[Rhodes22-list] Chesapeake Sailing

[cowie]

Thanks for the information about long bar.  So far I have been playing it
safe but will try crossing on a calm day and after I get my fish finder to
work.



cowie wrote:
> 
> Did anyone get out on the Chesapeake Bay this past weekend?  I am trying
> to get to know my new boat and tried to take her out Friday but the wind
> was blowing a good 18 knots with gusts above from the SW direct into the
> Herrington Harbor North inlet, white caps, good size waves and too much
> wind.  I started to take out the main and tack back and forth around long
> bar then decided it was too windy and too much sea.  But then I couldn't
> get the main back in because it was blowing back and forth so much.  I
> continued to motor sail to a leeward shore and was able to take the sail
> in and ducked into Herrington Harbor South for a break from all the wind. 
> My gps registered 7.3 knots when I motored back to HHN at half throttle
> surfing the waves back home.  Saturday was a much better day to sail with
> 3-6 knot winds.
> 

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