Century Club: Jonathan Nepini

Great breeze tonight. We had the new main up from the weekend’s festivities and wanted to put it to the test on a beercan race. A tidy downwind start led to a decent spinnaker run despite a flawed hoist with the halyard inside the forestay. We doused early and reached to the first mark, followed by a powered-up beat to the second. We crossed several boats and had lots of tight action. Our third leg was a close reach, and we managed to hold off Elan, winning the night and taking the lead in the series.

Met up with my brother to finally do a long-anticipated paddle around Baltimore harbor. Launched off Tide Point and took a lap up to the Inner Harbor and down around Fell's Point and Canton. Lots of great scenery and perfect weather. It was everything I had hoped for.

Once again was in charge of the Barba Roja for the evening. Arrived at the start a bit late due to some late tacks while teaching new crew. The wind slowly fell off throughout the first leg, until we drifted with the tide up to the first mark shortly before the time limit expired. Rounded the mark, and immediately started drifitng sideways. Due to some race committee confusion we retired after the time limit expired. On the way in we found our main rival was having engine problems, and towed them into their slip. A long evening on the water but a pretty good one.

A nice evening sail on the Olson with a few friends. Left Pax around 5:30 to head out into the bay. Better than anticipated breeze meant we made great speed but also faced stiff chop crossing to the eastern shore. Got to the lighthouse around sunset & set up on a long broad reach on the way home. Got a little seasick in the chop, which isn’t usually a problem for me. Otherwise a great sail & nice to get out for a cruise.