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June 14, 2009
Rain, Rain, Rain, Sun!
The rain in New York started Monday, and was relentless until Friday afternoon, when finally we started to see a little sunlight, but still, the humidity remained very high. A series of low pressure systems moved along a cold front that stalls just south of Long Island. Everyone in the city was talking about the grey skies and rain. And then, on Friday morning, another low formed and was threatening to spoil the weekend.
No way, Jose!
We left Stamford on Prana around 10 on Saturday morning. The winds were definitively from the east, around 8 knots. We got out of Stamford Harbour and discovered great sailing conditions. Under full sail, we had a wonderful time bombing along at 6.5 knots. The skies were filling in the west, so around 2pm we decided to start heading in to Oyster Bay on Long Island. We sailed almost the whole way in, when the winds completely died. We put the sails away and motored to our favourite anchorage. There were a couple of boats already in.
As we set the anchor, the rain started. By the time we got the dodger and bimini up, the rain was heavy. It seems our timing was excellent because the rains came hard, and remained hard until well after dinner. We had a lovely evening sitting under the bimini with the rain pelting above our heads.
By morning, the rain had stopped, but the skies looked grey and angry - like a winter sky. But the wind was picking up. Chis had work to do, so we headed back to Stamford shortly after breakfast. Well, for the second day in a row, we had a marvelous sail in east 10-12 knots. Fantastic. And quick. We were on the dock in Stamford shortly after noon. We left Prana at 2pm and the skies were clearing.
This was a sad parting because we plan to be in the city next weekend. Friday we will finally go to the much-raved-about Blue Hill Restaurant. Saturday we are painting a women's shelter in Harlem. Sunday is the Fathers' Day Prostate Cancer Run in Central Park, which we may crash (because it is sold out). Or if the weather looks great, we may go to Stamford Saturday night, but we kinda think we're going to be tired after painting all day.
Still, we left dear Prana sitting peacefully in her slip, and she has plenty of company.
Bye, sweet Prana, see you in a couple of weeks!
Posted by dave at June 14, 2009 05:22 PM