Our summer weather has been pretty spotty, but today the sun was out and there was some heat in it.
With a South wind blowing into Howe Sound Madsu was feeling sprightly, doing 5.5 knots to weather with her 100% jib and full main.
Can’t really get enough of this. There’s a short video here.
This is a still from the GoPro HD camera I had strapped to the pushpit.
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Heavy overcast in Howe Sound with a very light outflow wind. Madsu’s doing a lazy 3 knots to weather – faster than I expected given the light wind, but there’s no chop, so we skimmed along smartly.
I made it back to the dock just in time to avoid the drizzle that finally arrived after threatening all afternoon.
This lovely Caledonia Yawl is doing an effortless 5 kn to weather on a sunny day in Howe Sound. The skipper looks plenty relaxed.
With a reef in Madsu’s main and the 100% jib up, the Yawl was outpacing us.
We finally got some warm weather – and a lovely day for a day sail in Howe Sound. The wind was a bit flukey by the time we got down to the dock, but we had a lovely low key afternoon sail.
You can see there’s still lots of snow in the local mountains.