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Its getting late in the season here so with another great day I decided to take the afternoon off and get Rose Lee out again:). On such short notice I was on my own but I find this gives me a good opportunity to really get to know the boat since I have to plan everything out in advance. This was a challenging sail today, the wind was out of the SW at about 9 knots meaning I would have to short tack upwind against the tide to get through the narrows and under our two bridges. I sailed off the mooring and as soon as I cleared the mooring field I shut off the engine and carried on under main and genoa. I had a few nice long tacks across Bedford Basin before I got into the narrows and then the work began:) Anyone who is looking for a really great upper body work out should have come out today with me because boy it was a lot of work (tacking one way for about 800 feet and then quickly coming about and repeating the process pulling in the big 135% genoa on the opposite side). Of course in the narrowest section going under the bridge I had a navy ship coming through so I had to do a couple of extra short tacks to give him room:( But I have to say I am getting good at tacking and sailing the boat by myself (taking your time and giving yourself margin of error is key). I finally cleared the second bridge where the harbour opens up and I was able to start making some nice long tacks which allowed me to recover a bit in between. My boat speed wasn't bad but it felt like my bottom might be getting a little slow so I would have to address that this weekend. After covering the full length of the waterfront I was treated to another great run home. I flew the sails wing on wing (genoa on one side with the main on the opposite side) right up until I turned into our mooring field. My new boom brake/preventer is working great and really tames down the large boom and main. Today was a good day, I gained some experience and utilized some of the tips form Doyle to get better shape, now I needed a rest:)
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