Stormed hit about 10 minutes into the race. All boats heeled extremely but no one fell into the water.
Century Club: Hank Messick
Monday, May 13, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Beautiful weather this afternoon for sailing Arcas. Dave, Carey and me enjoyed the breezy 8-11 knot southerly breeze. Georgetown Sailing Team was on the water too executing long runs up the river. We did a lot of acceleration drills and I played around learning how to optimize new main sheet. Good times!
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Trimmed a bit to hard
A breezy day, 8 to 16 knots from the SSW. Carey, David, Paul, Brendan, myself onboard.
Monday, April 22, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Tall Ship Providence under sail near Old Town
Bob, Carey, and I shoved off at 1130. NW breeze between 2-8 knots. We flew the chute on the return leg.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 to Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Bob flies the chute
Check in with RC
Monday, April 15, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Bob, Carey, Tom, myself shoved off at 1100. Light southerly breeze so we sailed to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, turned around for a long run upriver. Weather alerts kept occurring on the UHF, a fast moving storm heading east with hail and high winds. We made it back to slip before a small segment of the system covered the marina. Yep, it hailed for about three minutes and rained for about ten, then the sun reappeared. John, next slip over, was on the water when the hail it. He was thankful for his broad brimmed hat!
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Flotsam at the leeward mark
Checking in with RC
First race of the season. Flooding tide, 4-9 knot southeasterly. Large concentrations of flotsam. Just before the leeward was a 200 foot long floating barrier about 30 feet wide containing logs you wouldn't want to hit. Despite new sails, we need to do a lot better.
Monday, April 8, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Enjoying the view
Eclipse sailors
Cell phone photo
Bob, Carey, Linda and me shoved off at noon sailed south to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, the launched the chute for a long run up the river to Haines Point. Sunny and warm weather with a 5-8 knot breeze from the south. Donned eclipse glasses intermittently starting at 1430. Maximum coverage for our area was at 1520 so we put on glasses and blasted the boat horn to celebrate.
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Carey slapping the Genoa to free the telltales
Paul, Dave, Carey, and me installed new Ocean 3Di main and 150% Genoa for a test run in a southerly 5-6 knot breeze. The sails were "text book" in shape and it was so easy to reshape them depending on point of sail. One downside, North added an extra digit to the Genoa's sail number!