Slightly chilly, overcast, and breezy NE 10-15 or so. Set out and sailed towards the bay bridge, intending to do a symetrical spinnaker set to run back, but about halfway out we noticed water coming over the floorboards. I took the helm and let people familiar with the boat get to work below. Bilge pump wasn't working but I did get a hefty spray of nastiness when they started with the manual and we were on a port tack. Bleh. Tacked back towards Annapolis and got the discharge over on the low side, then engine on and dropped sails. Had to hold the throttle heading back but I think it's fixed now. Super fun crowd on the boat, and I am allowed back next week.
Century Club: Rebekah Bromwell
Friday, April 24, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Got sails back from quantum with our numbers on them! Unfortunately the wind completely died by the time we were heading out but we still rigged the code and did a couple flat test jibes with the spinnaker. Got back in the slip moments before thunder and lightning and torrential downpour. Jason definitely knows his clouds.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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1 day
Really nice member sail coaching James, Josh, and Jesse (all Js!) on their quickstops and heave-tos. Got 1 practice docking in and then had to get back in. Gorgeous evening, nice and easy conditions. Wind was SW 5-10, although it did die out at the end.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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1 day
Incredibly interesting day of measuring Huzzah to the mm. (After spending a day and a half emptying everything off.) Dobbs came out and used a floating measure, graviton, water weights (211+ KG hung off the end of the boom!) to create our test cert. Then we put a few things back on, including the anchor which had sat overnight on the bottom while tied to the dock. Wind kicked off right about then so we could get back into the swing of things right off the bat and shove off against 20kts and moter into it to get back the HH south. Pretty awesome day overall.
Friday, April 17, 2026
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1 day
Really lovely Friday evening sail with a very accomplished sailor doing his checkout on a J22. Nice wind, great weather.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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1 day
Just over 3hrs of low ish wind (3-7 ESE) in stupid hot weather (90s) but at least we got to sail. Coached POBs and docking. (Bhavani and Robert)
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Took #5 out with James, Richard & Sarah for a short sail up to anchorage and did a bunch of POBs, then turned around and coached James through an impeccable crosswind docking. Wind was much less than anticipated, probably 5-10max SE. it started SW, but oscillated all the way around by the time we got back. Very warm. Got up to 90 I think.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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1 day
Took Meghan out with Emma for a little sail past ft Mchenry. Did a little mark rounding before heading back. Weather was great, sunny and warm, breezy enough that we hove-to and reefed to keep it easy. Wind was 10-13SW
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Fairly breezy but absolutely wonderful sail with these 3. Wind was 10-14ish ESE, sunny in the low 70s. Couldn't make it to the bridge with the headwinds and time constraints, but still super fun.
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Got through almost all the rest of the spring checklist, and then took Richard and James out for some motoring instruction, then sailing and checked the reefing lines, etc out underway. Wind dropped pretty low but we were able to sail back to UA before turning the engine on. Really lovely beautiful day. Sunny and warm but felt a little cool when the sun started to go down. Wind was 5-10 N