Better day! Smaller waves but still some good ones, and almost got into the green room for a second or two. Skills thought long dead are improving! Board rash getting worse though....
Century Club: Tim Ford
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
getting outside
I haven't really done a whole lot of wave riding in the past few years, due to covid and sailing trips taking priority over beach trips. So I avoided the big board (a foamy) and choose a hard bodyboard instead.
Good thing, as the break here is a lot different than in Maryland. It's nice to actually be at a spot where there's a decent outside break. Couple of decent rides and one very good one, but didn't get a barrel...waves were big enough (estimated 3-5 feet in the larger sets) but skills were insufficient. Also, I forgot how hard it is to duck dive a short board due to the buyancy, so getting outside was a struggle initially.
Friday, August 11, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
add 2 hours to the motor hours log
I hadn't run the O/B for a couple of months so we launced and took a long-ish ride (for the i550) and then anchored, ate and fished. Then we headed back and that's when the fight started. The starboard bunk on my spot on the foating dock collapsed when we had the boat about halfway up....hmm. Luckily there are some unused 2x8 PT boards laying around and we eventually leveraged the bunk back on up on a makeshift repair. Hot, sweaty and exhausted, we retired to the car's AC and water supply. Add one more project to the boat list.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 to Sunday, August 6, 2023
Number of days:
6 days
Off Wooden Boat campus
Camden to Brooklin conditions
Castine to Camden condits
Clean up and chute drying
Delivery to Castine
Two classic woodies
Fishing spot way right
IOD start in 2 kn breeze
I had my little travel rod in the car and noticed fish feeding close to, well, not exactly a PIER, but a long riprap causeway out to the lighthouse and I took a few desultory casts. It was more to get the lay of the land around Portland Harbor.
The next day was meet up at Brooklin Boat Yard and take the boat about 2-3 hours up to Castine. Gorgeous day and a terrific sail. Next day was the race from Castine to Camden and that too was in perfect conditions. I think we took 2nd.
Then on Friday was the race from Camden to Brooklin. Ugly conditions with rain and a lot of breeze, but we were able to shake the reef out when we got to the Stonington Thoroughfare, and it ended up being a pretty nice sail.
Last race was Eggemoggin Reach, starting in no wind but building a lovely Southerly that topped out at about 12-14. Fantastic racing with 104 other classic wooden sailboats.
Next day was bring the boat back to BBY and clean up a bit. Dry out the chute and repack it, wash the rest of the mud off the anchor chain and so some more odds and ends. I was sad to leave Brooklin but did get a chance to scamper up Blue Hill Mountain! Outstanding trip
Friday, July 28, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Visitors fron The Netherlands and I took the younger one out for a paddle. We caught some impossibly little fish. But one was a Norfolk Spot and that was kinda cool...I thought the water this far up, and well into the creek, was too fresh for spot. Guess not. We feed the fish a lot of green worms but didn't really do all that well. Still a nice day on the water in spite of the heat.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Ouch
Toes X'd
Splashed a kayak and went out to the river to see what the breeze was doing and crossed my toes that it would continue throughout the evening for MRSA WNR. It did but we punched a hole thru a competitors boat and that kinda soured the rest of the evening.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
twice around was a bit optimistic but good course set by the RC
not even a drop of rain on us from this
Someone else's weather, pre-race paddle out to the river
Storms went north or south of us, so we got a race in. Didn't necessarily look too likely earlier in the afternoon, when a large convective systom dumped rain on the O's game. Really nice night on the river though!
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Nice night in spite of the haze, and lots to look at in the harbor, including a water-spouting tug giving a bulk ore carrier a departure salute off Ft McHenry and a few minutes later a skipjack, probably LCF's SIGSBEE. Not sure where we finished, having to dig out of deep hole after needing to duck the entire spinn fleet at the weather mark.
One thing about the smoke is it does provide some great sunsets.
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Nearing the finish at the Anchorage
How does this thing stay upright at sea?
AURORA rounding N
ALARIS trucking into N
Great day on the water, a Race to Baltimore with...you'll never guess....WIND! Real wind! a good 12-18 for the most part. Meaning a 10 nm spinn run from CBYRA "F" up to "N." We did okayn (1st in PHRF B) and had fun mixing it up with the PHRF A boats above the Key Bridge.
And no rain.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Osprey in rebuilding mode
This guy lives right here at the club - that's his spot
Gorgeous, brezzy day! Tough paddle to weather, then a quick blast back in on the wave trains.