September 28 to October 5 -- Three Sails on Three Different Boats

The season is drawing to a close and after the 87 day cruise, my craving for sailing has waned with my energy so that I have not been aggressive in filling up my calendar with sailing dates.
Then there were some recovery from stomach flu days, days for doctors appointments, for Yom Kippur, for the funeral mass of the Commodore's wife's mom, a movie, cleaning, and an unsuccessful attempt (so far) at the repair of the swim platform door (I need longer bolts). Our last night aboard for 2017 was Tuesday, October 3.

But three lovely sailing days with just the right winds. First was aboard ILENE, with Sid and Jan. He worked with me, practicing a more commercial and less litigious type of law and has just retired; so now they both are available for weekday sails. We were underway for five hours and went out almost to Peningo Neck at Rye. On the way out I changed course by up to 30 degrees, about five times to keep the wind away from our stern. Lots of conversation about the bad old days and our other colleagues before some wine followed by dinner at Artie's, what with the Club restaurant being closed on Tuesday, and just in time to get the last launch ride back to the boat.
Next day being Wednesday, I returned to the boat to pack up more things and for the Old Salts.

Nine of us, including Erwin, a founding member of the Salts, visiting from Florida, sailed on Bennett's Ohana which handled the winds gracefully. About two hours of zigging and zagging in the Sound between Eastchester and Littleneck Bays, before the libation hour. Mike and Sandy gave me a ride home .
The next day Rhoda invited me to sail with her on Jazz Sail. I was going to the Club anyway to pack up almost a;ll of the rest of our things and we had a great two hours under genoa alone, into Littleneck Bay and back.
These autumn sails were so pleasant. We did not have the storms of autumn and it got Indian summer warm. The kind of weather which makes a person try to keep going later into the season. The only problem is the knowledge that the bitter cold grey days of winter are breathing down our necks and hauling and doing the other work needed to prepare for winter when it is ugly and cold is not pleasant. So my target hauling date is Monday October 16, giving me two more days after before I'm flying to Oregon to visit family and friends there. Another plan, waiting to be upset by events.