Visitors fron The Netherlands and I took the younger one out for a paddle. We caught some impossibly little fish. But one was a Norfolk Spot and that was kinda cool...I thought the water this far up, and well into the creek, was too fresh for spot. Guess not. We feed the fish a lot of green worms but didn't really do all that well. Still a nice day on the water in spite of the heat.
Century Club: Tim Ford
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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1 day
Ouch
Toes X'd
Splashed a kayak and went out to the river to see what the breeze was doing and crossed my toes that it would continue throughout the evening for MRSA WNR. It did but we punched a hole thru a competitors boat and that kinda soured the rest of the evening.
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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1 day
twice around was a bit optimistic but good course set by the RC
not even a drop of rain on us from this
Someone else's weather, pre-race paddle out to the river
Storms went north or south of us, so we got a race in. Didn't necessarily look too likely earlier in the afternoon, when a large convective systom dumped rain on the O's game. Really nice night on the river though!
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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1 day
Nice night in spite of the haze, and lots to look at in the harbor, including a water-spouting tug giving a bulk ore carrier a departure salute off Ft McHenry and a few minutes later a skipjack, probably LCF's SIGSBEE. Not sure where we finished, having to dig out of deep hole after needing to duck the entire spinn fleet at the weather mark.
One thing about the smoke is it does provide some great sunsets.
Saturday, July 15, 2023
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1 day
Nearing the finish at the Anchorage
How does this thing stay upright at sea?
AURORA rounding N
ALARIS trucking into N
Great day on the water, a Race to Baltimore with...you'll never guess....WIND! Real wind! a good 12-18 for the most part. Meaning a 10 nm spinn run from CBYRA "F" up to "N." We did okayn (1st in PHRF B) and had fun mixing it up with the PHRF A boats above the Key Bridge.
And no rain.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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1 day
Osprey in rebuilding mode
This guy lives right here at the club - that's his spot
Gorgeous, brezzy day! Tough paddle to weather, then a quick blast back in on the wave trains.
Saturday, July 8, 2023
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1 day
GFC's very bristol Ariel
RIP dead SJ 24
Hot, humid, dicey forecast. So the trip on the Pearson Ariel got left at the dock. But we did do some fishing from the Pier. A lot. We got a few bites but nothing edible. So it's a Fish From Pier day. Oh, and I found a poor dead Evelyn 26....damn, I would have loved to have done a project on it....but it's a goner.
CORRECTION: someone very knowledgable let me know, it's not an Evelyn 26...it's a San Juan 24. The SJ 24 was a great little boat, so it's still a shame to see it rotting away.
Friday, July 7, 2023
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1 day
Mission 1
with 20 mins til storm
decent white perch
I left something on the RC boat the night of the PSA Moonlight Race. Tyoical, it never fails. Problem was boarding a 40 foot Catalina from a kayak was dicey. But it worked. Of course, I had to do it twice because I left the "thing" lying in the cockpit. After that, a rain storm and some decent fishing along with the younger of the two F1 Progeny. Nice day!
Saturday, July 1, 2023
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1 day
refilling the floating dock with small sailboats
Thought I'd help get the grounds back in order but so many people showed up that there wasn't much to do. Moved two boats and then got to clean-up aisle 9 on the i550. Wasp patrol was one task and rainwater in the bilges was the second. Managed to chip more paint off the ever-dissembling hatch cover, so that goes back on the list. Added to the list are: replace a jib sheet that somehow got shortened, restore prod in-haul and out-haul, tighten and caulk many cleats and line control bits & bobs.
Sailboats are entropy machines.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
red spot marks furthest penetration yet
white film everywhere
Weather was a little snotty but I still got in a 2-hour paddle. VERY high tide tempted me to search out the Lost Lagoon, but I was thwarted by brush I'd need to portage past. I was motivated but not THAT motivated. Decided instead to test the white perch and sure 'nough, they were plenty cooperative. Strictly catch and release this time. I think the river is beautiful in this kind of weather. It is certainly less populated, at least for this time of year.
Tried to figure out where the white specks were coming from. There were hundreds and hundreds of yards of it, piled up for the most part on weather shores of the creek. My final guess is it's blow-off from the cordgrass lining the back of this part of the creek. Who knows....