Had a great evening out single-handing my sailboat. Shocking, though, how early the sun goes down. Went out 4:45-6 pm, coming just in around sunset, to try to get the boat put away before it got too dark. Had a nice 3 mile journey averaging 2.6 knots. Gotta love fall sunset sailing!
Century Club: Richard Turman
Sunday, October 6, 2024
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1 day
Was in Indiana all weekend, but got home from BWI at 6:15, and was out getting the boat ready to go by 6:30. Sunset is 6:40, but breeze was still up, from the SE, ranging from 8 to 16. Had some great upwind runs to 5.4 knots, and then 5.5 kits downwind. Beautiful!
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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1 day
We were all excited to have a Wednesday without rain, since we've been so soggy the past few weeks, but with no rain came very little wind. 3-4 knots at the start, filling in to 4 or 5 as we went along. Ghosted along from Mark V, where we started, upwind toward mark B. We banged the left and then came down to the mark, rounded, and put up the spin. Went high, then came down. Quite a night! Sad to pull into the dock at get the boat put away by 8 pm and it had been full dark for quite a while.
Saturday, September 28, 2024
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1 day
Ran a course around 5 marks; headed all they way down to Sherwood Forest and then back along the Eastern shore of Round Bay. Good chat with one of our Wednesday racining competitors who happened to be out on his powerboat. Beautiful evening!
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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1 day
Decent wind and no rain was nice, for a chance. One crew had not been on the boat for a year, and another was on for the first time, so we had some learning. We also started 30 seconds late by misunderstanding that the first fleet and the second fleet had already started. Course was A to N and back, and had a decent time with the spin. Upwind, we also did well, but fell into a hole at the turning mark and got bollixed up with 3 other boats and lost lots and lots of time. Finsihed 7th out of 11, sadly.
Saturday, September 21, 2024
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1 day
Had a beautiful evening cruise with my wife, exploring Valentine Creek, Plum Creek, Round Bay, and up the Severn.
Friday, September 20, 2024
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1 day
Had hoped to finish work early enough to go sailing, but it was not to be. So took the powerboat out, starting right after sunset. Took a great joyride around Round Bay!
Sunday, September 15, 2024
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1 day
Was sitting on our deck recovering from a cold and reading the paper on a nice Sunday afternoon, and heard two 8-10 year old kids splashing around in the water. Looked out and saw them trying to swim and pull their over-turned kayak toward the mouth of Valentine Creek.
Got in my own 12' kayak and had them grab the handle on the stern and pulled them around the corner to the entry to Valentine off of the Severn River.
Kids were appreciative and in good spirits, but clearly tiring from their hard, hard work. Parents were oblivious; pulled up to neighboring dock, and yelled for parents to come over and get their kids. They finally understood what needed to happen, but I remained shocked that the kids were way out of sight of their parents and had their vessel capsize, and they were left to fend for themselves. Good thing they had pfd's on. And I was able to help them out.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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1 day
5 knots from the S. Was first in our fleet to the windward mark, but had a devil of a time getting across the finish line, going higher than some boats that had wind, and lower than some other boats that had wind. Frustrating, and came out 7th out of 13.
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
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1 day
Did pretty well on an 8knot wind night, placing 4th out of 12, only behind the Johnson 18's and the Catalina 27.