Saturday, December 1, 2018

Short cruise 3

Our trip home Tuesday was one for the memory bank. Sailing S with a N wind 15-20 kts, we were at Carina's hull speed almost the whole way down the Intracoastal Waterway. We never even raised the main; just charged south with jib alone. The harder the wind blew, the better we liked it. Home by early afternoon.

Wednesday I went to the DMV to get the dinghy motor-legal. I expected a problem getting it registered since I have no papers showing that I own it, but they registered it and gave me a title just on my say so.

We enjoyed this little cruise: No hardships, pretty good weather, no major problems with the boat, comfortable sleeping at marinas, and good food ashore. We came back with a medium-long list of maintenance and improvement items. Last winter I had a list as long as my arm and checked off every single item.