Century Club: Pete Lesher
To prepare for his Level 1 Sailing Instructor course, we went out of St. Michaels harbor in the 17' Shamrock, La Barca Real. The boat operated well at low speed but hesitated and cut out when he attempted to put her up on a plane. Our friend Doug Rollow had just passed us in his sloop Galatea and circled back to make sure we returned safely to the harbor.
at dawn on Tred Avon River.
We put in at the Federalsburg VFW ramp and paddled downstream. After about an hour the tide turned in our favor, but a southerly breeze began to build, and at the Harrison Ferry bridge, it was too much for our less experienced paddlers, so we pulled out. Total distance for the day: approximately 6 miles. I was paddling in the stern of an antique canvas on wood canoe. We had scouts and leaders in 5 other canoes and 4 kayaks. Sunday we returned, launching at Brookview. This time, the Westerly wind was mostly at our backs, and we made the 4 miles to Henson Scout Reservation in good time, struggling only at the one bend that put us upwind.
at dawn on the Tred Avon River
Departing Pride at Port Covington after a delightful sail.
At dawn, rowed bow seat in the Vespoli VIII on one of the most spectacularly beautiful mornings I've seen. Then, in the afternoon, we went to Baltimore and boarded Pride at Port Covington for a delightful day sail on the Patapsco in a moderate NE breeze.
Setting out with coach John Hill in the safety boat.
at dawn on Tred Avon River.
up under the Miles River Bridge and return.
Picnic with Freedom Rowers after the scrimmage
At 9am, I rowed stroke seat in the Vespoli VIII, which finished second of three in a 1500 meter race from marker 21 to Easton Point. The boys varsity team defeated us soundly. Then an hour later, I rowed bow seat in our Vespoli IV, which finished 3rd of 5, defeated by two Freedom Rowers teams. We gathered for a picnic ashore and a baby shower for coach Chloe Allen.
After a brief sprinkle, we witnessed an early morning rainbow.