We were underway for 12 hours yesterday, July 10, pulling up anchor in Eagle Cove around 7 a.m. and dropping the hook on wide St. Leonard's Creek off the Patuxent River around 7:30 p.m. The wind was never above 10 knots from the northwest, so we finally pulled out our colorful spinnaker and used it on and off as the angle of the wind allowed, trying to use the engine as little as possible. Although thin cirrus clouds were scattered from horizon to horizon, there was plenty of blue sky and the sunshine was warm and welcome after a few days of gray and rain in Baltimore. Numerous sightings of frisking, frolicking dolphins, with their wet, sleek forms gleaming in the sunlight, made the day special.
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| Spinnaker flying under light winds |
Katya pitched in with trimming the sails and keeping the log, but she has declared that the sailing life is not for her.
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