Ship's log, June 18:*
Bumbo's crew seized one of the last relatively cool days of the summer to hit the lake for a fine day of sailing. Winds were in the 10-mph range, skies overcast, cooler well-stocked -- quite comfortable conditions overall.
Out of dock under sail about 1:30 p.m., Matt and George aboard. Took advantage of favorable westerly winds to head deep into the Flowery Branch channel, a rarely visited finger of the lake, before beating back upwind toward the main body of the waterway. Tooled around the southern part of Lanier for about three hours before heading back on a run with the genoa poled out (above) in the first extended use of the whisker pole. Encountered the elegant Freedom 40 ketch Nani (below) on one reach.
Back into slip shortly before 5 p.m., just ahead of some much-needed rain.
*Belated entry. Really belated.
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