Today was the Cruising Program Kickoff and "sock burning". Before the event, I got out with Rebekah for a little under 2 hours on J22#2. Just got out to Ft. McHenry and back; I didn't get any tiller time today, too busy with last minute social arrangements, but the weather was so nice I didn't really mind.
Century Club: James Bromwell
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Just the two of us
We passed Daniel on our way back
Emma and Joanna had a quick sail too
Friday, March 20, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Near Seagirt, unfortunately couldn't get Paul in frame
Friday was a short day at work, so Rebekah invited me to join her afternoon sailing plans with a few other DSC regulars. Moderate winds, maybe 8-12kt, high 50s, partly cloudy progressing to fully overcast.
We wound up taking J22#8 along with a member I hadn't met yet, Paul -- he's spent a lot of time around boats but is pretty new to sailing. I took the tiller for our departure into NE winds, which shifted to E/SE as we rounded Domino and headed out past Ft. McHenry. A bit more than halfway to the bridge, I handed the tiller off to the skipper, but got a lot of good practice tacking and using the main sheet to keep us from getting blown over when gusts picked up.
We made it to the buoys before the bridge in a bit over 2 hours, then zipped back downwind, with only a few gybes all the way to the Fort. Our return to DSC was uneventful, but we had a little time left in our reservation so we headed past the dredging operation in front of Pier 5 to visit the Rusty Scupper before coming back to dock, during which Paul got some tiller time in lighter winds. Docked just in time, we beat the start of some light rainfall by 15-20 minutes. A little chilly at times, but a great day on the water!
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Official frostbiting has already wrapped up for the season, and unfortunately I had to miss most of them for one reason or another, but Richard is always up for it whether it's on the calendar or not. Wind was poor-to-terrible but at least the weather was nice, so we set up a little windward/leeward course just in front of Harbor Point and ran a couple of laps.
The light air was frustrating at times, but everyone was still in good spirits. I got on the tiller for our second round out of 3, and somehow managed to find a perfect wind line that pulled us straight to the upwind mark, which felt really great. It was the only race we won but that was good enough for me.