Gearing up for the ILCA Masters Worlds in Mexico, I am logging as many practice days as possible. There is not always time to take pictures. I hope we get some windy practice days because they say it blows perros off chains in Puerto Vallarta!
practice sails
5/9, 5/11
It was a lovely night for Tuesday night sailing! Weeknight racing is a great way to celebrate spring in Annapolis!
We hosted the annual Sunshine Open regatta April 30-May 1 at SSA. 20 ILCA 7 and 14 ILCA 6's competed in four races on Saturday and one race on Sunday. Sunday racing was cut short due to lack of wind. But the event was a success and enjoyed by all.
TESOD stands for Tuesday Evenong Sail One Design. Every year we emerge from winter and start our weeknight dinghy sailing tradition. It is a great way to start the week! This Tuesday the breeze was very light but I managed to get out for a brief sail on my Laser.
We got our SSA duty days out of the way early by volunteering to run races for the Soling spring series. Sadly the wind did not cooperate with only one race on Saturday and two races on Sunday before we towed the becalmed yachts back to shore.
It is a boat work and maintenance weekend for us in Solomon's getting Terrapin and the Key West ready for the season. But that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun too! Evening dinghy cocktail cruises to SMSA for happy hour on Friday and Creek exploration. Hooray, it is boating season!
April 14 - Terrapin spring scrub/deck cleaning
May 27- Terrapin topsides scrub down
July 7 - wash, wax and load Laser
Oct 6 - prep paint in aft cabin of Terrapin
Our friend James volunteered to organize a Tuesday evening practice session. Not much breeze but it was a beautiful warm evening. Yay for weeknight racing!
We unpacked our new Achilles tender and took her on her maiden voyage. We putted out again on Saturday to meet our Century zclub friends in their new floating home. It was a chilly weekend of boating but it was a fun weekend!
It was a warm and breezy Sunday for racing in Annapolis! It was a little too hot for the drysuir but I am glad I was wearing it. Looking forward to enjoying more warm weather sailing this spring.