Cold. A very cold overnight. The hard frost leaves a slippery dock. 7:50 cast off and motor down the Corsica into a stiff northwest wind. Watch three deer running across a manicured lawn of a large house that fronts the river.
8:40, just past Green Point, there is enough room to round up and raise sail. Gusty with swirling winds, it is a harder sail than I expect. The wind builds and runs the reach up the river. Tack, tack, tack. I find the lee inside of Ship Point. Calmer water and just a couple more tacks to an unused mooring at Corsica River Yacht Club. The season is over and most of the moorings are empty, no one will mind. Tie up to the mooring just yards off the marsh. Sails down save for the mizzen. Boom tent up. Take a nap.
Afternoon I check the weather forecast. Another cold night. Two coming days of light winds. Then the strong north winds return. Four days out, gale force winds. I listen to the weather and check the apps, the sail is essentially done. I will enjoy one more day on the Chester River, then head to Chestertown.
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