Greg Lanshe

Gusts up to 20 with 3 ft seas below the bridge. Finally sailed under the bridge but it took some work to do it. Wind died before the sandbar and we motored the rest of the way.

Nice downwind sail until the middle of the bay above the bridge when the wind shut down. Made it under the bridge in time to see the start of the schooner race down the bay to Norfolk.

Gusts up to 18. Reefed to flatten the boat since she was sailing slow. Helped a little but not as much as we hoped.

Light wind motorboat ride. When we finally pulled back into the slip, we had logged 101.4 nm and 20 hrs and 36 minutes on the water in 3 days.

Winds SE, wind speed was up and down between 8-13. Close hauled the whole race. Managed boat balance by letting main out during periods of being over powered. Most of fleet was on east side of the course. We were off to the west of the fleet but still on east edge of shipping channel. Other strategy; could have had all sails in and manage heavier air by pinching. Leaving main under trimmed likely hurt our ability to point and sail more directly to the mark. However, would have been a little slower. We were getting great boat speed with our strategy.

Some wind on the sassafras and did a tiny bit of sailing. Light winds from behind down the bay. We got some nice wind once we turned to go over the sand bar. We turned the engine on to turn towards Sean Creek as soon as we started to drop the main, it died. We tried to start it several tines then ended up being towed to Haven Harbour South. Beautiful day on the water. Perfect temperature. We handled the issue well. I helmed while greg tried to problem solve the issue.

Beautiful day. Had nice breeze to start and sailed a close reach. Motor sailed once the wind died.

Very windy on the nose. Up to 18 knots. Motor sailed with the main reefed. Once near the mouth, had a nice sail until the wind died. Used the preventer to sail wind on wind back to rock hall.