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Today we tested our “ready to power in under an hour” principal and won with 19 minutes to spare. Our clock started when we arrived back from grocery shopping and stopped when I turned the engine on. The boat was indeed ship shape and we didn’t have any unexpected crashes or bangs (the forward head doors still swing open) even though the Bay was unusually rough today.
The wind instrument registered 16 knot gusts and held steady around 12 for most of the afternoon. We managed, once again, to head out in the very worst (best?) part of the day for wind, and beat our way over to the lee of Angel Island in two long tacks. Victoria had the helm for the sail raising, first tack, and some of my troubleshooting on deck. Then I took over and brought us to a calmer locale while she got snacks and drinks ready. Once in the lee of the island we all came on deck, recounted the various leaks we found and discussed the triage (Ruby independently went around with tape and rags and patched things up).
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