[Rhodes22-list] Artic Sail

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Lee,
Isn't Kent Narrows fun? That's where our motor quit last year: on the 
south side with the current sweeping us back towards the bridge.

Probably better to try the Narrows in those conditions than the long 
way around under the Bay Bridge. The wind, waves and current would 
not have been fun. We've done that under those conditions but not at 
those temperatures. Makes the case for a good set of foulies over the 
warm stuff.

Was there much chop on the north side of the narrows?

Thanks for the account.

Mary Lou


At 11:16 AM 3/18/2008, you wrote:

>My marina was sold to a Sea Ray dealer and all sailboats were told to vacate
>before the 1st of April.  Yesterday was the only day I had available before
>the deadline to move her to my new marina.
>
>By 8:00 a.m. the temperature had risen to 32 degrees.  Winds were predicted
>at 15 to 18 m.p.h. until mid afternoon.  Perfect sailing weather.  The new
>marina was only three miles north of the old marina by land, but twelve
>miles by sea.  Naturally, the wind was directly from the north.
>
>As bad as this sounds, it was a wonderful day of sailing.
>
>The first hour was mostly a broad reach with little sail out.  I left the
>motor hanging down in the water and the wind was still pushing me at over
>five knots the entire time.
>
>The second hour was motoring directly into the wind and chop.  I was dressed
>for skiing to include polar mittens and a neck gator over my face, but my
>front was soaking wet by the time I reached the Kent Narrows.  This wasn't
>part of the wonderful day of sailing.
>
>The most challenging part of the day was waiting for the drawbridge.  Since
>I was the only idiot in the water, I assumed the troll operating the bridge
>would raise it when he saw me.  I was told that the current at Kent Narrows
>was strong but had no idea how difficult it would be to keep a boat
>stationary in that kind of wind and current.  By the time I got to my cell
>phone and called him I must have done half a dozen 360s.  He told me he
>couldn't open the bridge until I let him know my intent, which I can
>understand because he probably couldn't figure out what the heck I was
>doing.
>
>When I got through the Narrows, the wind was decreasing and the temperature
>was increasing and life was good.  Spent the afternoon sailing in about 8
>knot winds and nearly 50 degrees with not a cloud in the sky or a care in
>the world.
>
>I should have bought a sailboat a long time ago.
>
>Lee
>1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>Kent Island, MD
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