On a nice 48 degree day with light breezes from the NW, used the engine to take my 24' sailboat of my lift on my old dock and drive it to the local Marina for hauling out while our dock is torn out and replaced with a new one with two new lifts. Took a record of only 30 minutes, since with this boat I can easily go 4-5 knots under power -- woo hoo!
Century Club: Richard Turman
Sunday, December 31, 2023
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47 degrees out with no wind, so I set off a few minutes before sunset towards the headwaters of Valentine Creek. Just ducks out, didn't even see an Osprey or any Geese. Only saw one powerboat. Peasceful, quiet, and beautiful sunset. End of a great year of boating, having been on the water over 100 days for the third year in a row, with a new high total over 110. Fabulous!
Monday, December 25, 2023
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Astounding to have 53 degree weather with 5-7 knots of breeze on Christmas, so I took Lark out for two hours on the afternoon of Christmas Day. Wearing a Santa Hat. Wonderful sunny day kept me warm on the water; had a wonderful time.
Monday, December 18, 2023
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With weather in the 50's, just had to go out.
Friday, December 15, 2023
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Another warm day in the mid-50's with decent breeze, so took Lark out for 1.5 hours of sailing on a Friday afternoon. Wonderful to have a boat in the back yard on a lift, and have warm enough weather even in December! Got rear-ended trying to leave DC that afternoon, and sailing that night was the perfect tonic. Went past sunset and even had festive lights to display, as it were!
Friday, November 24, 2023
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On the day after Thanksgiving, it got up to abour 53 degrees, so I went out with my brother and sister-in-law and her sister. Breeze was 8-13 from the north, so was good to have four bodies on the up side. Nice 5.2 speed upwind, main and jib. Then returned the ladies and switched, so I was driving and my brother was crewing. I wasn't quite as warm as when I was working, but warm enough. Great 3 hours out!
Friday, November 17, 2023
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Couldn't get off the zooms early enough on a Friday afternoon, so spent 40 minutes on a beautiful kayak ride up near the headwaters of Valentine Creek. Saw 4 heron -- or two heron in 4 places, I'm not sure.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
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With the days so short, it is hard to get out before it gets dark at 5 pm, but I went out from 3:30-5:00 and had a beautiful solo sail.
Saturday, November 11, 2023
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Had a cousin in from Alaska and his son in from Seattle, and had a beautiful afternoon out on Round Bay. 7-10 knots of breeze from the south worked great, and the temperature stayed right around 60. Beautiful!~
Monday, November 6, 2023
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A neighbor of mine had never been on a sailboat, so I just had to take two hours off late this afternoon and take her out on Lark, which she thoroughly enjoyed. 7-9 knots of breeze was a great way for her to see that she could go upwind at 4.5-5 knots, and get the telltales parallel -- which she did remarkably quickly. Fun late afternoon on the first fill day of regular savings time, with a gorgeous sunset from the dock to greet our arrival.