78 degrees, 5 - 7 mph winds, not a cloud in the sky. Perfect day for a sail out to the Potomac.
Century Club: AJ Batcheller
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Perfect day for a sail to the Potomac.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Day marker 7, aka The Duck Blind
Nice, uneventful morning sail around Mattox Creek.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Sailing around Placid Bay
Winter was back for a few days hence I hadn’t had a chance to sail since last week and was chomping at the bit to go out. My weather app and the Argo app both predicted winds around 6 mph. Guess what? They were wrong! Try winds in the 10-15 mph range. My sail to Placid Bay was fine but once I rounded the bend it became a bit challenging. I had the good sense to take the sails down and motor home without incident.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Looking out towards Church Point and the Potomac
The wind was a bit unpredicable which made Karen a bit uncomfortbalbe so a relatively short, (1 hour), sail on Mattox Creek.
Monday, March 6, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
We took advantage of another beautiful early March day for a sail around Mattox Creek.
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Morning sail to Church Point.
Left around 10:30 AM for a nice Sunday morning sail to Church Point. It started to get a bit gusty and I had the common sense to get back home before my it got too challenging.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Hoisting the sail for the first time in 526 days. Picture curtesy of my wonderful wife Karen.
Just a perfect February day for sailing. No sure why I can't get the pictures to be horizontal.
It’s been 526 days since I last sailed and today was the perfect day to go out on Mattox Creek. 58 degrees, light wind, blue skies. It is also the first time that I’ve ever sailed in a winter month. I stayed out for about 3 hours. Nothing left to do today but smile, smile, smile.
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
The Tohatsu started up after about 10 pulls. Not bad for sitting 17 months.
Motoring to day marker 17.
Haven't sailed Bente since September of 2021 as we were having out house renovated which took well over a year and not the 6 months, we were told it would take. Cleaned her up on Friday and got the motor started today after about 10 pulls. Not bad for having it sit for 17 months. Just motored to day marker 7 and back. Chomping at the bit to go sailing. Hopefully later this week.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Paddling to the sunken sailboat.
The sunken sailboat of Mattox Creek.
With the temperatures in the high 70's maybe even hitting 80 it was perfect day to do some kayacking on Mattox Creek with Karen. Destination, the sunken sailboat. We deliberately went out at low tide to hopefully see more of the boat. Though the water was a little clearer than in the summer we still weren't able to see much. So sad that this boat was proboably someones pride and joy back in the day and now it's just a hazard.
Saturday, February 4, 2023 to Saturday, February 18, 2023
Number of days:
15 days
Leaving Fort Lauderdale
Grand Turk
Another shot of Fort Lauderdale
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Enjoying a day at Sea somewhere in the Caribbean
The most accurate weather station that I have ever seen.
Princes Sky
Relaxing in the Caribbean.
And another one.
Taking a tender to Belize
Stern of Princess Sky. Big ship sailing on the ocean.
Somewhere in the Carribean
And back to Fort Lauderdale. It was a lovely cruise.
Cruise on the Princess Sky February 4 – 15 leaving from Fort Lauderdale with stops in San Juan Puerto Rico, Amber Cove Dominican Republic, Grand Turk, returning to Fort Lauderdale then departing again for Belize City Belize, Cozumel Mexico, Roatan Honduras, and returning again to Fort Lauderdale.