a main sail. There was one memorable moment where using a partially reefed mainsail we had a strong gust and heeled over for a sustained rail dip. Its on days like this that you know you are alive!

We passed our friends Bob and Linda on Fujin and took pictures of one another.


On Memorial Day we set sail early in search of a whale that was reported in the harbor (none were seen by us). At around 10am this is the view looking back onto downtown Boston from the inner harbor.

These are pictures of Prairie Gold on Sunday May 26th 2013

This is a view of Boston on Memorial Day as we look back to the downtown area from the inner harbor.

As we were heading east we caught sight of Fujin heading back into Boston.

We sailed out of the north changel past The Graves and then re-entered the harbor on the southern approach past Boston Light. Here you can see boston light with Boston 5 nm in the background.



One of the local schooners that takes tourists out in the harbor.

And as we returned to the inner harbor, we saw Fujin heading out on a charter.