Catherine messaged me asking to race on Thursday evening. I wasn't planning to race without a crew, especially with some rain. I was expecting 50 mm of rain tomorrow. Since I was at the club and Eric had asked to sail, I agreed. We agreed to meet at 4PM.
Daniel asked if we needed a crew, but he couldn't make it at 4PM.
Catherine had met with Helene last night and took Matchmaker out with Gerrard. I was supposed to help, but Gerrard was available, so I was relieved. She loved the boat and agreed to buy it next year, as she would be travelling for most of the next seven weeks and the estate was not settled.
The winds were picking up during the afternoon, but were supposed to calm down, so I took the chance to leave the 150 headsail on.
We hoisted the main as we left the club and sailed out to the main lake, unfurling the headsail in its furled state. Catherine struggled to maintain a steady course and prevent the boat from drifting off course when we were trying to reach our destination. She eventually got it, but she could not helm the race.
Winds picked up to about 20 knots at the start and increased to 25 knots as we began. I abandoned the race, but I had to cross the start line to navigate around the RC and head back. We gybed and furled the head sail 70 % and sailed back in a fair amount of rain. We got back to the club without incident.
The forecast was supposed to be calm with a small percentage of rain in the late evening.
I tidied up the boat and drove home in the rain.
The race was cancelled about 30 minutes into the race.
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