What a night for sailing we got under way around 7:30 last night. We negotiated our way out of the channel slipping just in front of the chain ferry and out of the river smooth as could be. The wind was up and coming from the North. Exiting the channel we were looking at 2-3ft waves. As we set the main the fore deck crew realized we had a twist in it so it had to come back down but after a few moments of jiggling around. We were under way and a few minutes later we set the 120% Genoa. I love having all these sail choices. We sailed steadily out into the lake due west. Tacked as the sun began to set in a fiery ball of red and pink haze. As we neared the channel I could see the river boat red paddles heading back up the river. The last few times out I have been just in front of him or just behind him forcing me to make a course correction but not tonight. The river boat was well ahead of us tonight. To finish off the evening we sailed the boat straight back up into the harbor under full sail dropping the 120 in the channel and the main further up the river.
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