TESOD stands for Tuesday Evenong Sail One Design. Every year we emerge from winter and start our weeknight dinghy sailing tradition. It is a great way to start the week! This Tuesday the breeze was very light but I managed to get out for a brief sail on my Laser.
Century Club: Dorian Haldeman
We got our SSA duty days out of the way early by volunteering to run races for the Soling spring series. Sadly the wind did not cooperate with only one race on Saturday and two races on Sunday before we towed the becalmed yachts back to shore.
It is a boat work and maintenance weekend for us in Solomon's getting Terrapin and the Key West ready for the season. But that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun too! Evening dinghy cocktail cruises to SMSA for happy hour on Friday and Creek exploration. Hooray, it is boating season!
April 14 - Terrapin spring scrub/deck cleaning
May 27- Terrapin topsides scrub down
July 7 - wash, wax and load Laser
Oct 6 - prep paint in aft cabin of Terrapin
Our friend James volunteered to organize a Tuesday evening practice session. Not much breeze but it was a beautiful warm evening. Yay for weeknight racing!
We unpacked our new Achilles tender and took her on her maiden voyage. We putted out again on Saturday to meet our Century zclub friends in their new floating home. It was a chilly weekend of boating but it was a fun weekend!
It was a warm and breezy Sunday for racing in Annapolis! It was a little too hot for the drysuir but I am glad I was wearing it. Looking forward to enjoying more warm weather sailing this spring.
It was another EPIC ILCA frostibing day in Annapolis. It felt like spring is was here with pleasant temperature, sunshine and a solid 10-18kts. The radial fleet was twice the size of the standard fleet today! And it doesn't hurt when you sail well. Guess I need to write a report.
It was a sunny but chilly and awesomely windy Sunday. We had five sporty races and I finished the last race after a spectacular capsize. I can tell you the water is quite chilly but refreshing! It was a really fun day and I am looking forward to next week.
Our beach rental house in Peurto Rico included a paddle board and ocean kayak. Neither boat was in great shape and the SUP was missing its fins which made paddling in a straight line neatly impossible. Several times I opted for a tow with Jeff in the kayak. But they count as water days!