No more skipper spots left when I tried to register so went as crew with Albert, Sandy, James and Santhosh. Tried to get a shakedown sail on Sweet Dreams but the starter filed again so went hopped over onto Messin about for a short light wind but gorgeous evening sail. Wind was 5-10 SEish. Cool and sunny.
Century Club: Rebekah Bromwell
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Started helping Tom go through the spring checklist on Sun, and then grabbed Ekiben and set off for a test sail. Anchored for lunch by Canton, then sailed almost to the Key Bridge, turned down and headed back. Wind was about 7-10 ESE and it was sunny and beautiful but not too hot. Made excellent time both ways, docked back at DSC in just over 4hrs.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Changed the oil on Sun and Akimbo and did a few other small things. Then took a J out for a fun sail up to the turning basin, heaved-to and reefed, coached James through some PoBs and then sailed back. Just a couple of hours but very fun. Wind was 9-13SW, mid 50sF, partial sun.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Spending a maintenance day putting sails back on Sun. The reefing blocks are a massive pain and keep sticking, but otherwise everything went great.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Gorgeous sunny day but chilly in the 40s. Wind was 10-15NNW. We sailed up to the turning basin and did some POBs (nailed my first quick stop in months, yeah!) and beat back to DSC. Broached for the first time over by UA/Dominoes which was...wet. And cold. But actually not particularly concerning in the moment. I was on the low side having just uncleated the jib sheet and found myself laying in the harbor while still seated in the cockpit. My instinct was to just hold on and wait a moment, and then we popped back up easy peasy. (Well, easy ... a bit of yelling about blowing the main..peasy...lol) My vest didn't even go off (thank goodness, THAT would have really annoyed me) as my front didn't get wet at all. I did not enjoy the gallon of cold water down my neck into my foulies and sloshing around dripping into my boots for the next hour though. Oh well. Cool to know it's much less dramatic than it looks from the outside. I'm sure I'd feel differently if the spinnaker had been up though. That still scares me.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Wind was quite shifty and difficult around dominoes, but more steady out by the turning basin. There were definite whitecaps to some degree and actual 1st waves. Wind was probably 9-14 or so, ESE. Mostly overcast and cool in the low 50s. I didn't let us get out beyond ft mchenry because it looked and felt like conditions would be much more significant out there, but we had a good couple of hours bouncing back and forth along the inner harbor and turning basin. Dan got in a textbook perfect POB on the first try with no warning as well, so very successful evening. ≈2.5hrs
Sunday, March 22, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Took James and Bhavani out for a gorgeous afternoon sail halfway to the bridge to warm up, and then back for a bunch of docking coaching. I didn't realize that James had never done it before, but after today he seems good on an upwind docking at the T-head on A dock. Conditions were ideal, 70s F, sunny, wind was 5-10 E ish.
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Lovely sunny warm day on the water. Wind was awfully flakey and shifty, but when we caught a puff it was awesome. 5-12N ish, with a good amount of lulls. Just a couple of hours before our big cruising kickoff meeting.
Friday, March 20, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Wind was 10-13SW but we reefed because it was projected to go much higher. Was gusty and shifty until we got out past ft mchenry. Wind mostly petered out by the time we back to dominoes though. I needed another half hour to get my 4+hrs on the water so we headed to rusty scupper around the dredging barge and sailed around a bit there before docking. Lovely overcast day.
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Number of days:
1 day
Out and back in less than 3hrs! Richard, Josh &I had a great (reefed) time getting a sail in before the tornado watch. Wind was 10-20s E ish. Very very shifty and gusty in the inner harbor but steadied a bit out past ft mchenry. Was very glad I went out, as I've been hesitant in windier days after being off the water for so long. It was great fun and a confidence boost. I haven't completely forgotten how to handle a j22 over the winter, haha. My driving topped out at around 7.5kts during a downwind leg back.