The couple of mentees who are about ready to check out did some checklist practice and we focused on quick stops. The E wind lived up to its reputation and totally screwed with us though. 5-10 E but very flakey and lots of horrible lulls. Super nice weather though. ≈3 hrs
Century Club: Rebekah Bromwell
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Was concerned the wind would be too much but it really never got over 10 (felt like) so shook out preemptive reef past dominoes. Had a nice sail out to ft mchenry and back, a little into the inner harbor, and then docked. Overcast but pleasant. Dark clouds cleared with no rain. 5-10kts E w/ periodic long N spells. 4:30-8:30
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Wind was decent, maybe a little too good for the first spinnaker leg lol. We made up a lot of places there. Great overcast weather. 70s. 6-13kts E ish
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Took a j22 (#11) out for a couple of hours with Robert & Petra. Wind was REDICULOUSLY flaky, but still mostly better than forecasted. Lovely overcast day in the 70s. Wind was 3-6ish mostly E but loads of oscillating and some very random 180d as well. ≈3.5hrs
Monday, August 4, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Last evening of this series of lessons. Had a really fun night practicing tacks and jibes and everyone got a couple heave tos in as well. Excellent weather in the 80s, wind was annoyingly oscillating but mostly decent at 5-8knts N, but sometimes NE or NW. and a few bursts of solid S. ≈3.5hrs
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Pretty low wind with a few nice puffs, but horrendously switchy which was super annoying. Met a new member (Petra) and had a very fun relaxing sail though. 5-8 (mostly 5) sort of N with lots of oscillating to WNW and NE. Clear, low 80s. Really nice.
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Wind died down and was on our nose most of the time so it was a frustratingly slow motor with occasional attempts to get a boost with a sail out. After dark the wind picked up and the angle improved for us so we made better time and finished up at 11:20. (About 12 hours, 5-12kts NE, pleasant weather)
Friday, August 1, 2025 to Saturday, August 2, 2025
Number of days:
2 days
Chessie did AMAZING! Also that fantastic NE wind all night helped lol. Truly fantasticly fun race. Finished in 8:42:30.
12-26NE overcast, no rain though. Significant (awesome) following seas, surfable waves most of the time. Hit 12.7 and spent most of the race 8.5-10.5 sog.
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Chessie took a break from WNR because of gov cup this weekend so I took a J22 out at DSC to practice a few SH quick stops before member sail, and then went out with people for member sail. Temp was in the high 90s, but there was a very nice 8-10kt W breeze. ≈4hrs
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Took Akimbo to rusty scupper at lunch today to do pump out (it keeps back flowing into bowl, so horrible. :-( Did a huge flush through with clean water during pump out and added enzymes to bowl and tank. Also topped up forward water tank and diesel. Wiped down surfaces w/regular cleaner, but used Clorox wipe on the inside of the freezer and left open to dry and air out. Everything looks (and smells!) good now.
Teaching intro class 3 later this evening. There's supposed to be 5-10 kts SE but it didn't look like it at lunchtime. Also it was 101deg. This is too freaking hot and too little wind to teach or learn in. Hope it gets better later.