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)
Century Club: Sage Leone
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!
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
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!
Monday, June 9, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
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!
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
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
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
beautiful 80+ degree day with decent wind, perfect for an evening on boston harbor. and second to cross the line, second in our class corrected!
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
more Mercury racing! with enough wind until we had to use a bailer to paddle our way in for the night...
Friday, May 23, 2025 to Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Number of days:
4 days
view from the rail, rounding green mark to starboard
our crew on Chingona
a much calmer Nantucket sound en route back to Boston
Raced the 2025 MDW Figawi race from Hyannis to Nantucket on Chingona, a Jeanneau 37 out of Savin Hill YC
Friday, the delivery crew met in Onset (just past the canal through the Cape) to bring the boat to Hyannis. was a chilly day but turned out to be less rainy and more windy than expected, giving us a beautiful sail! spent the night in Hyannis, and woke up the next morning to head out to the race! On the way out, we officially christened the boat "Chingona". The race was windy and fast and fun, and we came in 4th out of 10 boats in our class (after the winners majorly barged at the start and we were nice enough not to protest them). Spend Sunday in Nantucket not sailing, before a mostly windless but very sunny delivery home to Boston Monday and Tuesday (but that jib went out for a few seconds - so it counts as "sailing"...)