Rachel Sherrard

No exaggeration— along with beautiful blue skies and spinnakered (is that a word?) racing boats as a picturesque backdrop, we saw wind from the south, then northeast, then west-southwest, followed by north, northeast, and east, possibly more that I’ve forgotten in all that excitement. It was like a giant, delicious wind buffet today. So much fun!

Okay, I’ll say a little more: Beautiful weather with changeable wind that ranged from NNE to WSW, and occasionally disappeared entirely while apparently making up its mind where it would come from next. Wonderful way to spend a late-summer Friday afternoon, especially in such good company.

Our skipper, Fran, brought along her 2 daughters, we spotted ospreys and the first sea lion we’ve seen since late spring, and the Blue Angels flew over us —twice!— in formation en route to an air show. A thrilling day that also happened to include beautiful weather and near-perfect wind!

Not necessarily in that order. Details to come.