Angie enjoying the spinnaker ride down Queen Charlotte Strait
One of the benefits of our more leisurely pace on our way south is that we’ve gotten to do more sailing. When we’re trying to cover a lot of ground before a weather system moves in, it’s hard to be patient enough to be sailing at 4 or 5 knots if the wind is not in the perfect direction. Lately, we’ve only been trying to cover 20 miles a day or so, so the slower pace of sailing to our destination is just fine.
Rigging the staysail on a light wind day
Over the last week, we’ve had a great variety of conditions. On consecutive days, we had a fabulous close reach in 10-15 knots around Cape Caution, a “sporty” downwind sail in 25-30 knots with messy 5’ swell + wind chop, a great spinnaker run down Queen Charlotte Strait, and then a close haul across the Strait in light enough winds to motivate us to deploy our staysail in addition to the genoa.
Rounding Cape Caution on a beam reach – no need for caution on this day!
Screaming down Queen Charlotte Strait with a 25-30 knot tailwind
