BKI cert obtained.
15 minutes, wind was nice SE at 8-10, sunny, 90s.
Century Club: Rebekah Bromwell
Less flakey wind than the last few days. I assume b/c it was SE and not E or ESE. Fairly warm but not horrible. 5-10kts 3.5hrs on #11
Zero wind in the morning for docking and reversing practice, then plenty E/ ESE 8-12 or so in time for member sail. Super shifty as per usual though, and a pretty insane amount of power boat plus regular (dinner boats, watermark, taxis, etc) traffic. Not a relaxing afternoon. James and new sailor Tavitha did well on the tiller managing the shiftiness and crazy traffic planning/dodging.
mid 80s 0-2 E then 8-12 E/ESE ≈ 6 hrs
Took Kevin & Justin out for some reefing, heave-to and more POB practice. Also refined exiting the dock technique. Wind was so promising as we left but died down as soon as we started POBs. Very annoying. 5-10 E super nice weather in the 80s. ≈3 hrs
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
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
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
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
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
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.