In memory of Tom's birthday I sailed my boat to his favorite bay on St. John. It was a great sail, no problemas.
It was a bay fac ing SW and the winds and small seas were out of the south so it was rockier at anchor than normal.

After a couple bigger swells came by, I heard a noise from the cockpit, and much to my dismay , there was the tiller and "key?" lying on the cockpit floor.

I put it back on and was able to sail back to St . Thomas downwind with no problem. All seemed normal.


Anybody know where the problem lies? Something I can do to prevent this again?