Calm sail a few days before the weekend picture before,
Race day but this does not do justice to the angry Bay
Yikes. 7 crazy sailors and a bunch of spectators showed for a crazy day on the water. Course is the Chesapeake Bay from Grandview Beach to 1BR then to R2 off Buckroe and then back to Grandview. Distance race of around 6 miles. Race was moved from 10 to noon due to winds and although they moderated a little, the winds then starting builiding throughtout the race and started moving from NE to E. Wind were 17-20 with gusts at 25-27. Waves started at 3 feet and were 4-5 at the end. Challenging beat to 1BR into the teeth of the wind. Waves at 1BR were really bad with the mixing from Back River and the currents and wind in the bay so it ended up being a cross-hatch wave pattern around 4 feet high. Everyone described the reach down the bay as a Screaming Reach. The Sunfish was surfing the ENTIRE time on downwind and the boat was getting blown up. Right on the hairy edge. Such a difference from a few days ago of drifting.
Johnny Townsend, myself, Jay Boland, John Herron, Jamie Chapman, Scott and Pete O'Shaughbessy.