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Thanks for the nice thoughts and words, everyone. I wanted an adventure and certainly got one.
sailortjk1, your comments are good ones and well taken. It's hard to say what I might or might not have done, but I think if I'd truely decided that I couldn't get out of there, I'd have stopped and worked on a Plan B. There were enough moving boats around that I could have taken a line from someone and gotten to deep water. I just thought all along that I'd be able to sail her out of that tight spot. The first time that it occurred to me that I might be unable to succeed was when I capsized. Sometimes, I'm slow like that.
Thinking about it more, I might have been able to reach back toward the direction I'd come. Had I done that, I could have gained some sea room and tried it all over again. But, I just felt like I could beat upwind and get to where I needed to go. Oh well. I tend to learn things the hard way.
We be sailors!
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