Raced with Madi in a seven boat fleet on a light wind turned heavier wind day. Came relatively middle of the pack, excepting the race where we flipped at the windward mark on a tack (she wasn't high enough fast enough, and I didn't let out fast enough) dropping us from third to seventh. Clawed my way back and beat Jonathan for a sixth place finish post-capsize, which I am very proud of.
Century Club: Sage Leone
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
2/4 in our class, not a lot of downwind so not a lot of pole work (or any work) for me, but the water was a great place to spend the boiling hot day!
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
After a long day of playtime in the sun, headed over to CBI for their summer solstice pop up bar (6$ drinks in boston?!!). Got a drink (or a few) in all of us, and then weasled our way into a Sonar for the 9:30 night sail, with beautiful conditions, which we used to harass all the other boats in search of our friend (who we didn't find).
Friday, June 20, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Gusts up to 40 meant squishing a windsurfing hour or two between work and dinner with bf and friends! took a 4.0 sail on a 185 board and spent more time in the water than out of it (or at least it felt like that). had a couple of good runs, had the harness on a handful of times, got launched forward for the first time maybe ever. the board kept all of a sudden tacking on me, which a longtime CBIer then told me meant I had to move my mast foot in the track, I think forward, but I don't remember...
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
I swear it was very boat like!
Had the day off work and the boyfriend visiting, so we headed out to six flags. I scoped out the log flume pre-arrival, but it took us until evening to find it, by which point we were no longer hot and enjoyed substantially less the full body soaking that this ride provided. We determined that because it fully detached from all power and floated down the track/rapids independently, it counts as a boat day.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
downwind leg has never felt so long
Abandoned Michael to head out sailing for a light wind light crew day on Chingona for the second Rumble. I was main sheet for the uneventful (zero tack) upwind, and then got to be human whisker pole for the downwind, since our pole broke a jaw last week. New bruises gained for sure
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
headed up to marblehead for practice on the Man of War. beautiful day to sail (apple weather told me 60 and cloudy and LIED). had some time on the main sheet, but mostly was the mast end of the whisker pole and had an absolute blast!
Learned:
- "traveller up, twist up", and to get twist out of the sail, sheet in and trav down
- manuvering the pole:
- on gybe: mast end up to the orange tape (6-12 inches above my head), trip when "trip" and with that trip line (and hands) help get the end of the pole to the bowman, run over to the new sheet (jib sheet) and haul on it to bring the pole back and jib in, lower the mast end
- on douse: mast end up, trip and pole end to bowman, mast end down once set
- to remove: little switch near the mast end to disengage from the post, undo topping lift, tie to black cords, tape near there and middle-tending-towards-other-end, with slack left between the tape and tension to the ends
Friday, June 13, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
because it wasn't windy enough for a wing, there were no more rudders for Merc racing, and i need the day on the water! ran into Noel on the dock and had a lovely paddle with here, with only slight panic to speed paddle home once we realized the current was against us and the sun was setting (as per usual, on a paddle adventure)
Friday, June 13, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
because it wasn't windy enough for a wing, there were no more rudders for Merc racing, and i need the day on the water! ran into Noel on the dock and had a lovely paddle with here, with only slight panic to speed paddle home once we realized the current was against us and the sun was setting (as per usual, on a paddle adventure)
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
gusting 30+.... meant that only 4 boats ventured forth, all prepared to capsize immediately. did some chicken gybes around a course until we all worked up the courage to start sailing a more normal race. in the words of my crew, old to 420s new to racing: "im not sure i really understand where we're going here", after some downwind legs that looked as zig and zag as an upwind leg. only 1 of 4 capsized, and it was not me!