What an extraordinary experience!! After a week of training under the legendary skipjack Captain Andy McCown, I had two weeks as her relief Captain exploring the waters of the Chester Review as part of the Echo Hill Outdoor School's Summer programs. Sailing a skipjack is... different. :)
Century Club: Jason Fox
Sunday, May 19, 2024 to Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Number of days:
18 days
Friday, May 17, 2024 to Saturday, August 24, 2024
Number of days:
3 days
I love sailing Windsong... she is a beautiful boat that happens to be owned by great friends...
I spent some time on her doing relief work for Captain Corey, but also will be doing the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race on her this year... stay tuned!
Thursday, May 9, 2024 to Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Number of days:
2 days
Yup. I do these too.
5/9: Sailboat out of HHS. I don't remember which one this was, just that it was a big boat with engine issues.
7/something: Need to research this one. It was a powerboat at HHN.
Thursday, April 25, 2024 to Friday, April 26, 2024
Number of days:
2 days
This was a quick run down the Chesapeake in a J/90. That was a... ride.
Monday, April 22, 2024 to Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Number of days:
6 days
Sometimes I get to drive a really nice motor yacht because people want to drink and have other people (i.e. me) take care of their boats). I don't mind... ;)
Monday, April 8, 2024 to Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Number of days:
5 days
I'll drive just about anything...
This year I got to drive some fast things, including some teaching. So far:
A 2024 Sea Ray 290 at the DC Boat Show
A 2017 Sea Ray Amber Jack 27
A 2020 Regal Express 280
A 2024 Aviara 40 OB (ok, this boat was FAST... like REALLY fast)
A 2020 Boston Whaler
Thursday, March 21, 2024 to Sunday, July 21, 2024
Number of days:
5 days
So I started off poorly this year in the sense that I jotted down a few things to add "eventually" to the Century Club board, but I didn't get the dates... Or just other random stuff, all on power boats (what can I say). Here we go:
At some point in the Spring, I helped Janet Neves (also on this list) move her boat to her new slip and provided some training.
Somewhere around that same time, a few of us went on a couple of evening dinghy rides around Spa and Back Creeks in Annapopolis. We might have been bar hopping... so forgive me for not remember this date... LOL.
I also took two trips this year (so far) and M/V Sojourn with George Potak. One trip was a run up to Annapolis in the late Spring, and the other was a trip over to Tilghman Island. That one was on 21 July... I remember that one!
On 6 September we took a quick spin in Herring Bay to knock the growth off the bottom...
Sunday, February 11, 2024 to Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Number of days:
10 days
It's easy to forget that we own a boat when I'm driving everyone else's boats all the time. Not that I mind driving a lot of boats, but it's also nice to sit back and enjoy your own boat every now and then.
S/V Fine Tuned is a 2019 Beneteau Oceanis 38.1.
Move Boat up and Back to Annapolis to teach at ASOS:
2/11 and 3/11
4/5 and 2/21 (solo trips)
6/16 and 6/23
An incredible solo sail to just get on the water: 5/26
Sailing with a big group of friends on 9/21.
We "raced" ourselves on Wednesday, 9/25 (Matt, Amanda, Heather and I).
Then Elena and I went out again the following Wednesday and 'raced'. We retired.
Friday, February 2, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Rowing a Lifeboat...
This was the last class before the Coast Guard deleted the required to actually row an actual boat...
Monday, January 1, 2024 to Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Number of days:
29 days
This is a Summary page for days I drove for them.
Potomac Taxi (PT) 1: 4
PT2: 10
PT3: 5
PT4: 9
Commander Jacques: 1