Well, we got a bit bored with the ICW and decided to go outside for the day and get down to Cumberland Island before the forecast rain. The first few hours were a blast with a stiff breeze
but now the wind has died and the swell has not so it is a tad unpleasant.... We are motoring with a close hauled jib to act as a roll damper which seems to help a bit. Only a few more hours.....
UPDATE
This is supposed to be fun. We have tired of this demented slow motion roller coaster so we are heading in for Brunswick. Cumberland Island will still be there tomorrow.
UPDATE 2
Suffering has its reward. The wind came up and we had a fabulous sunset sail into St. Simon's Sound (pic above).
We are a Brit and an Australian now based in the wonderful community of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We have a delightful home there but a couple of years ago we began to feel a bit over-domesticated so we thought we would buy another boat and head south. [...]It felt like a crazy fantasy at the time but here we are.....
Leela, a Bristol 38.8 has turned out to be a wonderful cruising boat for us. Some might find it a little cramped by modern standards but it feels like just the right balance of living space and storage to us. She sails like a dream. She is remarkably well balanced and is comfortable in pretty [...]