A pleasant tour around Spa Creek with C. I did all the boat handling solo, including in and out of the boat ramp and docking at the dinghy dock at Ego Alley, with a minimum of fuss. Very pleased about that, I can take DG out alone with confidence now.
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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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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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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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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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.)