This morning we were up and out early with rain in the forecast. We figured we could knock off quite a chunk of the 45 miles we wanted to cover before getting wet. As it was we had a great day on it the wind came around to our back and strengthened the 20kts. We put up the pole and roared along at 8+kts going “wing & wing” with the main sail to port and the jib to starboard! It was a great of sailing.
We were able make it to all way to our anchorage before the rain started. Unfortunately, the hard bottom that makes up a good portion of the Chesapeake Bay would not allow our anchor to set easily. After 6 tries, we broke out a second anchor. We got a decent set between the two of them, but by then we were soaked. Of well another lesson in what makes sailing so hard.
