Often I get out by myself for a few hours just to sail. My family knows I enjoy a few tacks out on the bay and not really going anywhere.

Sunday was forecast for 5 to 10 knots diminishing in the afternoon. Sure enough, the sailing was terrific if you had time to wait out the tedious lulls. Sometimes the wind just isn't where you are for some reason. But if you wait a bit, it'll usually find you.

There were quite a few boats out sailing comfortably. When the wind dropped to about 5knots, headsails began to dissappear. As I would expect, a contemporary racing type boat carried on to windward. It moved faster than I did of course.

I still had hold of a mysterious easterly breeze that was pulling me to the east as a similar boat, was dead and slatting ahead. Sure enough when I got to within a few hundred yards, my wind left me as well.

One boat with a colorful nylon spinnaker carried on a bit out in the open bay.

And that was it, even the racing boat rolled it's jib and hit the starter. It was pretty hot, most everyone likely had somewhere to go.

The boat nearby and I just floated for 10 or 15 minutes safely between some islands. He obviously was just out sailing as well. We were making about 3/4 knot northward on the flood in the bay. It was pleasant watching occasional buoys slide by. Finally, he too rolled his jib and motored away.

I had lunch with the sails up but not slatting on the flat water moving about a half a mile northward. I couldn't detect any air but finally something started working in the sails and the boat began to move against the flood and make some way. I couldn't really steer it so I let the wheel pilot hold the helm to the south trusting the forecast of any wind coming onto my port side. I did the dishes.

And soon the boat stayed on the course, and we sailed, I guess, at about a knot. Telltales on sails and shrouds didn't really work, it was more intuitive. But it was fun just to feel the boat was in some control other than the current. This may not have been fun for anyone else onboard.

It didn't last but 15 minutes or so, and then the gps and soon after the sails told that it was gone. When the wind dies on a big body of water, it really dies.