A neighbor of mine had never been on a sailboat, so I just had to take two hours off late this afternoon and take her out on Lark, which she thoroughly enjoyed. 7-9 knots of breeze was a great way for her to see that she could go upwind at 4.5-5 knots, and get the telltales parallel -- which she did remarkably quickly. Fun late afternoon on the first fill day of regular savings time, with a gorgeous sunset from the dock to greet our arrival.
Century Club: Richard Turman
Sunday, November 5, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Joined a friend and his family and some of his crew on his 46 foot cruising sailboat and had a beautiful day out on the Bay in 4-7 knots of wind, which after we motored down the Severan to Annapolis, was enough to get us up and under the Bay Bridge and back to Annapolis. Several races out, which was great to see -- frostbiting in Annapolis as well as Navy 44's out in the Bay. Beautiful!
Sunday, October 29, 2023
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1 day
72 degrees at 4:30 pm means it is time to go sailing. Wind from the E in the 7 knots with gusts to 13 apparent was great fun to get moving out there by myself.
Saturday, October 28, 2023
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1 day
Fabulous day, 85 degrees in late October, and wonderful location to spend my 100th day on the water this year, on the SS Meerwald participating in the Parade of Sail at Chestertown, MD, including the Pride of Baltimore, the Lynx, the Maryland Dove, the Sigsbee, the Virginia, the Kalmar Nyckle, and the Sultana. Spectacular day for sailing and appreciating Tall Ships.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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1 day
With the racing season over, we have to bring in the 7 race marks we use all season so they can be cleaned and repaired and kept from being run over. Met at the dock at 10 and was picked up by a past Commodore and the current Commodore and spent the next 2 hours pulling the dirty barnacle-covered marks out of the water, and then pulling in their mud-covered anchors, which are now mostly concrete blocks. Fun times!
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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1 day
Left the dock at 5:30 in 64 degree weather, and found robust wind -- 12-14 apparent -- and had a nice upwind romp up Round Bay to Sherwood Forest. Started at Race Mark E and drove to B, then went over to D, and then across to N and home. Sun went down but had a nice ghosting ride at 2 knots all the way into the slip. Beautiful to sail in late October!
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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1 day
Is always lovely. No powerboats out, just geese and ducks and heron.
Saturday, October 14, 2023 to Monday, October 16, 2023
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3 days
Picked up the powerboat in the rain on Saturday morning, then took two sets of dinner guests out on rides before we ate together, including the opportunity to give someone a lesson in boat driving. Then returned the boat down the Severn on Monday morning in a beautiful ride with no other boats out. Fun!
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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1 day
Took a little after 5 with a neighbor who'd never been on Lark before and we found nice 3-5 knots of breeze on Round Bay, allowing us to have a good hour before the wind died and we motored back. Beautiful early evening sail!
Friday, October 6, 2023
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1 day
Six boats came out for a race starting at 7:30 pm when sunset was 6:30 pm. Wind was barely enough to race -- 3 knots -- and remained light and variable on the trip from Linstead to Sherwood Forest, where we quit after 90 minutes. Beautiful night, though!
Was my Tartan 245's 1st anniversary, so great to get out and celebrate by racing!