day twenty-seven - light winds, again

Wake to a clear and cold morning.  Forecast for small craft warnings prove to be incorrect.  Not a breath of wind.  7:55 under power down Queenstown Creek.  Break out a chemical hand warmer pouch, put on gloves.

8:10 leaving Q'town Creek, wind beginning to ruffle the surface of the Chester River.  Warm sun feels good.  8:20 shake out the two reefs in the main from yesterday's sail, raise main and jib in a light breeze.

Making 2.3 under a cloudless sky.  8:50 better wind.  9:10 3.8.  10:00 wind falls off, slow drifting on the Chester.  10:30 under power.  

11:15 in the entrance channel to Lankford Creek.  No wind but trying to sail anyway.  Making 1.0 with Drum Point to the west.  Then 0.9, then 0.7.  I don't mind, gentle sailing on a pretty day. 

11:45 wind on the stern, making 2.0 as the day gets warmer and warmer.  12:00 head into the East Fork, light wind sailing past the tree-lined shores of farms.  1:10 shifting, swirling winds near Orchard Point, 0.5 kts.  Wind comes and goes.  2:00 tacking back towards Cacaway Island.  2:25 wind dies, under power.  3:00 anchor down Davis Creek.  Put up the boom tent, take a nap in the shade. 

 17.12 NM