Great up wind jib practice all the way up to the bay bridge in 9-17 kts N. Then wind died down substantially, and we did some back and forth with the code 0. Jibing with it worked out great.
Turning back down towards the Magothy with the spinnaker ... did not go so great. Idk what exactly keeps going wrong. I think this time it was the lazy sheet fouled under the tack, but it didn't look wrong when I went up to jibe. Don't feel confident at all that I actually will catch a problem with it tomorrow now, so probably will leave it to J.
Felt shitty after that mess but the anchorage in the Magothy is beautiful and a new one to me so I got to have a gorgeous day sailing and learn a new spot to overnight. Also we learned a lot with the jib (port tack significantly better for some reason) and everyone got much faster at handling the sheets, and the whole time using the code 0 was exhilarating. If that's the word for going 3-4 knots lol. But when boat speed almost keeps up with wind speed that's pretty awesome. And hoisting, jibing , and furling all went smoothly.
cool, sunny, breezy until it wasn't. ≈8hrs
Century Club: Rebekah Bromwell
Fabulous weather, cool but clear and sunny. Wind was 10-20 N so we started out reefed and were cautious. We got out last ft mchenry so fast that we were halfway out to the bridge within an hour or less, but we knew getting back in would be more challenging so turned around and had an impromptu race w/#5. (Scott, Robert & Richard) However, they lost the bottom bracket on their rudder so our complete trouncing victory was a little hollow. Out and back in just over 2 hours. Excellent sail.
Took Sandy out for some zesty wind practice. Got a successful quick stop done after a couple of misses. We reefed quite heavily and I think maybe there was not enough sail out to keep steerage at the end. He seemed to be on a good close reach at the end, and was set up properly, but got blown away. He got it the 3rd time though. Also hove to and went to the next reef on the main. Also did some docking at the T-head and then he did a perfect docking in the slip.
Wind was 10-15 NE but lots of extended periods of gusts in the 20s. Beautiful weather though. ≈2hrs
Lovely evening in spite of the continued pistachio tide in the harbor. We motored out past ft mchenry to find the wind, and then did a few POB's and a couple heave tos, and reefed. It was very pleasant weather in the mid 60s, sunny, and wind was 5-10 NNE once we got well away from the peninsula. ≈3.5 hrs
Took Huzzah out all day for some excellent higher wind sailing. The spinnaker somehow got put away in such an incredibly twisted mess we had to drop it and deal with it back at the dock. I have never seen one that tightly twisted up with the sock lines wrapped and tied around it inside many many rotations, it looked like a messed up code zero furl or something. Crazy.
We did practice with the furling reefing and kept excellent speed. (9+ kts furled past the 3rd dot on both sails!) Jib shape looks better to me partially furled as well. Need to think about that.
Gorgeous weather, wind from the SW started in the mid teens but built to 20 later in the day. We ended up just tacking around and enjoying the day. Had some rigging/logisitcal discussion and oriented a couple new folks to the boat.
Also encountered what happens when we don't carefully manage the main sheet on both sides. Ran out of line on one side while the jib was on the other winch. Luckily it wasn't a big deal and we learned about keeping a close eye on that. It was easy to run back through once we furled the sail though.
conditions were clear 70s-80, wind was 14-20SW, 3-5ft waves pretty close together. ≈8-9 hrs (super fun, pretty ideal practice conditions if we had the spinnaker sorted out better. Making a plan for better hoists/douses now.)
Took #6 out w/Steve & Petra with no specific intentions, but sped away from the fish kill stench as quickly as possible and found ourselves halfway to the bridge, so decided, why not? Really lovely cool weather, wind was 8-10 NW picking up as the day went on. Upwind back, but managed to get the ft mchenry on 1 tack. ≈3.5hrs
Wind started 5-7 SW and we had some good spinnaker time and then met up with S/V Peace and buddy boated up towards Annapolis for a while, and then turned around intending to use the code zero but the wind dropped too low. Still a lovely day out.
Left Friday morning, did some sailing and some motor sailing (sunny, warm, wind was 5-7kts NE. Anchored around 2:30, had a swim (later saw lots of jelly fish so I got lucky not to get stung) and dinner. Watched MiB and then decided the anchor ride might get wrapped around a mooring ball line, so pulled up the anchor and tied on to the mooring ball. Very peaceful beautiful night except for an obnoxious fishing boat with bright green LED lighting that ran its engine or generator (sounded louder than a generator) all night, and the dudes were peeing off the back facing us. :-/ Sleeping situation was a little uncomfortable on the settee so I went up and slept in the hammock. Was mostly warm enough with the outside sleeping bag.
After a really excellent breakfast of berry pie, sharp cheddar & coffee, we set off. Motor sailed once we got out of the Magothy but was able to cut the engine about an hour later for a couple of hours. Put it back on towards FSK. (Overcast, a little drizzly with sunny patches, wind was 3-7NE) Pumped out at Clinton street fuel dock after dropping the main at the turning basin. Docked a little after 3pm.
Spent a wonderful day out on Huzzah figuring out the spinnaker. We flew it several hours and jibed a couple of times most of the way to the bay bridge, and then doused, turned around and tacked back to HH with the regular jib. Spectacular weather, cool, sunny, wind much better than forecast. Started 5-8 SW, but built up to 10-15 sustained. ≈8hrs (almost 50nm!)
Enjoyed the fantastic weather getting out on #4 with James & Dan for a couple of hours tonight. We reefed b/c wind was supposed to build as the evening went on, but it dropped dramatically approaching sunset. We had a really beautiful sail out just past ft McHenry and back. ≈2.5 hrs, cool, wind was SE (really ESE) 8-12 most of the night.