Nice afternoon of sailing. Staying clse in anticipation of the Thursday evening race I was disappointed this was an off week. Anchored on the east end of Willoughby Bay, I fished, photographed a few of our local sailers enjoying the good weather and cooked burgers. Later popcorn and a movie. The following morning a lazy sail around our little bay.
Century Club: George Hernandez
Monday, June 19, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Another one of these perfect days. While I had to tack twice exiting the Back River in a SE wind, everything else was perfect returning to Norfolk making for one of my most pleasant sails...
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Early in the day north winds forced me to tack a couple time as I headed towards Buckroe beach and again to aviod the shallows east of Grandview. Later on, sailing into Back river with a breeze that had shifted more southeast I was moving slow and with so many fishing boats motoring in I fired up the diesel to get through the narrow entrance. After that is was back to sailing untile stopping just NE of green 21.
The fish were biting but a little on the small size. Intesad, clam chowder out of a can for dinner...
Friday, June 16, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
After coffee and breakfast in the morning, I took advantage of a gentle breeze to sail back and forth on our little bay. While on the water I sailed alongside a Catalina 25, who also spent the night out, so I could chat and get a few pictures of him...
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Over to Hampton for work that is out of my reach. New mast light, replace bulb on steaming light, New topping lift and attaching a block to spreader. I met up with Gaston Saada on Sunset Creek at Tidewater. Afterwards I sailed back to Willoughby Bay and anchored for the night first to photograph the weekly race, then dinner and a movie.
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
I've been wanting to complete this sail for a long time. I think this was my fifth attempt. Finally everything came together. A 15 knot south wind, an outbound tidal current in the morning that turned in the afternoon. Six and a half hours for the almost 38 mile sail!
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Cloudy and hazy with smoke from Canadian fires. I alternated between sailing and motoring as conditions changed. My goal is to sail everywhere I go, but more frequently than I like, firing up the diesel is necessary. For much of the day the visibility was around 5 miles. However approaching Norfolk it dropped to around 2 miles. Ships appeared and dissapeared into the smoke in just a short time!
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
I spent the day at Kiptopeake doing a little fishing and then kayaked to the beach for a walk. Very nice day.
Monday, June 5, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Tidal current and wind right on my nose slowed my progress most of the day. Otherwise beautiful weather. Smoke from Canadian fires visible to the north blocked the sun as sunset approached. Found anchoring close to the beach was a mistake when the winds swung around to the south. At first it was just the bow rising up and down, with was not bad. But later after the tidal current reversed and the winds/waved started coming in from the SW mading for a rocky night with little sleep. At first light i moved close to the ships and got a few more hours of sleep in the more protected waters.
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Dark and windy along the coast in VB had me cancelling plans for sailing ahead of the race. In fact, from the buffeting my little car experienced driving to the marina I didn't think I would even be leaving the dock. However the skies brightened and the winds seemed managable our little bay so I motored out to near the windward mark with my camera. Fast race in the 15+ kt breeze.