Author: Phil Haydon

We made it back to our home port in Portsmouth, RI at about 3:30 am Monday morning. The delivery from Provincetown, MA took about 16 hours.

Sitting on a mooring this afternoon in Provincetown before heading home for a night of sleep we are reflecting on the last 24hours and what we enjoyed.

When we woke on Thursday morning, we were interested to see what the bay would like; having anchored in the dark and fog we only knew what the charts and depth sounder told us.

Much of Wednesday consisted of motoring in light winds and dense fog. But, as we arrived near the Cape Cod Canal (CCC) the fog lifted.

This afternoon I was standing in the companionway looking across the Atlantic mesmerized.

The start of the race had nice wind, allowing full sails to be used. We timed our runs to the start line and with 1.5 min to go, we turned and raced to the line.

The last day and a half has involved a lot of problem solving. “Why am I so slow?” was the morning question.

These are the times that I check weather files. Part of sailing a boat is to know what to expect in terms of weather. For me, and the other racers, we would like to know wind speed and direction.

Sailing solo one needs to take short naps instead of long periods of sleep, so that one can check on the boat and have a lookout for other vessels.