Leukemia Cup

Trip dates: 
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Trip length: 
1 day
Type of watercraft: 
Sail

Quite a day on the water.  Left the Annapolis Yacht Club dock about 9:45 to head out to the race area.  Had a good chance to find the race marks and get oriented to the course.  Wind was higher than predicted -- more like 10-12 than 5-9, though since it was from the West the closer we came to the upwind mark the less wind there was, since the mark was not that far off the land.  Great to be out with my fellow Harbor 20 racers, rather than with my normal mixed fleet of J-boats, Catalinas, 39-40 footers, trimarans, and Johnson 18's.  That said, i muffed the first start, and never did catch up in the first race.  After a tasty PBJ between races, had a much better start the second race, and even crossed ahead of other boats on our way through the first upwind, but were behind by the time we got to the weather mark, and didn't catch up going downwind.  Had some sprinkles during the 2nd race, but were happy the races kept going.  Had the best start of the day on the third race, but didn't end up faring well at all, in the end.  As it was by now 1:30, and T-storms were predicted for 4-5 pm, we took off north to sail the 7.5 miles back home, hoping to beat the weather.  Motor-sailed all the way across Annapolis' harbor and up the Narrows until we got to Round Bay, which we sailed across.  As we neared its northern end, the wind died, and we put the Torqueedo on again, arriving back at the dock with 17% power remaining -- just enough!  We got home about 4 p.m., for about 6 1/4 hours on the water straight, without a break, nor relief.  But a beautiful day on the water it was, and a great chance to bond all day with my brother!