Very light breeze but enough to get us around and take a 2nd...which leaves us at 2nd for this final series. (final except for the "die-hard" series which is a different beast all together)
Beautiful night though!
Century Club: Tim Ford
Friday, September 25, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Threw a beater kayak into the local stream, figuring the recent deluge would allow a decent paddle, but it wasn't to be. There was significant re-arrangement of the usual stream flow and some of the bigger pools were just plain gone. I had no idea the recent rain had had such a profound effect. Even the usual hard-packed trails that lead down to a launch point were gone. So a planned paddle was short-lived and involved more portages around strainers and new shallows and a thrash thru brambles and vines just to get to a launch spot.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
can't believe I have a dink named "Duke" (not a duke fan)
A couple of hungry pickerell on the first lure I made during the pandemic back in late 2020. Pike love this thing and it works the best out of the dozen or so lures I carved and painted 6 years ago.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Grand prize for 1st Place
It looked fairly bleak we'd catch these guys, but....
Row to the point at sunset to cap off a great day
Magothy Mayhem race was a blast, having two young kids aboard Incommunicado is always good. This is a fun race and we went non-spinn, due to only having 4 adults on board and the Fx was 10-15 gusting 20. Fx was totally bogus because I doubt if we saw 8kn all day.
But we had enough air to keep Inc moving. We were lead boat in a Pursuit Style race until the spinnaker J35 passed us downwind. It looked like we'd need to settle for 2nd, but we ground them down on the last leg, a beat to the RC boat. It was neck and neck until we eeked ahead after the last crossing. Fun race and great job by MRSA RC crew.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
We were OCS and had to re-start but sometimes that's a good thing, to be able to pick your lane and separate. We did that until all of sudden we weren't ahead of our main competitor. But the last two legs we were able to separate again, very nicely, and also had two good sets and douses. So we saved our time and finally got that elusive bullet.
Monday, September 14, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Set out to do some batten alteration on RAINBOW and then row around the corner to fish the cove. Partial success, but as I was gathering fishing stuff I realized I had forgotten my wallet, left it home on the dining room table. Great. I was running on fumes and there was no way I'd make the 30+ miles home. So I set out from RAINBOW with my gas tank and a funnel and figured I'd devise a way to transfer a gallon or two into the car. Luckily a club member was there and I got a 20 dollar loan so the prospect of spilling petrol all over the parking lot was quashed.
Getting old is so. much. fun!
Shame too, because it was a gorgeous day.................
Friday, September 11, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Rowed out with a rod and took many casts, as there were fish feeding in the creek as evidenced by the hundreds of ripples and breaking baitfish but alas, whatever I offered was not appreciated. I should have known better. It was a falling tide.
But still a lovely day in the creek as shorter hours become even shorter every day.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Nice night on the river and more fun with ships and barges. I think we salvaged a 2nd despite two out of two delayed kite sets. (guess who was on bow)
Saturday, September 5, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
on
off
Wanted to loan my longshaft 6hp to a club member who needs it to deliver his new boat up the bay from St Mikes. Trouble was: doing it from a dinghy is downright dangerous. Then I remembered...duh...the club has a very stable skiff with a 40hp outboard. Heck that oughta do it.
After a somewhat clumsy learning curve with the outboard controls, I was able to pluck the engine (weighs about 70 pounds I think*) off RAINBOW's transom and safely deliver the O/B to the dock.
Right tool - right job.
* a faithful reader has mentioned the listed dry weight is 61 pounds. I will add another pound for grease and fluids so let's call it 62. Nothing for an NFL inside linebacker...a lot for a skinny old geezer.
Thursday, September 3, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Rowboat, kayak and sailboat...a lot of rowing and good to be back in a kayak after a long break. Took a few desultoryu casts but no fish. Which was fine.
Pretty day, with lighting like fall but still very warm.