Small Craft Advisory

Saturday, Sara, Justin, Lisa, and I arrived at the boat at the start of a small craft advisory.  We decided we’d have a rum drink and lunch and see what happened.  Seemed nice enough, the storm clouds looked like more bark than bite, and we figured we were more medium-craft anyway, so we headed out.  Given the gusts, we stuck to just the mainsail.  The wind was out of the north, so we tacked back and forth heading towards Navy Pier.  Of course, once we arrived, we were promptly surrounded by tour boats and had to retreat.

Lisa took the helm for a little while and kept us on a mostly-straight heading.  Seadog, our arch-enemy tour boat, only buzzed us once.

It seemed like the day we would sail it into the harbor, but we’re not quite confident enough for that even with our perfect approach to the entrance.  We thought better of pushing our luck and jibed a few times to line us up for the south entrance.  We got the motor started, dropped the main, and headed in.

This was our first day sail together with Sarah and Justin and we had Champagne to celebrate our safe return.