Went paddling with a couple sailing friends. Introduced one of them to SUP, took a swim at a little beach in Back Creek, and then went big and paddled to Drum Point and back. Ideal weather for being on the water, and I had a great time.
Century Club: Jonathan Nepini
Friday, June 3, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Today's route
Took a nice relaxing 4 mi paddle off Clarke's landing. Enjoyed some great mild weather, but found a lot of marsh grass up the creeks, which made it a little difficult to get around. A great start to my weekend.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Balanced so well we didn't need any helm for a while
Enjoying the shade during the beating leg
SMSA Fleet Building Wednesday Night. Ironically a pretty small fleet this evening due to the high temps and light wind. Steve drove for this race and I trimmed headsails. A rights dispute at the line resulted in an imperfect start, but we managed a tidy spinnaker set and a nice, if slow, run to the first mark. A hectic rounding followed, but afterwards the wind filled in and we got a nice beat to a shortened finish.
(Photos courtesy of Steven Birchfield)
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Today's route
Wharf view
Decided it was too hot to run today so I opted for a quick paddle at Leonardtown Wharf instead. I was on a tight timeline so I did a quick hour out across Breton Bay and back. Got a nice workout in and covered a respectable 3.6 miles, and got to enjoy the pretty evening light.
Monday, May 30, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Went for an early morning cruise on the Barba Roja with my brother and his boyfriend. The wind was impossibly light, but we did manage to get a kite up and ghost along for a couple hours. After we put the sails away we took a quick lap under power up Mill Creek to see where Pursuit is docked. As we were returning to the dock the fittings on the raw water strainer failed and the engine lost cooling. Steve was thankfully able to MacGyver a quick fix to get the boat running again for this Wednesday.
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Beach view
Went to the beach at Snow Hill Park for the afternoon and got a quick paddle in down to Cole Creek. Probably about a mile round trip. Perfect beach weather.
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Today's route
My twin brother was in town visiting for the weekend so we went on a nice long paddle around Mill Creek to do some exploring. We fought a bit of a headwind most of the way up the creek but had a nice time anyway. Did lots of boat watching in Solomons, saw some osprey, and got to take a little swim. A nice afternoon & a nice start to the holiday weekend.
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
The Laser fleet
Decided to help out with RC and enjoyed the best-attended smallboat race this year. Got to watch 10 boats on the line and some tight racing between five Lasers. Had a nice picnic dinner as well. A great relaxing evening.
(Photo courtesy of Steven Birchfield)
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
A close start
SMSA Wednesday Night Race A-7. A good crew and a nice tight race this evening. Everyone worked well together and we really nailed all the details. A long course allowed for a fun spinnaker drag race against Elan, but unfortunately we couldn't quite keep pace for the last two legs and lost them by 50 seconds. Nice to see everything starting to come together at the end of the first Wednesday series.
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Today's route
Went paddling with a couple friends and introduced one of them to paddling. He picked it up very quickly and had a great time. Launched at Forest Landing and paddled around some of the creeks & coves in that area. Did a little swimming too. A great way to relax for the afternoon.