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.)
Century Club: Mario Santana
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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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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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
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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
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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!
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
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1 day
The fearless crew
Don't mind us, just a crew of three flying the sym spin on Chinook. We're not winning any awards, but we're learning a ton.
Monday, August 25, 2025
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A gorgeous evening with persistent oscillation and big pressure variations. I got seduced by the nice breeze during the prestart and really leveraged out for a foiling start, then the wind died and we were last past the line. Discipline with driving, weight management, and tacking on the shifts got us into a battle for first, by the half way point though, which we lost because I was excited and forgot to shift into cover mode.
So many lessons, so much fun. No pics, unfortunately - too busy trying to make up for that terrible start, I forgot!
Sunday, August 24, 2025
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The fearless crew
It's simple math, really. A nice breeze + a fun crew + a fast boat = a great Sunday Night Races
Friday, August 22, 2025
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The fearless crew
A beautiful evening and a great performance. Good times!
Monday, August 18, 2025
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1 day
The fearless crew
A rainy Monday night in a stiff breeze. We had a great start, but we gambled on leaving in our reef. Though it worked well for us on the beach, the folks who shook it out did much better on the reaches and runs. We got soaked and had a blast!