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.
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
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:
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)
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)
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!
in preparataion for our women's racing 420 summer series, we did a "refresher" night, where we taught/retaught how to rig and took some people out to remember how to squish in the tiny space they call the crew's. Of course, there was zero wind, so we basically drifted around for an hour. Great day for newbies at the helm, though!
420 sailing with Johnathan, a healthy amount of wind but not quite enough to be wild. 3 other 420s and somehow we ended up with way more boat conflict than I desired, including a foul or two on our end (room at the mark also means room to gybe...). generally middle of the pack!
got on the water with a wing for my first time! so so cool, did make me want to kite again. ended with paddling home for what felt like an eternity, but was probably only 30 minutes
