Had a great time out after one set of rainstorms before the next ones came. 2 sets of geese parents with little fleglings, paddling hard to keep up.
Century Club: Richard Turman
Monday, June 3, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Saw two heron, 6 baby ducklings following their parents, and 3 baby geese following their parents. Not all in the same place, but over a nice evening ride up Valentine Creek. Lucky to live right her amidst beautiful nature!
Friday, May 31, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Went out around 6pm to 8 pm. Had a lovely 10 knot breeze, and four other sailboats playing in Round Bay. Started near mark e, sailed to b then v then d, then back to b and then home. Great to arrive back at 8 in full daylight!
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Love these evenings that have daylight that lasts so long. Went out at 6:30 pm to breeze in the 5-8 knot range and had a wonderful run up and down Round Bay for 90 minutes, which was quite a restorative.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Powerful storm swept through from 4-4:30, leaving sprinkles in its wake. Assembled crew and went out at 5:25 for a 6:00 start, and made it in plenty of time. Rain was gone by the time the race started, at A, headed to D and back. After rounding the windward mark and jibing, found spin on wrong side, jibed again, then eventually headed in right direction. Then found that we were headed upwind when this was the downwind leg. Took down the spin and moved along with the genoa, but lost a lot of ground to those boats who took down their spins earlier. Weird night, but nice to get a race in.
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Lots of breeze all day, and lots of work. Finally got out on the Sunfish around 7, when the wind had come down to 6 with gusts to 10. Beautiful time to sail with the dying of the light -- went up and down Valentine Creek.
Monday, May 27, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Good to get out on the kayak again. Winds were light enough I could head into Round Bay itself, and then come back to the head of Valentine and then back home. Lots of baby geese, with very protective parents!
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Lovely afternoon to spend some time with my daughter backing our SeaRay out of the lift and back in. Went out into Valentine and threw a fender out and practiced backing up to it. Got better and better. Then went and did it over by Linstead. All worked great, as did the return times driving the boat into the lift. Helped we'd installed lines on the dock to grab hold of.
Friday, May 24, 2024 to Saturday, May 25, 2024
Number of days:
2 days
7 guys on a 46' Bavaria Cruiser racing from Annapolis to Hampton, 120 miles -- what could go wrong?!
Had a great adventure, even after the wind died about 3 hours into the race. Wind seemed to show up and then leave every 2-3 hours the first day. Kept up until midnight, after which it shutdown completely. When our watch came back on at 4 am, there was clear agreement we had to turn the engine on, otherwise we'd never get to Hampton. So we did. Really, Really thick fog, so watched radar contacts closely, as well as in the water to avoid crab pots. Got some blissful sleep, woke up and arrived in Hampton with the sun. Hoisted the sails to dry them out, and then headed into clean up the boat and ourselves in the Hampton Yacht Club, which has a pretty sweet location. Loved flying the huge spin on this boat, as well as checking out the huge container ships in Hampton Roads.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Breeze was forecast in the 12 knots with gusts to 16 range, but ended up being more like 15 with gusts to 22. Reefed the main once we got out on the course, but spent the whole race overpowered -- should have had the jib on, not the genoa. Drove with the genoa to keep us pointing; flogged the main. Had 5 crew, which helped some, but not enough. Need to bring the jib....