When Anders had finished work on Friday and I had stopped painting the house, we drove out to RS again. A completely wonderful evening, with light winds and the sun setting down slowly. We started with saying hello to my father-in-law and then settling down in RS. Even if we only stay one night, there are a lot of extra things to bring, like bed linen and something to eat. This night we had an extra luxury: a 22 inch TV which Anders had brought along, with a Chromecast connected to it so our YouTube moments all of a sudden became so much better. This luxury will be when we have land power. During the evening the winds started increasing in strength and at 10 pm the rains started. And boy did it rain! It was like sleeping in the conservatory at home, I said to Anders. I also have to say that pouring rain makes me nervous because we have had a leak at home before. But RS kept us dry and no rain came in. Instead we were rocked to sleep by the wind.
The day after we woke up to a cloudier world than the day before. But the winds were with us and after some hesitation I said yes to a sailing trip. And what luck! No shorts or bare feet today but quite wonderful still. Anders steered RS out of the harbour very well and outside we raised the genoa on the starboard side. And right away the wind caught it and we took off.
We made some really good tacks. One thing that has been an issue for me when tacking is that I have to release the sheet from the winch before the genoa flies over to the other side with the help of the wind. Our genoa sheets are also pretty new and have had a tendency to twist themselves and snag in the blocks. But now we let the wind do most of the work and right when I had released the sheet from the winch I could haul the sheet on the other side without much trouble. Right away a lot of the stress disappeared from me. Wohoo!
Even if summer had halted for a while it was wonderful that the winds were back. We reached almost 6.7 knots of speed, with only the genoa and I managed to stand up despite a little more than a 15 degree leaning. I am very proud of myself, that I challenge myself and I feel that it is good that the captain can trust his crew. When the wind became gusty and the waves higher we hauled in the genoa and chugged towards the harbour by motor. It also feels good for me that I am starting to understand the what and how of mooring. We did a good one again and after a lunch and some odd jobs we drove home to the cat. It started to rain as well so it was high time to drive home. But wow, how we enjoyed the lovely winds.
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