Went out with Jason, Ulric, and finally Ben since he got home from school! Very excited-nervous about Down the Bay, but we had a spectacular practice day and got Ben oriented on everything. Also finally fixed the fiddle in the port berth! Also topped up the diesel tank, AND SAW DOLPHINS! Well, saw that they were buzzing around in front of us, but didn't come up out of the water.
Century Club: Rebekah Bromwell
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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1 day
Monday, May 18, 2026
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1 day
Took Hunter, Richard and James out for more cruiser practice ahead of Hunter's checkout. Wind was great and cooled us down nicely once we got off the dock. 10-15 SW, very warm. We took video of some anchoring, heave to (both with full Genoa, and a 1/3 furled to demonstrate how much that alters the downwind oscillation) reefing, shaking out, etc. Hunter got to practice using the preventer as well. I think he'll check out next week or the week after using Akimbo. We had to maneuver around the Dora moving verrrrry slowly into the inner harbor, probably destination at the port authority, in the way back.
Sunday, May 17, 2026
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1 day
Took Hunter out for a chance to run the boat as if he was doing a member sail. We topped up the diesel (only 4.2 gal?!) and motored out past ft mchenry to find excellent wind. I was really expecting nothing but it was an absolutely lovey sail around fr carol and all the way back to Dominos before dropping sails. James and Jess's were great crew.
pretty warm and humid, wind from the SW 5-15
Saturday, May 16, 2026
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1 day
GORGEOUS day with absolutely lovely wind, but we didn't get to sail too much in between rigging the ATN, deploying the drogue and practicing steering with it, and knocking out some POBs. Finished the day by adjusting more safety equipment placement and showing off my AMAZING propane hose replacement. Heh.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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1 day
Sailed around herring bay for a few hours working out our preventer and attempting some spinnaker jibes. Then spent the rest of the day trying to get the old propane hose off to no avail. Used pb blaster even. Will try again with vise grips, but probably have to remove the whole locker assembly. Bleh.
Monday, May 11, 2026
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1 day
"Mentored" (hah) Rich into boat yoga-ing into the lazarette under the engine panel and adjusted the ignition so the wires to the tach and off button weren't being pulled tight. Still really need to deal with the ignition so this stops happening.
Hunter and James joined after that and we had an actual mentoring session. They are doing awesome with docking, and then they each anchored as well before calling it a night.
Saturday, May 9, 2026
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1 day
Didn't do great, too windy to practice spin before race, new people, etc. Still was good to finally get everyone out to practice for the first time. Gorgeous sail back to HH after.
Friday, May 8, 2026
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1 day
Coached a very tough docking lesson in extremely quick wind shifts, and then a second lesson for someone reinforcing skills. Fairly spicy until sundown.