Century Club: Dorian Haldeman

We spent the weekend in Savannah, GA while I attended a veterinary seminar.  Took a ride on across the Savannah River on the free ferry so we can count a day in the water.  You can walk right on with your carry out beverage.  So cool seeing the giant container ships up close!
 

Ferry ride was so much fun we had to go again the next day! (After cocktails at the speakeasy)

It was a breezy day two of the ILCA Fall series.  Four races in a fresh NW 18-20 knots.  Everything that you love about fall sailing!  Looking forward to the Frostbite season.

It was a beautiful, calm evening for a paddle in Back Creek.  Enjoying the best of Naptown living!

I took advantage of an unseasonably warm and calm morning for a lovely paddle on Back Creek.  It must be boat show season since the creek was packed with snowbirds headed south.  Another great day on the water in Annapolis!

Two days of racing our Buccaneer 18, Spanish Mackerel, at our club in Solomons.  Eleven boats on the line made it a great tune up for the Buccaneer North American Championship the following weekend.  We placed third overall in a very competitive fleet.  

Our long anticipated bay baycation finically starred on Sunday, August 22.  We pulled out of Solomons in the afternoon after a morning run to West Marine to purchase a new cooler because the refrigerator was acting weird. We motor down the bay surrounded by thunderstorms but never caught any nasty weather.  Our first achorage was the Great Wicomico River, VA.  Monday morning after coffee we headed out on a still bay south to Mobjack Bay.  In the afternoon the wind came up and we had a lovely sail from Wolf Trap light into the East River where we stayed anchored for two nights.  Wednesday we needed to fill up on ice and water so we stopped at Fishinf Bay Marina for a pit stop after another motor.  Afterwards the breeze came up so we explored the Piankatank under sail before dropping anchor for the night.  Thursday we motored again (lack of wind) up to Little Bay on Antipoison Creek near Windmill Point.  We read about this anchorage in the August issue of SpinSheet magazine.  It was so amazing we stayed for two nights, exploring the beaches by dinghy and twice making a pilgrimage through the marsh to the Rappahannock River and the tiki bar at Windmill Point Marina.  Saturday morning we had a lovely sail across the bay to Tangier where the wind died and we needed to turn on the trusty Yanmar to get us into Crisfield.  Ther we docked at Somers Cove Marina for the night and visited my parents for dinner.  After breakfast with the locals we headed back out on the bay for our last and windiest day.  Unfortunately that wind was right on the nose as we motored 35 miles back home to Solomons.  It was a hot week with a lot of swimming and thankfully no sea nettles.  A great week on the water with my husband!

In preparation for our sailing cruise next week, we blew up the old dinghy and took her for a spin around the creek.  She still floats!  Sunday we scrubbed the cruising boat and finished some projects to get ready for next week but took another evening dinghy cruise to get our day on the water!

Taking advantage of a beautiful morning by grabbing by board and paddling for today's work out.  Seven minutes from my driveway to launch!

Sadly with our wedding in May and moving into a new house in June we have had very little time to spend with our cruising boat, Terrapin.  This weekend she got a much needed short-haul so we could scrape off ten months of barnacles and get her back on the move.  Our afternoon day sail turned into an overnight in the Honga River after we caught enough Spanish Mackerel trolling under sail to make a tasty dinner.  Yay for Terrapin's grand return to the bay!

There wasn't any wind when we arrived and the club but around 6:15 the breeze filled in and we quickly rigged to get in some TESOD racing.  It was a light evening but fun racing and great to get out on the water!  To top it off we had a fabulous Annapolis sunset.  Just another summer Tuesday in Annapolis!

I finally managed to get a Wednesday evening off work and out on J/105 Blizzard to find a bunch of discouraged Wednesday night racers with no breeze.  Although the racing was called off there was just enough breeze for a slow practice sail on a hot evening.  

We made our first attempt at fishing for snakehead.  Sadly we failed but we did catch a few spot bottom fishing on the Paxtuent River in the afternoon 

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A beautiful night on the water and a beautiful smokey sunset in Annapolis!

Another fun racing evening at SSA!

Another great Tuesday evening at SSA!  I even had a guest skipper on 

y Laser, my friends son who is an Opti sailor drive my boat in to the dock. 

A fun day on the Key West fishing in the bay and the Patuxent River.  No fish were caught but a beautiful day on the water. 

A fun day racing on the Pax River with our friends at SMSA.  Seven boats in our class and we placed second overall, despite breaking our spinsheet and spin pole!  

Back home in Annapolis it was a beautiful evening for Laser sailing.  It was cloudy but pleasantly warm with solid breeze.  Great fun was had on the Severn River.  

Return trip on the ferry

After our beach wedding in Kitty Hawk we packed up my Subie and took a boat ride to the island of Ocracoke.  We stayed at an awesome bed and breakfast and enjoyed several days of relaxing beach life.  

Nice day for a run to Hooper's Light on the Key West

A beautiful spring evening with pleasant breeze and a fabulous Annapolis sunset!

Nice day for a powerboat ride and picnic!  No luck with the fishing.  

Our spring ILCA dinghy (Laser) invitational at Severn Sailing Association.  Great two days of racing despite a questionable forecast.  I placed second (missing first place by only one point!) out of fifteen boats in the ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) class. 

We had a great day of coached Laser practice on Saturday.  The highlight was seeing the first osprey of the season building their nest!  Sunday we rigged up despite a scary gale warning to complete the Laser frostbite season.  All in all a great weekend on the water!

A sunny and very windy day on the Severn River!

A long unwind paddle and fun ride back downwind along a beautiful island.  We spotted a large stingray and a manatee!

Our first day on the water in the Florida Keys.  A short paddle from our canal front rental house. 

Another fun practice day.  Started with snow flakes and ended with sunshine.

Back on the water for a great day of practice  races with the SSA Laser/ILCA fleet!  Gorgeous sunshine and light breeze.