Buzzards Bay was crispy clear and mostly empty on Sunday; perhaps all chased away by the small craft advisory. The wind was 20+ from the NW, conveniently as forecast, so we close reached our way to Mattapoisett under a well-reefed genoa. Funny how when you're in such wind that it feels like it's disappeared when it drops to 13. Which eventually it did for real and of course from the SW so we continued on for a while then headed into the harbor.

Tom Y. had wondered earlier this year about the improvement gained with centerboard down. After we lowered ours, it looked like we'd gained about 7 degrees on the compass. When I looked at the Garmin track, though, it appears a whole lot more: