Although I'd de-wintereized the powerboat a month before, it had less than half a tank, so i needed to fill it up, so took a ride to do just that. Beautiful out!
Century Club: Richard Turman
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Had a great time on neighbor's recently-recovered American 14.6, riding out into Round Bay and having a good time practicing the start of a race and then going upwind and downwind from the starting buoy. Fun little boat!
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
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1 day
Crewed on Dehler 39 again, this time doing pit, which was a revelation. Had a great race up and down Round Bay against a Dufour 40, trading who was ahead tack after tack. Exhilirating evening, with enough wind to keep the race going. Came across the line 30 seconds before the other boat (which we later learned beat us on corrected time). A great evening!
Sunday, May 8, 2022
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1 day
A buddy has an American 14.6, but had not used it in several years, and offered it to another neighbor. We spent 8 hours cleaning it, figuring out how to put up the shrouds, mast, and boom, and run the sheets. Launched it, and used the outboard (which worked!) to push it out on Valentine Creek to where there was wind, where we put up the main and then the jib and had a very nice first sail on the boat, which turned out to be nicely stable. Fun!
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 to Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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1 day
Another trip on neighbor's Dehler 39. Wonderful!
Monday, May 2, 2022
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1 day
Great to finally get out sailing on my own boat again. Just enough wind from the South at 7 mph to get out from Valentine Creek into the Severn, but then as I rounded the nearest race mark the wind began to die so I quickly jibed around to run downwind for home. Worked until I got back to Valentine, at which point I had to scull, since there was no wind at all.
Beautiful night, though!
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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1 day
Since I'm between boats, hitched a ride on a Bavaria 46 for Round Bay's 2nd race in the first series for this year. Had a great time in winds that my previous Harbor 20 would not have been out in -- 14-18, with gusts over 20. Only five boats came out, and we placed in the middle of the pack on corrected time, but it was great to be on a big boat that could easily handle all that wind. Fantastic!
Monday, April 25, 2022
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1 day
Had a nice kayak ride after work -- great to be able to ride around Valentine Creek in the evening!
Sunday, April 24, 2022
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1 day
Sunday April 24 was a nice warm day, so I got to take the winter cover off our SeaRay 205, put the battery back in and the bimini on, and put the drain plug in (which requires a kayak ride out to the stern of the boat, on its lift). And then see if it would start.
Luckily, it did, on the very first try --- due to the great winterizing service we get from South Shore Marine.
Took it out, and found that the engine's tilt mechanism was still frozen, in the partially-up position, so I couldn't get the boat up on plane.
Took it back to the lift, and stood on the outdrive after sozzling it with WD-40 while my wife activated the up/down switch. And just as the mechanic had predicted when winterizing it in November, it loosened right up and eventually moved up and down on its own.
Took her out and she performed beautifully.
Great to have the powerboat available again -- ready for spring.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Number of days:
1 day
Got to crew on a fellow Round Bay Sailor's boat while mine is being manufactured in Ohio, and it was a beautiful eveining with 6-10 knot breezes from the South, and on a Dehler 39, we were cooking. I've been beaten by this boat over a hundred times when in my Harbor 20, so it was nice to actually be on-board and see how easily she went 7-8 knots. Got to grind winches for the genoa and the symmetrical spinnaker pole. I'd never been on a boat that didn't fly an aysmmetrical spin, so this was all new -- and great to learn!
A great crew on a great boat with good wind and a nice sunset -- great way to start the season!