Voyage 2021: Chapter 1

2 Jun 2021, Going Home, 38 46.512 N/ 076 33.786 W

We left our osprey friends at 0900 with a chilly wind growing to 10-15+ knots out of the South. We also had a favorable current all of the way to our slip (good and bad). We passed the LNG terminal at 1045 where the was a large tanker that was loading cargo. Scary. We always wondered why they would have two facilities (terminal and nuclear power plant) within a few miles of each other. As we entered Herring Bay, the wind was blowing SE@15-20 kts. Our SOG was often over 8 kts. We were getting worried. Will we able to slow the boat down to 1.5 kts while making a right hand turn into the slip? Not sure. What is plan B? Pass our slip, make a 180 turn and crab into the slip with wind and current against us. What did we do?

We tried to to slow the boat down to 1.5 kts over ground when we were less than 200 yards from the turn. We couldn't do it. As the SOG dropped below 1.5 knots, the STW dropped to 0 and we lost steerage. So we implemented Plan B, passed our slip, made our U-turn and slowly made the left hand turn into the slip without incident. We are happy. We cleaned the boat, got the rigging fixed, hauled the dinghy, and started preparing the boat for its summer hiatus. Company came to come say hi. Chris brought Logan for his first time on Jule III. He seemed to like the boat. Maybe another swab?