made at the eastern edge of the channel or in the shoals to the west. Given the breadth of the cove to the


west, it seemed that was the opportunity to pursue. As we pinched northwest the centerboard tapped the bottom. If we tacked immediately, there would be no progress northward or upwind so I raised the centerboard a few inches to enable gliding northwest over the shoals, delaying the next tack and improving the progress to windward. The current diminished in the shallow waters to the west, so the centerboard was inched upwards again, then again when the water shoaled even further. As long as the centerboard crept higher to allow for the gradual shoaling, our little dinghy made significant progress to the north before tacking back towards the channel. The effort to the east was one of pinching as high into the breeze as possible while getting the board down as deep as the cove would allow. This kept the current from taking back our hard earned gains to windward. Upon reaching the channel again,


our progress was evident as we found the red buoy aft to the south and the


My confidence was shaken by mistaking the cove channel current, especially when recognized by my five-year-old son. The sail to the dock provided the desired boost in self esteem.


wide zig zags, the dinghy climbed out of the channel into Pleasant Bay and out of the contrary current. Our adventure in the south cove had


taken enough time that we needed to sail directly northwest to the hotel pier to return the boat. My confidence was shaken by mistaking the cove channel current, especially when recognized by my five-year-old son. The sail to the dock provided the desired boost in self esteem.


Sailing closehauled across the bay


next green buoy close to the north. Having learned the process, it was a matter of repeating the tack to the west, creeping the board off the bottom and maintaining our closehauled trim as tightly to the breeze as possible while sailing as far west as the shoal cove permitted before tacking back to the east. The progress was slow and hard earned as we sailed west, closehauled, three times the distance made good to the north on each tack. After four long,


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put us south of and close to the pier and as close to the western shore as the centerboard would permit. At that point the long pier extended east of us by several yards. A quick tack through the mild northerly brought the dinghy alongside the pier where easily looped lines around the dock cleats concluded the successful, motorless docking and left us grinning at each other. The smooth, adventure-less docking was a sweet conclusion to the struggle sailing upwind and upcurrent less than an hour earlier.


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