Winston H

First solo voyage. Blowing 15 kts on the mooring, flew the storm jib. Made it out of the channel on the same tack as launch while eating chips. Headed towards Coney Isle, heaved to and ate my lunch sandwich. lost a plastic bag and returned to rescue it. Turned around to head back but made little progress downwind against strong current and little help from headsail. Oddly, the flag on Manhattan Beach showed 15 kts, but I didn't get any of it until I returned to channel.

perfectly breezy for a baby onboard, warm and sunny, chilly on the return

Sunny and 60, single reef, never too much. Whole family, big baby nap. Fender rescue mission successful, lost Tom's hat.

60s and sunny with a fresh breeze. First time failing for Matin

Gentle breeze to start, but favorable direction for navigating the channel on few tacks. Made the most of becalming half way in and made great time heading back with a steady 8kts of wind. Had full family + Anya & Joey. Somehow botched a balloon rescue mission.

Gusty, around 20 km. Caught a nice sunset, had a lovely first mate

Lovely wind, lovely sun, gentle seas. Water is cooling, swim ladder worked well enough.

Went out with Aaron and his bum elbow. Wind was 8-12kts, Aaron convinced me to fly the storm jib rather than #2 Genoa. I had trouble tying the tack of the jib, maybe I'll try a sheet bend next time. Hoisted the main as we fed the slugs, found the downhaul this time and got that taught. No reef line rigged, didn't regret it. Wind calmed on return, landed first try. Rolled main requires two sets of hands on either end of the voyage, not a fan.

First time on ER only because Wizard is out of commission. Had to get inventive in a number of ways, took forever to ready for sail. Baby fell asleep and woke up before we were ready. Was windier then expected, but nice otherwise. strong outgoing tide, waters very high. A bit gusty, main sheet trim was actively managed. The minute I handed helm to Liza and took baby, we got hit with a gust and she wasn't ready to ease! Not the relaxing sail I was imagining. Quick return but took many tries to land the mooring. Lessons learned: drop headsail into the wind with sheets fully trimmed inbalanced and use the boat hook to grab mooring line or pickup stick. Would have landed on first attempt rather than seventh!