June 17, 2009

I completed the Celestial Navigation course today and passed the test.  It was a long test, took about 4 hours to  complete.  The key is understanding the process and then the rest is relatively easy.

After the test Lynne, Andrew and Caitlin joined me at the boat for a sail.  We had great wind and Lynne sailed up the estuary until we got to the turning basin.  There was a very large cargo ship in the harbor being turned around, so I took control to get us past it and up the harbor. 

We then sailed across the bay to a point a bit south of ATT Park.  The wind was blowing about 16-18 knts from the west.  So the sail back was all down wind and very nice and warm.  We got  back to the slip about 1745.