Yesterday was one of the best sailing days I have had in a couple years. The weather was perfect with the wind from the Northeast, a few puffy cumulus clouds, nice sun between the clouds, and only about 80 degrees. The water temperature was 77 degrees according to the electronics. Everything was perfect. I raised both sails as soon as we were out of the mooring field and were off headed to Long Island New York. I let the sails out a little as to reduce the heal, but tried to maintain our speed and direction. We were cruising! When the boat hooks up with the wind, you can feel the boat tighten up and the tiller get hard to move. This is always a great feeling. Trying to keep the boat in this position is always a challenge. Every now and then one of the larger waves would come rolling over the bow and bring us a chill back in the cockpit. We had no tacking today, a straight shot there and back....perfect. We ended with us back on our mooring in Keyport Harbor feeling good about where we had been and the distance traveled. It was a great day for sailing!
