Zanshin Logbook

This was our first trip on the new boat, from the Annapolis docks down the Chesapeake to Solomon's Island. The wind was weak to nonexistent so we ended up motoring at 1600-2000RPM all day and made it into the area at dusk and anchored in what might be the channel at about 17:30. The day wasn't challenging apart from running aground at slow speed while exiting Annapolis and dodging numerous traps and trawling fishing boats in the Chesapeake on the trip down. It was certainly cold, though.

This was our first sail on the new boat. The wind was pressing us onto the dock and the pylons are just a few feet further apart than the hull is long, so getting off the dock and back on was a challenge. There were 5 of us aboard so it went without too many bumps, bangs and dents but this is certainly a big boat. With 10-15 knots of true wind we set sails, reefed, ran different wind angles and also hove to and Zanshin handled very well and was quite fast.