Racing Team: Julianne D Fettus
Another high winds race, Very late start - trouble tacking in the chop, fought for the first 1.25NM upwind leg then ahhh....two gybes to the finish surfing up to 9 knots in a 30 thousand pound boat with double reef in the main, single reef in the mizzen and a hankerchief genoa out. Yowza!
25-30, saw gusts to 42. Upwind work and short chop sea state. Bennu withdrew. 42 knots going under the Key Bridge
A great regatta, and a new sailor aboard for the shenannigans!
Ocean Race - light air at the finish - amazing marine life offshore
6/3 and 6/4 Cruising A two 3rds, 2nd OA.
EWE Spirit Regatta - One of the crew brought his Son for his first ever sailboat ride and race!
Another new sailor going racing on Bennu!
Winds died, then filled in from the South, did calculations, couldn't meet TLE of 2100.
Travis' first time on Bennu, Racing, only 2nd time on a sailboat.
Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Inc. (neoncrm.com)
Raised over $2000 for the Severn River Association on behalf of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner (Virtual) Race.
Roger aboard for the first time, new to sailing and racing. Nathalie aboard for the first time, experienced sailor, new to racing.
Finished the DTB section, TS Alex's leftovers left nasty conditions offshore
Last fun race aboard Bennu before A2B
NASS Lighthouse Regatta with Bennu, first race of the season, shaking the cobwebs off!
A2B Racing Tactics Seminar
Racing a Rainbow - competing for the Golden Slippers (Best Dressed) as Skittles!
EYC Leftover Bowl 2021 was a riot! Left Chase Creek with Thomas Point reporting 18 knots, gusts to 22, and it was funneling down the Severn River from the West/NorthWest, had a downwind romp to our start. It was a beautiful sunny cold day, lots of shifts with the puffs made for lots of upwind tacks. Wiggy Wiggy hadn't been out since CRAB regatta, and was happy to get some love from new folks aboard. We competed for the Golden Slippers Award (Best Dressed) as Skittles, since we're racing a Rainbow. Didn't win that one, but did get a DFL Chicken!
Pic of Bennu from onboard the Pride of Baltimore
Wow! Bennu participated in the new inaugural invitational non-schooner class for the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race! It exceeded expectations. Very light winds, barely made the offset mark at the start, and then just focused on keeping the boat moving down the bay. We were able to pick off some of the boats that started 20 minutes ahead of us, but couldn't touch Woodwind which horizon jobbed the whole fleet. Winds kicked up finally around the Potomac , and we could feel the big boats behind us gaining steam and closing in. We managed to keep ahead though, even after blowing out our spinnaker, and were 2nd across the finish line at Thimble Shoals after Woodwind, and actually corrected to first over the whole combined fleet! As a guest boat (non-schooner) we're not eligible for any of the trophies, no biggie because the experience and being able to participate was our biggest reward.
Headed up North to participate in the Havre de Grace Invitational. Delayed start, but winds picked up, had a great reach over to Aberdeen, then back to the Shipping Channel where the wind died again. TLEd, but it was a good time. With this, I've now had Bennu in a race from CBYRA Region 1 off Turkey Point, Region 2,3, and down to Region 4 to Hampton.
Gusty day for Leftover Bowl, switched to non-spin, great job by RC, lots of fun to be had. Got someone new out on WW for the race.
Fall Duck Hunt, light air, light rain, first multihull over the line, corrected to 2nd.
Participated in the NASS Lighthouse Challenge aboard Mikayla, a Farrier 33. The course was interesting - because of the "gates" by Hackett's and R2, it was a complete drag race between the large Multihull fleet. Finished 3rd over the line, but corrected to 6/7.
Another singlehanding day with Wiggy Wiggy for the AYC Labor Day regatta in the Quaran-team Pursuit Race class. Start delayed an hour due to lack of wind. I had a very difficult but on time start as the scratch boat at 1203 at G5 due to the immense amount of powerboat wake there. Finally cleared the Severn and got into some breeze and tacked out to R2. Had a good rounding as the current switched to ebb without the other two competitors (a SC30 and a Laser Radial) in sight. Headed back to the finish, and figured out that I was sailing the wrong course. Sigh. Unfortunatly, my brain thought Course A was the short course, when it was actually the long course which would have been over to the Eastern Shore to WR87, then up to G91 at the bridge and a finish at G5 after passing the Annapolis "A". After the struggle with the foul current and light air during yesterday's race , I knew there was no way that WW could do that upwind leg from 87 to 91 in time, and retired. Another frustrating day on the water. Did I mention the insane amount of Powerboat wake? It really was a washing machine which made the ride quite uncomfortable. My poor mainsail got a beating.
Did Leukemia Cup aboard Wiggy Wiggy in the PHRF N class, sailed singlehanded. Had a foul ebb current trying to reach the windward mark G91 and then the wind died. TLE was 1600, I rounded G91 finally at 1630 and headed home. A frustrating day on the water, but still enjoyable.
CRAB Cup Wiggy Wiggy CHESSS Spinnaker class
Mikayla - Race Committee
Julianne DeGraw Fettus · 11:28 Does anyone have some creative ways to keep tallying those days on the water with the restrictions in place, or trying out new/different watercraft? (Elephant in the room, LOL)
Julianne DeGraw Fettus · 25:32 I'd like to hear them talk about an all - purpose cruising spinnaker. I know the big thing now are the A series, what are their thoughts on a good all purpose spin?
Happy Hour for Floating Point's A2B Crew, catching up and discussing plans and what we're all currently drinking
AYC Frostbite Series - Wiggy Wiggy