Another Sunday night in the books. With great crew, we did well, losing consistently to the Morrisons. We got all kinds of conditions - got and sunny, hot and cloudy, cool and rainy, 5kt gusting 7 to 14kt gusting more. We put a reef in for serving race then shook it out in the downwind leg, getting stuck due to mis-rigged reefing line and overstanding the downwind mark as we struggled to unstick the rigging and get our sail up.
We learned a ton, we had fun, everything else was gravy.
Wonderful evening on Harlequin, my first time on a Cal 25. Thanks, Leo!
While the oldest teaches kids on the Hobie cat, the mom, his brother, and I took out a rainbow. Summer is definitely here!
Distance race to R2 on in a moody fog. We had the Bay mostly to ourselves. Great night.
Had some friends in from out of town, took them out on the rainbow in the morning, and then ripped around the bay on the Hobie.
Another day of tiller time in the laser. Bigger breeze means I finally got to really hike. Also maneuvers were high stakes - I ate it three times: twice gybing, and once while blasting upwind, almost fully hiked, straight into the wind shadow of a j33 warning up for Wednesday night. That one got my fast and utterly by surprise, I was already hovering a foot above the water when BAM I'm in the drink. Probably an experience most laser people get well before their beards turn gray, but I can confirm it's just as exhilarating for this old man!
Tom the Precision 15 out for some virtual racing around government marks. I always learn a lot when I sail different boats.
What a blast, racing out of Galesville on Specific Gravity.
Took another group of high schoolers out with Annapolis sailing school. Wind was light but we had a blast!
Spent a few hours showing some high schoolers around the mouth of the seven, as their first time on a sailboat. I love this sort of thing. Also had a wonderful Sunday night races - enough breeze to move, and enough shifts to make strategy pay off. Great day on the water!
However, my hands are starting to act up. I'm going to take a few days off, and when I do get back on the boat I'm going to think of ways to reduce the strain.