A terrible forecast turned into a wonderful day karma from zero knots of wind to ten and even thirteen. Our speed felt good, but we need to figure out why we struggle. In our placement
Century Club: Mario Santana
Friday, September 12, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Great afternoon practicing and chatting. So much fun, I forgot to take pix...
Friday, September 12, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Great afternoon practicing and chatting. So much fun, I forgot to take pix...
Monday, September 8, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
My ugly mug
One of my favorite things about Annapolis Sailing School - docking under sail
A promising breeze died off so we had to shorten the course. After a 2nd row start we played the shifts and asserted our rights on a bigger sailboat to round the first mark in first! Then we steadily lost places on the long legs as we fought tooth and nail to match other boats' speed. I'm still not sure why we were so consistently slower than almost every other boat, but I do know that we had a blast trying like hell to figure it out!
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
Spinnaker coaching
The fearless crew of Cirrus on SNR
The fearless crew of Chinook
Drizzling chill in the morning but the breeze was perfect for spin practice with G on Chinook. Then Sunday Night Races in a glorious evening. Great day in the water
Friday, September 5, 2025
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1 day
My ugly mug
Took nimbus out solo today, I had every intention of practicing standing starts. But the wind was up, and I hadn't soloed a rainbow in a while, so I decided to just go fast and/ore sideways, and cruise up to 7 to the bridge. On the way back, found myself in a tacking duel with a larger boat. Not that I'm a super competitive person or anything, but you know what they say about two boats on the water. (I won.)
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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1 day
Gorgeous evening on the West River
My ugly mug
A really great race, marred only my unwise decision to experiment with dowsing techniques during a race... The best part? It has been a full week since I lost a phone overboard!
Monday, September 1, 2025
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1 day
The fearless crew at MNR
My ugly mug with G on Specific Gravity
Glorious day on the bay doing upwind and spinnaker practice. Finished just in time to run down to ANSS for Monday Night Races.
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
My ugly mug
Mike and I spent the day sailing around the chesapeake, the from hartge to annapolis and back. Beautiful day, great breeze,. We traveled up and down in record time. Finally got to drive this boat a bunch, i think i understand what he does during races better. We'll see if it helps, but either way it was a great time!
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Number of days:
1 day
My ugly mug
Another fine Wednesday night in the books. Pretty clean bow work, I'm proud of my progress. We had a great start and got unlucky with some shifts, but still did well. Beautiful night!