Century Club: James Bromwell

Signed up to rig/de-rig for today's accessibility event.  We had an awesome turnout, managed to get 8 boats into the water and fill 4 Sonars too.  Wind was kind of light (3-5 NE gusting maybe 8) but that's still enough for a Hansa to have fun.

After work, Rebekah took out Hunter and Rich for practice on Akimbo.  I tagged along to help out.  We all had a chance to do a couple POBs, and they both got to do a little docking too.  Moderate winds from the east-ish, around 8-10kt, and fair weather; she performed noticeably better than last year with the fresh bottom paint and prop cleaning.  Of course, it can't all be good news: somehow the haul-out seems to have introduced electrical issues with the engine, and now the choke button does nothing.  On the bright side, we all got to learn where the air intake lives...

After a morning spent watching the start of the annual Kinetic Sculpture Race, I headed over to the Clinton St Marina to help with maintenance on Akimbo.  There was a great turn-out and the crew had already gotten the bottom scraped and started painting by the time I got there.  I spent most of the time working on the top-sides taking a Brillo pad and some FSR to the vairous stains, scuffs and scrapes that had accumulated in the 3 years since her last haul-out.  It's hard work but it made a big difference, I think, and she looks a lot nicer now.

Joanna very graciously volunteered to skipper for skill building, so we set out with Sarah for a chilly Sunday afternoon.  I got in some good quick-stops and one or two sort of passable figure-eights, then returned for a really good series of dock approaches from just about every wind angle.  Sarah had to leave a little early so the end of the day was basically a private lesson -- I got some good feedback and really think it helped with my confidence.  Thanks, Joanna!