Paul, Bob, Sara, Gila, myself onboard. Ten knots of wind from the south. We were on North Course this evening and used both the Anacostia and Potomac to complete the race. Foredeck pulled out the furling line on our first kite hoist so we ended up doing a wing on wing with the Genoa during the second run. The Genoa luff is to tight to hoist easily.
Century Club: Hank Messick
Friday, June 6, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Subrina heads toward the windward mark
Josh, Brendan, Sara, Pope, and me onboard for the race. Race 1 was canceled because of Inclement weather. Four boats all racing non-spin. Five knot breeze at the start that faded before we could round the windward mark; the ebbing tide was not favorable. Two boats finished, two retired. The pre-race dock party was a success.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Time to recover from a bad start!
Paul, Sara, Brendan, myself onboard. Breeze was light, 3 to 5 knot due south which is always a challenge because the symmetric spin boats can sail deeper than Arcas. It didn't help our start that nonspin boats were sitting on the start line instead of behind which ruin our start.
Dark Star (Pearson 37) flew a blooper for the first time. Have to check with its skipper to see if there was enough t speed improvement to justify the hassle.
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Effortless sailing
WSM TO Mt Vernon and back
Josh and me took Arcas out today. Eight to 14 knot breeze as we sailed south to w/in sight of Mt Vernon. The breeze was a little light on the return leg. We made few tack and jobs during the trip. Easy sailing.
Friday, May 23, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Lars, his wife, Janice, and me went out on their 34' Tartan for a brisk afternoon sail. Wind W to NW blowing between 12 to 20 knots. Full main main with a reefed jib. Rounded up only once. I had an enjoyable time learning the lines on the Tartan. A relaxing afternoon.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Round and round!
The forecast called for 1-2 knots of wind from the north with an ebbing tide. The tide ebbed, but breeze was more like four or five knots. A pleasant surprise; no drift racing! Josh, Paul, Sara and me were onboard. We were in 2nd for the first three laps, then muffed a rounding and the S27.9s pulled ahead and we finish fourth out of five.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Jake, Lars and me took advantage of the great weather to spend the afternoon sailing in breezy conditions 8 to 10 knots sustained; 18 knot gusts. Radio chatter indicated someone capsized near Hains Point, and an airplane crashed south of the 301 Bridge.
The SW breeze and ebbing tide made a 1 to 1.5 chop which Arcas powered thru easily. We reefed the headsail but not the main. Good feeling to trim the main hard and flat for the upwind beat.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Arcas and Cooks working against current; no wind
Post race party
The breeze died about 20 minutes before the start. We struggled toward the windward mark but retired after an hours effort. Twenty one boats started but only three were lucky enough to finish.
Our post race party however, was lots of fun and we had a good turn out.