Sailing Trouper 2 Toward the U.S.A.
North 5 - 10 Kts. Flood turning to ebb. Clear skies.
Working through my lunch hour, I left work early and sailed Trouper 2 across Haro Straight, headed for an International incident at the U.S. border. Fortunately, that didn't happen.
I managed to cling to the dwindling North wind for as long as I could before coming about and heading back to Baynes Channel. That's where the wind and Trouper 2 parted ways. I dropped sail, squared away the rig and flashed up the mighty Yanmar.
It was a brilliant sail with much of it in what would appear to be zero wind, although Trouper 2 managed to maintain an average of 3.9 kts. Getting underway under main sail from the mooring buoy was sketchy as there was very little wind so it took a while to get enough momentum to navigate. Fortunately I didn't sail into any of my neighbors and cleared the bay just fine.
A North wind pushes Trouper 2 toward the American San Juan Islands.
...and that's all the wind for this evening folks. Thanks for coming out!
