Saturday afternoon the wind picked up out of the NE better than forecasted. Art was out on the river and Ron showed up while I was rigging. I was well powered on an 8.5 and Ron was on a 10.0. We headed out at 5pm and it seemed to get better as we sailed. The boat traffic dwindled so the water got flatter and the wind was increasing. We sailed till sunset and were glad we made the effort to go.