Downwind Sailing and the MV Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound - November2020 - EP49
December 05, 2020 by Sailing PILAR - Blue Dot Voyages | Language: EN Play Time: 00:15:03 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
Thanksgiving began early this year as we needed to catch the wind!
We left Bohicket Marina on Monday around 2 PM and caught a nice NW wind right out of the channel. After teaching our guests how to raise the main sail and fly the genoa, we decided to put up the parasailor instead! Conditions were supposed to be perfect for this sail.
So, we taught our guests how to furl the genoa and lower the main sail. Then we spent an hour getting the parasailor rigged and hoisted and set. Our NW wind was due to clock around to N, then to NE, then to E, from 18-22 knots. And that it did! We were able to average 8.5 knots with the parasailor, with high speed around 10. We sailed all night long with just a few adjustments. Aside from the block that got a little bent from pressure in the wrong spots, the parasailor performed beautifully.
We arrived at St. Simons Inlet around daybreak and proceeded in. On the way in, we went right by the MV Golden Ray, a shipwreck from Sept 2019, where a car carrier freighter had misadjusted his ballast and ended up on his side. They are still dismantling it and we were able to get a good view from the water. More on that here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Golden_Ray
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