Lots of breeze all day, and lots of work. Finally got out on the Sunfish around 7, when the wind had come down to 6 with gusts to 10. Beautiful time to sail with the dying of the light -- went up and down Valentine Creek.
Century Club: Richard Turman
Monday, May 27, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Good to get out on the kayak again. Winds were light enough I could head into Round Bay itself, and then come back to the head of Valentine and then back home. Lots of baby geese, with very protective parents!
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Lovely afternoon to spend some time with my daughter backing our SeaRay out of the lift and back in. Went out into Valentine and threw a fender out and practiced backing up to it. Got better and better. Then went and did it over by Linstead. All worked great, as did the return times driving the boat into the lift. Helped we'd installed lines on the dock to grab hold of.
Friday, May 24, 2024 to Saturday, May 25, 2024
Number of days:
2 days
7 guys on a 46' Bavaria Cruiser racing from Annapolis to Hampton, 120 miles -- what could go wrong?!
Had a great adventure, even after the wind died about 3 hours into the race. Wind seemed to show up and then leave every 2-3 hours the first day. Kept up until midnight, after which it shutdown completely. When our watch came back on at 4 am, there was clear agreement we had to turn the engine on, otherwise we'd never get to Hampton. So we did. Really, Really thick fog, so watched radar contacts closely, as well as in the water to avoid crab pots. Got some blissful sleep, woke up and arrived in Hampton with the sun. Hoisted the sails to dry them out, and then headed into clean up the boat and ourselves in the Hampton Yacht Club, which has a pretty sweet location. Loved flying the huge spin on this boat, as well as checking out the huge container ships in Hampton Roads.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Breeze was forecast in the 12 knots with gusts to 16 range, but ended up being more like 15 with gusts to 22. Reefed the main once we got out on the course, but spent the whole race overpowered -- should have had the jib on, not the genoa. Drove with the genoa to keep us pointing; flogged the main. Had 5 crew, which helped some, but not enough. Need to bring the jib....
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Wonderful south wind of 10-13 knots; went out solo and had a spirited upwind, hitting 5.3 knots as the apparent wind hit 17-18. Rounded mark C and then went downwind, also making it to 5 knots, which was pretty good w the Genoa.
Monday, May 20, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Finally disentangled from work, and took Lark out of a 2 hour ride. 10-12 knots apparent for most of the evening, which allowed me to get up to 5 knots upwind and 4 knots downwind, using the genoa. A beautiful night!
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Needed to install another bumper on my 3 month old dock, and doing so required being able to reach 4 feet below the deck. Got to use our 21' SeaRay as a work platform. Took some time to get it lined up right with various docklines, but eventually got it in place, drilled the holes and used the socket set I've had since college to attach the bumper. Then put two more cleats in on the other side of the dock. Then went for a joy ride.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Back to all four crew, and was able to do some good upwind practice off the line ahead of the start. Better start than sometimes, from V to B, and then downwind from B to V. Spin ran ok, except at the dowse we lost some time, which hurts us on the upwind. Came in 6th out of 11. Not in the upper half....
Monday, May 13, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
10-15 knots from the South kept me within Valentine Creek, but going out at 7pm is a great way to not see any other boat traffic out and just commune with nautical nature, which is what I did.