Perfect Sunfish winds around 10 knots. Reach out to G1 and back. Daymark is broken off.
Century Club: Tim Etherington
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Jamie and Anna paddling with an early lead and me in second place.
Sailing
Paddling
Light winds out of the east changed to more north by the end of the day. Eight Sunfish, all but three were doubles. Five kayaks and some swimmers showed up for the annual Round the Island race. Paddling is allowed. The sails and mast need to be dropped to get under the one bridge. Usually no wind in the creek for a half the race so paddling is allowed. Jamie and Anna have won the last few years as having a person dedicated to paddling is a big advantage. I sailed well and outdistanced the rest of the fleet but Jamie and Anna paddled the entire race in light winds. We both set a course record but in the end they were 10 minutes ahead of me. I weas ten minutes ahead of the next closest Sunfish finisher, including many that had a paddler on board. We were able to sail a little in the creek this year but I fell in the water before and after the bridge trying to lower and raise the sails and to add insult to injury, the wind was strong enough on the other side of the bridge to capsize the boat just as I was raising the sail. Broke my graphite stand-up paddleboard paddle, which is my secret weapon. Was not able to apddle effectively for the rest of the race.
Friday, July 24, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Light winds out of the west. Sailed down to Salt Ponds channel to check out winds and current for Round thr Island race tomorrow. Current was still running down the creek a little. Looked like cutting close to the red day mark was the fastest way over the sandbar.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Too hot to get back into the everyday sailing schedule. Light winds but still confortable on the water.
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
First Sunfish sail after being gone for a month and a half. Light winds and a perfect sail. Hot but nice on the water.
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Luna Blu on the water.
Another windy day on the Southern Bay. Winds 19-22 all day with gusts way north of that. CCV Race challenge where each yacht raced herself and submitted time. Start was at your descreation. From Hampton River to end of Hampton Bar out into the Newport News Channel, then to Middle Ground Light, then to Norfolk Reach back to the end of the Hamton Bar and back to Hampton River. Started fluying the spinnaker and rounded up once. Challenging day. Wing and Wing down to Middle Ground still had us going 6.5 or more knots. The beat back to Norfolk Reach was punishing but all in all a good day to be on the water. Started at 11:19:50 and ended at 14:02:20.
Luna Blu is a Bristol 39 Yawl originally sailed by Ted Hood.
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Calm sail a few days before the weekend picture before,
Race day but this does not do justice to the angry Bay
Yikes. 7 crazy sailors and a bunch of spectators showed for a crazy day on the water. Course is the Chesapeake Bay from Grandview Beach to 1BR then to R2 off Buckroe and then back to Grandview. Distance race of around 6 miles. Race was moved from 10 to noon due to winds and although they moderated a little, the winds then starting builiding throughtout the race and started moving from NE to E. Wind were 17-20 with gusts at 25-27. Waves started at 3 feet and were 4-5 at the end. Challenging beat to 1BR into the teeth of the wind. Waves at 1BR were really bad with the mixing from Back River and the currents and wind in the bay so it ended up being a cross-hatch wave pattern around 4 feet high. Everyone described the reach down the bay as a Screaming Reach. The Sunfish was surfing the ENTIRE time on downwind and the boat was getting blown up. Right on the hairy edge. Such a difference from a few days ago of drifting.
Johnny Townsend, myself, Jay Boland, John Herron, Jamie Chapman, Scott and Pete O'Shaughbessy.
Friday, June 19, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Out for a short turn after doing some work.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Missed a couple of days due to picking up our land yacht. Another light day on the bay.
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Went with Walt, Collette and Karen on Treasure Chest, Walt's latest Hunter Marlow 40. Had a nice sail out to the Baltimore Channel of the CBBT. We heard CVN-78 transiting back to Norfolk so we loitered until they were right alongside. Great day on the water.