...our spinnaker, that is. We brought the spinnaker with us this year, in hopes of being to be able to sail when the winds were light. Friday we had perfect conditions - light wind from our stern, and no waves. The first time we hoisted the sail, we discovered that I had used the wrong halyard to raise it, and it sort of got jammed against the forestay. When we needed to tack, we lowered the sail, readjusted the lines, and raised the sail with the right halyard. In all, we sailed with it for about 4 hours, making much better time than we would have with the genoa. We passed a Canadian sailboat, Halcyon, which was trying to hail 4Cs Marina. We called them on the radio, but I don't think they heard us. A couple of minutes later, they hailed 'the sailboat flying the red and white spinnaker', to let let us know they got some good photos of our boat flying the spinnaker. I gave them our e-mail. When the photos come, I'll add one here. I told them about the ownership change at the marina. I hope they were able to get a spot.
When the wind started to pick up, we decided to drop the sail. Thinking that it would be easier to drop it if I headed into the wind, I started to turn the boat upwind, but this was obviously not the right thing to do, as the boat started heeling terribly, and the spinnaker was flying farther from the boat. Lesson learned. After a little wresting with the sail, Ed got it stuffed into its bag and we sailed the rest of the way to Rochester under genoa.
August 25, 2015 update: We received an e-mail from Halcyon with some photos of our boat. How nice of them to pass them along.