First sail

Little bit late on the posting but things have been busy! We took Constance out the first time this year on March 18th. Blustery but sunny day with lots of wind, white caps all over the sound. We put in the first reef, ventured beyond Georges rock and turned around soon after, ahem. Even with the day feeling quite warm on land the waters of the sound are still very cold so it gets chilly after a while even with all the sailing gear on. At least we were probably the first boat out this year, how about that. Oh and I put the sail numbers on so we can race now legally! In hindsight I should have put them a little lower, oh well.

Ready for the season!

Removed the sail cover yesterday. I don't know why but it always seems to blow like crazy whenever we have to handle that big unwieldy canvas cover. Anyways, Constance did very well last winter, nothing broke during the multiple blizzards we had up here (one with 50+ kn gusts!). And besides some minor broken seams the cover is doing allright too. Inside everything seems fine, I left the front hatch a crack open and didn't close the companionway all the way to allow for some air to circulate. The problematic spots around the foot rails stayed mold free and all the cushions I left inside are also fine. So, just need to put the sails on and off we are for another beautiful sailing season!