Century Club: Richard Turman

Beautiful sunny evening with wind and no rain.  Second best thing to sailing in such weather would be running Race Committee for our Round Bay Sailing Association.  Took two of my crew out and got three starts for our three fleets off in good order, and then watched them as they sailed the length of Round Bay and back, twice.  So fun to watch the spinnakers billow out, and then see how some boats sailed high angles while others sailed low.  Beautiful!

Had a great time out after one set of rainstorms before the next ones came.  2 sets of geese parents with little fleglings, paddling hard to keep up.

Went out around 6pm to 8 pm.  Had a lovely 10 knot breeze, and four other sailboats playing in Round Bay. Started near mark e, sailed to b then v then d, then back to b and then home. Great to arrive back at 8 in full daylight!

Powerful storm swept through from 4-4:30, leaving sprinkles in its wake.  Assembled crew and went out at 5:25 for a 6:00 start, and made it in plenty of time.  Rain was gone by the time the race started, at A, headed to D and back.  After rounding the windward mark and jibing, found spin on wrong side, jibed again, then eventually headed in right direction.  Then found that we were headed upwind when this was the downwind leg.  Took down the spin and moved along with the genoa, but lost a lot of ground to those boats who took down their spins earlier.  Weird night, but nice to get a race in.