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I dropped by Rose Lee at noon for a quick visit and couldn't resist the temptation to go sailing. The conditions were excellent 10-15 knots in the right direction and about 25 degrees.I started the motor and had it running in neutral as a fail safe, however I was able to sail off the mooring with the main and a few minutes later I unfurled the jib and was off and running. As I was leaving wrights cove there was a navy frigate being towed out of the munitions depot so I had to give them a bit of room, but it was interesting to watch the process as I sailed by. I went down towards the Eastern end of Bedford Basin before tacking and settling in to a nice broad reach towards the bridge. I was able to make it under both bridges with minor sail adjustments and was just in time to see the big navy ship being backed into its slip, pretty cool. After a super sail out past Georges Island it was time to make the turn and head back towards home. I had a lovely beam reach with light wind all the way back just ghosting along at 3-4 knots until the breeze opened up at the bridge and we were off again for the mooring like a horse back to the barn. I decided to sail into wrights cove where my mooring field is located and drop the sails in the protection of nearby navy Island. It all went like clockwork and I snagged the mooring on the first try ( have you ever noticed that there is never anyone watching when you do something right, its only when you have a real mess that a crowd is on hand:). It was a great day on the water.
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