Friday was a calm foggy day.
We had decided to stay in
Newport and to sail up Narragansett Bay for half a day. We set off and there
was fog, at times very dense fog. The wind was very low, only 5 kts, but we got
the trusty spinnaker out a couple of times; however, when the wind dropped to 1
kt we knew that we had been defeated. We turned and motored south and got in
the middle of a Rolex race.
Its incredible the speeds these boats can achieve in little wind. We got our spinnaker out again and were holding our own. We then decided to call it a day, at which point the rain poured. The skipper made a good choice and headed for home. One thing we learned in this afternoon was that it doesn’t matter how much you have paid for your boat or your sails, you can’t beat a production cruising boat (i.e. Prairie Gold) when there is no wind.
We had four days of excellent wind - yesterday was poor and the forecast doesn't look great. Hopefully soon the wind will return.
Its incredible the speeds these boats can achieve in little wind. We got our spinnaker out again and were holding our own. We then decided to call it a day, at which point the rain poured. The skipper made a good choice and headed for home. One thing we learned in this afternoon was that it doesn’t matter how much you have paid for your boat or your sails, you can’t beat a production cruising boat (i.e. Prairie Gold) when there is no wind.
We had four days of excellent wind - yesterday was poor and the forecast doesn't look great. Hopefully soon the wind will return.
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