Windless Daysail With No Engine

Bill Blevins

We have been fighting a broken prop shaft coupling since we left Beaufort, North Carolina. Once the problem was diagnosed, I shipped a new part to the Maryland Yacht Club. That is where we are tonight. This morning when we woke up at an anchorage about 5 miles away as a crow flies with winds blowing 18 to 22 kn, and we got the boat ready and headed out to the Chesapeake Bay and immediately the wind died. We drifted in the bay most of the day and then the wind picked up this evening to about 5 kn and we slowly beat upwind to our destination. Thank goodness today did not have extremely high temperatures! So in the end, the sail turned out to be rather enjoyable, it was just a long day. Sailing into the slip was fairly uneventful too and some nice people on the dock grabbed lines as we sailed into the slip.

Boat & Crew

Avemar

Liberty , 38

April Maria

First Mate

Bill Blevins

Owner