Spent two days boathandling traing with Matt on his new to him Hunter 40, in and around YRYH Marina in Sarah Creek. Conducted anchor drill and cleared his anchor well of debris. Spent a number of hours backing in and out of various slips with him helming to get a good feel for his boat,
Century Club: Timothy Dull
Adjusted solar and batteries so both are changing along with head vent fan running full time. High of 14.9 and low of 12.2 seen so far.
Solar panels working well to charge both batteries over a few days with cabin lights on. Batteries at 12.7 om arival.
Moved all mooring lines back to slip 189 and then motored over to it. Bent bow pulpit a bit while doing so.
Back aboard after being in Flrofa for 5 weeeks. Removed upper bilge pump and set up solar panel to charge both batteries for test.
Moved skymark to another berth for dock repairs by the marina. Winterized the engine when done.
Removed up and overs from Christmas lighting celebration then added storm lines for predicted winter storm.
Sailed to Norfolk Waterside Marina for the weeknd of running and joining HYC and BBSA for the Lighting ceremony and rendevous Sailed down on the 18th and sailed back to NOB on Monday the 21st.
Spent the day racing in Willoughby Bay with about 2 dozen other boats. Came in 3rd but fell to 4th by time correction. Ended up the afternoon with friends who beat me in their 34' Saber, enjoying end of season jokes and award ceremony. Placed 1st in Spring Summer and Fall Series and also received a BZ award for all my contributions to Willoughby Racing and for coming back early from cruise to help WR beat Little Creek Racers for the Bold Mariners' Cup! A great day overall, ecept for one tack!
On a cooler and a bit cloudy day my Son and Grandson joined me for a sail out of Hampton and down the Hampton Flats toward Middleground Lighthouse. A pleasant run downwind turned cooler on the up wind legs back to the Hampton River. A nice way to round out the century!