
It was the windiest I’ve seen it in the marina. Even our training captain was surprised at how much wind was coming through. It was so windy we didn’t practice docking and was simply told to call for help in this situation and make any easier dock at the fuel dock. 

We had good winds to practice reefing and managed to find a quiet place to practice anchoring. She was worried about sending us out in these winds but by the time we were done for the day they had subsided. While we were waiting for the winds to subside we had a lunch of duck pastrami Reuben sandwiches. 

We had a vigorous sailing downwind and elected to sail with our motor and just the jib. With the waves going faster than we were it was a gentle rolling voyage to our anchor. Because of the downwind sail it didn’t seem as strong as it would have been if we had been sailing upwind. 

We anchored in the rain and didn’t feel like our original plan of steaks on the grill so we had pasta with Susan’s home grown tomatoes made into sauce. 

All during the evening the winds roared through the shrouds and had some pretty active waves while sleeping. But the anchor held fast and we all slept well enough. 

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