Greg Lanshe

Went to the fuel dock for the first time. Light winds 2-12 knots sailed for a little while motored the rest.

Conditions at the start of the day were very sporty with up to 18 knot gusts and 2 ft seas. We motored to the entrance of the Chester River then put up sails at Eastern Neck and sailed to Langford Creek where we dropped sails and motor to find an anchorage that had a beach to walk Kona. We ended up around the corner from Langford Bay Marina.

17-6 knots of wind with choppy sea state. Beautiful day.

Winds were 5-12kn. 9 kn out of the slip from the South, blowing us off the dock. We had to loop the dock lines back to the boat to hold us straight in the slip. Wind was the same coming back in. Tossed the stern line and ran it back to the stern. The bow ran forward. We should have run it to the midship cleat. The rest of the sail was pretty great. No issues for our first sail of the season. Weather was building so we doused the sails and motored back home.

Started the day with around 12 knots. Tried to go to the pump out at Osprey and it was a little too windy for just the two of us so we decided to stop on the way back in when the wind was better. We sailed with just the jib for the way out. The winds were gusting to 18 and Greg topped out at 5.8 with just the jib. The wind died down a bit so we raised the main and were able to get it up to 7 knots in 12 knots if wind.

We went out for our second trip on Brizo. We had light winds to start that dwindled throughout the day. Our goal was to make it to the Chester River. We got to the mouth when the wind changed directions then died. We hoisted the spinnaker just to figure out the process and were successful.

Light winds 3-8. We worked on maneuvers under power for a while then put up the sails. Great first day! Had some trouble raising the main when the batten got caught up in the lazy jacks. Got into and out of the slip on the first try.

Our last morning on the boat. We woke up, packed, then motored up to San Juan Sailing in Bellingham

Our last day was another gorgeous one we started our morning with a hime down from the summit of Mt. Constitution. After taking in the amazing views, we made the 6 mile hike down the mountain back to the Rosario marina. After a quick lunch, we successfully pushed off the dock with winds off our starboard stern pushing us back onto the dock. We then motored over to the fuel dock with winds now pushing us away from the dock. We struggled. Getting the bow line on and after working through the issue decided that it would have been best to get the bow line on first then securing the stern and spring lines. After gassing up, pumping out, and topping off our water tanks, we headed out for our sail to Cuckernut for our last night at anchor. As soon as we got out to East Sound, our winds were at our backs at around 12-15 knots. We put up the jib and sailed down wind. We put up the main and then we’re immediately greeted with 20 knot winds. I struggled to gybe and ended up heaving to twice when I turned the wrong way. We then realized we missed the turn to Obstruction pass (I misunderstood the navigation from Greg). We took down the sails and motored through the pass. Greg took over the helm and once we were through the pass, we put up the sails again with 7-8 knot winds. They died for a bit so we turned on the motor to get around the island where they picked up gradually until they were a steady 12-15 knots. Greg helmed getting up to 6 knots. He gave me the helm for the final few miles. Coming down Rosario straight, the tide and winds really picked up, gusting up to 25 with 3-4 ft sea state. We reefed the main then the jib twice. After a few nervous rounding ups, I got comfortable with the heeling and the wind speed and made minor adjustment when I needed to. We got up to 8 knots SOG with a half knot of current helping us. The three of us agreed on the best path into Chuckernot cove and we dropped anchor for our last night on the boat.

We dingyed to the town of Eastsound to take a look around. Forgot to fill the outboard with gas and ran out of gas as we approached the dingy dock. We got lucky and were able to hail the crew of another sailboat who was getting ready to come ashore as well. Many of the shops were closing or already closed but the town was sweet. When we returned to the boat, the wind had died so we motored back found the sound to Rosario to dock for the night. Motored to marina Greg docked