Another lovely night on Specific Gravity
Century Club: Mario Santana
Sunday, June 22, 2025
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The fearless crew
Sunset after racing
Beautiful evening for a sailboat race
Another Sunday night in the books. With great crew, we did well, losing consistently to the Morrisons. We got all kinds of conditions - got and sunny, hot and cloudy, cool and rainy, 5kt gusting 7 to 14kt gusting more. We put a reef in for serving race then shook it out in the downwind leg, getting stuck due to mis-rigged reefing line and overstanding the downwind mark as we struggled to unstick the rigging and get our sail up.
We learned a ton, we had fun, everything else was gravy.
Friday, June 20, 2025
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My ugly mug
Wonderful evening on Harlequin, my first time on a Cal 25. Thanks, Leo!
Thursday, June 19, 2025
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The fearless crew
While the oldest teaches kids on the Hobie cat, the mom, his brother, and I took out a rainbow. Summer is definitely here!
Monday, June 16, 2025
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The fearless crew
Distance race to R2 on in a moody fog. We had the Bay mostly to ourselves. Great night.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
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Had some friends in from out of town, took them out on the rainbow in the morning, and then ripped around the bay on the Hobie.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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My ugly mug
Another day of tiller time in the laser. Bigger breeze means I finally got to really hike. Also maneuvers were high stakes - I ate it three times: twice gybing, and once while blasting upwind, almost fully hiked, straight into the wind shadow of a j33 warning up for Wednesday night. That one got my fast and utterly by surprise, I was already hovering a foot above the water when BAM I'm in the drink. Probably an experience most laser people get well before their beards turn gray, but I can confirm it's just as exhilarating for this old man!
Saturday, June 7, 2025
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My ugly mug
Tom the Precision 15 out for some virtual racing around government marks. I always learn a lot when I sail different boats.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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My ugly mug
(Some of) the fearless crew
What a blast, racing out of Galesville on Specific Gravity.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
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My ugly mug
Took another group of high schoolers out with Annapolis sailing school. Wind was light but we had a blast!