Century Club: Jonathan Nepini

Another course up to the bridge in pretty strong breeze, with Michael visitng and racing with us. A razor sharp upwind and reaching leg for a great position, spoiled by a slow spin set on the downwind leg. We sailed a pretty clean race otherwise, and had an exciting photo finish with a huge A fleet boat. Nice to be out there, and hoping to continue to clean up our spinnaker handling.

Back at the Wharf for the first time in a while, and with a pretty big group. Extremely low tide meant we had to go the long way around, but it also meant we got to see a lot of things that aren't normally visible. A nice relaxing evening out there.

Took my dad out on my boat for the first time since buying her. Conditions were a pretty smooth gradient across the basin, very light up at the bridge and pretty heavy down by the mouth of the Bay. We sailed up to the bridge, then back down by the base, and then poked around in the harbor a bit. He did just fine as crew for his first time on a sailboat since the '80s. I hope to sail with him more in the future.

Racing  on Dangerous in the Sharp's Island Race. Moderate conditions at the start, and a nice close reaching leg for the first half of the way down the Bay. Conditions lightened enough to gear down to the #1, but then steadily built back into #3 range. We took turns driving in the first leg, and I got some good helm time. We managed with the big headsail until we rounded the mark, and then set a spin in continually building breeze and sea state to head back north. We kept the boat in a narrow groove through following seas, and consistently pushed into double digit speeds. I took another very active turn at the helm, and then Dewey took over for the last mark rounding and the reach to the finish. A hot, busy day on the water, but generally enjoyable and a perfectly reasonable dinnertime finish.