Every year I am surprised at how quickly the days are getting shorter. It is just September and it’s starting to get dark by 7:30. This year I think I’m noticing it more because sailing season is drawing to a close. In just two weeks Miss Megan will be leaving the water for the winter. 2 weeks….. wow.

My second sail was with my son after work. We rushed to get over to the boat and get out since the daylight timer was ticking. The wind was meh, definitely under 10kn. Again, I lost the tiller once the sails went up, I think my mistake is being the one to raise the sails 🙂 Anyways my son is a sailing instructor, so he better know what he’s doing 🙂

For our first sail I put up the storm jib. I think it was a good choice seeing as it was the first time sailing Miss Megan, if only it was done on purpose…. 🙂 This time out I decided to put up the jib, only I think it might be a 110% Genoa? Unfortunately, the previous owner of Miss Megan died and there wasn’t a lot of information shared. I expect every sail I will learn something new about the boat. This time out it was I had no idea what the proper path for the foresail sheets were. We tried a few options, but nothing felt right. We also discovered that the foresail was overpowered and pulling us off course.

The ‘learning opportunities’ are just as important and the enjoyment. Each obstacle encountered and overcome means the next time out will be just that much better.

Again, the mouth of the bay caught us, and we struggled to get out for a bit, not as long as the first time but still long enough. Unfortunately, shortly after we got out of the bay the wind started to die down, we headed back in, but we didn’t make it very far before the wind was gone and we had to resort to motoring back to the marina.

This time out we only sailed 11.24 km and really didn’t make it much out of the bay. I am pretty confident that the speed being shown for the tracking isn’t accurate. It shows the speeds for this sail the same as the first sail, I don’t know how that is possible.