Beachmen on the Water. Morning cruise around Hampton Roads in fine winds and weather. Around Willoughby, TS Channel and up the James a ways.

Big day on the water, underway with a crew of six at around 9:15. At first it looked like the cruise of the crowns but the cobwebs were soon blown away and the crew settled down to business. Cruised east west around Willoughby Bay using Paydirt as the mid-course marker. South wind eventually spun around to northeast and gave us a fresh bump just after a fine lunch including some juicy canteloupe. Mayaritaville showed her stuff at the helm followed by Capt Pe. Smooth ride home.

Underway around 9 am for a very fine day sailing around Hampton Roads on a rising tide and north wind. Wind proved iffy around Ft. Wool. Dodged a few merchants including the NYK Daedulus and survived a no-touchee close encounter with Catalina 27 - Leonora. Impressive, confidence building performance from new depth gauge and porta-potty. Wind shifted and sent us surging in to the Navy Marina.

Gold Crew manned the R&B for the first sail of the Season on a fine, sultry Spring Saturday. Ladies at the helm for a two hour spin around Willoughby Bay. The Ant made do with an impaired hand, ok actually it was broken. Previously iffy GPS came back on line. Repaired depth gauge worked. Lots of tack practice at 5+ knots in light winds and calm seas.