More Sail Trim

The winds were called out to be 10-15 gusting to 25. A year ago we would have put up all the sail we had and charged down the lake, rounding up every 1/4 mile. Today, we headed out of the cove with a single reef to start. We had a very pleasant sail heeled over to 15 with occasional gusts taking us over to 25 degrees. We were making 5-6 knots and doing it a lot more comfortably than we would have with all the sail up. We're learning, slow but sure.