Century Club: Mario Santana

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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  • My ugly mug

A nice breezy evening on the West River

Monday, September 15, 2025
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MNR
  • The fearless crew

Another wonderful Monday Night Races 

Sunday, September 14, 2025
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  • 15 skipjacks on the start line!

Spent an amazing day on the skipjack Lady Katie, doing a parade and a race for the Maryland Seafood Festival.  Read about her here: http://lastskipjacks.com/boats/ladykatie.html

Saturday, September 13, 2025
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  • My ugly mug

A terrible forecast turned into a wonderful day karma from zero knots of wind to ten and even thirteen. Our speed felt good, but we need to figure out why we struggle. In our placement

Friday, September 12, 2025
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Great afternoon practicing and chatting.  So much fun, I forgot to take pix...

Friday, September 12, 2025
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Great afternoon practicing and chatting.  So much fun, I forgot to take pix...

Monday, September 8, 2025
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  • My ugly mug
  • One of my favorite things about Annapolis Sailing School - docking under sail

A promising breeze died off so we had to shorten the course.  After a 2nd row start we played the shifts and asserted our rights on a bigger sailboat to round the first mark in first!  Then we steadily lost places on the long legs as we fought tooth and nail to match other boats' speed.  I'm still not sure why we were so consistently slower than almost every other boat, but I do know that we had a blast trying like hell to figure it out!

Sunday, September 7, 2025
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  • Spinnaker coaching
  • The fearless crew of Cirrus on SNR
  • The fearless crew of Chinook

Drizzling chill in the morning but the breeze was perfect for spin practice with G on Chinook.  Then Sunday Night Races in a glorious evening.  Great day in the water 

Friday, September 5, 2025
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  • My ugly mug

Took nimbus out solo today, I had every intention of practicing standing starts.  But the wind was up, and I hadn't soloed a rainbow in a while, so I decided to just go fast and/ore sideways, and cruise up to 7 to the bridge.  On the way back, found myself in a tacking duel with a larger boat.  Not that I'm a super competitive person or anything, but you know what they say about two boats on the water.  (I won.) 

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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  • Gorgeous evening on the West River
  • My ugly mug

A really great race, marred only my unwise decision to experiment with dowsing techniques during a race...  The best part?  It has been a full week since I lost a phone overboard!

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