Tried to do the broken rudder race. Had to retire early because of a broken centerboard. Then got on the skiff and went out and watched and took photos of the racers. Would of been nice to do the race, seemed like a nice long fun race. Oh well. The conditions were sporty. My thigh isn't feeling the best after yesterday's capsize (I don't know what the heck I did-- just that I never want to do that again!) so I wasn't too sad to retire.
Century Club: Mariah Dean
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Welp. Did pretty good in the first race. Got second. Then on the second race we capsized. Still processing. I'm not very fond of capsizing haha
Friday, June 7, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Took a sailing friend out on an fj at the college. We usually sail his flying scot at local regattas. Was fun to try another boat. I have to improve on a lot.
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Got out this thursday which was nice. Got some helm, jib, and hiking time. Light rain here and there. Good winds. Saw a cool research vessel.
Between illnesses and work I'm starting to wonder if ill get my 100 days this year. I have over 150 days on duolingo at least haha
Monday, May 27, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Well, I did end up getting on the water on Monday 5/27! I went paddle boarding. The storms in the forecast made me hesitant to try to get a sail boat out. I recently realized my balance on deck is not as good as it was this time last year, so I am going to try to improve it. One way I thought of to try to improve it (besides on-shore exercises) was paddle boarding. So today I took a paddle board out and tried moving around on it. There were some white caps so it was a little challenging at times, but really fun and good! I want to do this more because I feel like it is kind of good cross training for sailing plus idk it is fun. I also did a memorial day yoga class and went for a jog, which I think is also good enough cross training.
Saturday, May 25, 2024 to Sunday, May 26, 2024
Number of days:
2 days
Going ahead and logging now because I doubt I'll get out on the water tomorrow with all the storms in the weather forecast.
Yesterday raced in a small boat regatta. Then got Barba Roja out and went swimming. Jumped from the spin halyard and off the deck. Was a lot of fun and glad I got to do that.
Today helped with maintenance on Bad Cat, so I'll count it as one of my 10 allotted boat maintenance days
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Went to the college during the day bc I thought I'd practice single handing an FJ. Ended up talking about sailing with Rick and getting lessons about the coreolis effect in sailing, wind loft (how there is more wind at the top of the mast), when to use vang to increase or decrease twist, what the heck that 150 , 130 etc means for jibs (and the "j" factor- distance between forestay and mast? ..hope I remembered right), etc. Rick also shared that he has a youtube channel, Sailing Poor Richard, where he will be posting educational videos of sailing. Was cool to see the visualizations of sailing on engineering software!
Then I went and did RC for the small boat race. The wind was very light. We shortened the course when it dropped below 5 kts. Randy and Chip were teaching me about clouds, how they can indicate wind, how to locate the clouds to be able to better start telling how far away they are (radar), and learned a lot about their awesome sailing histories! Next time I do RC I need to wear grimier clothes bc the anchor is so muddy haha
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
This "back of the boat-er" (foredeck was roasting me while I was trying to learn foredeck bc I'm often jib trimmer, we playfully roast a lot it is great) was rly good rail meat last night while some smaller and newer crew were in the cockpit/back of the boat where it is safer and easier to stay in the boat. Just moved from side to side, eased and tightened the outhaul, helped with the main and docking. Observed a lot of foredeck activities as part of foredeck learning. Nice weather.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Got some jib and spinnaker trimming practice in. Could of been better rail meat by dangling my legs over the edge. First time back on a big boat in about a month? Very light winds and some light rain.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Had a good time. Got some jib trimming practice in. Also got some helm time while the spin was up. Got some hiking in. I think we got 4th place out of 14? Winds were around 10kts maybe? We lost "the race back to the dock" because we slowed down to get sunset pics... worth it!