Got some more pictures from Annapolis Race Week. One of the Mids (Naval Academy) from the Race Committee Boat snapped these. This was our start on Monday 09/06/10.
And off we go!
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Pictures from Annapolis Race Week
Setting off..
Constant 30 knot winds; gusts up to 42!
Gene and Tom
Jay
Tom at the helm
Looking out on the Chesapeake
And what would Race Week be without the parties?
Kathleen and Whitney at Pusser's Landing
Bryan and Ryan
Bryan
My director friend Dan
Girlfriend (Danielle) and I :-)
Emily and Girlfriend
Whitney and Mike + iPhone
This is the deck. We hit a pretty big wake from some huge powerboat running through the course; not slow, but not fast enough to get on a plane so it was more like a huge water plow, thus sending me face forward towards the deck.
Morning of the third day. Tom and Drew.
The Race Committee boat
Luchador, where were you the first day huh? Too breezy for you?
Tom, trying to relax as we move to the back of the pack
This picture actually is the first one where we tried tuning the rig the morning before the first race.
And thats all the pictures I was able to take! I would have taken more but I was kind of working the jib so yeah... not much time for pictures.
Monday, September 6, 2010
ARW 3-3
Got 5th overall out of 8. Meh. ok but not great. better than last year so that's good.
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ARW 3-2
Upwind leg killed us! current against us, a lot of chop out.2 legs to go. fingers crossed.
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ARW 3-1
final day. light winds forecasted. spirits high. coffee in hand and ready to go!
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
ARW 1-2
Blew 42 knts. now 20. shook out reef and changed headsail..
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
200
The wind was actually blowing last night which was a pleasant change from last week; prob b/c of the pre-race beer... We were much quicker putting up the spinnaker which is good b/c we'll need to be pretty quick with the chute for race week this weekend.
I'm looking forward to it and I'll try to post some pictures!
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Back on the Water; Back on Blog!
So I've been absent for a few weeks. I don't really have a reason except that there wasn't much to write about and I've been lazy.
However, last night I FINALLY got to out for a Wednesday night sail. It had been far too long.
To kick things off, we (the Captain and crew of Tango Too) weren't sure that there was even going to be a race. Lack of wind, not enough boats...etc. However enough boats eventually showed up that we were able to race. The wind was so slight tho, I was sure they would call it off before we started. Maybe I just went out expecting the race, for some reason, not to happen. Almost two months without racing will do that to you. [sigh].
Anyway, RC (race committee) made it a short, 4 mark course. We didn't start great which was a killer in this nothing air and we proceeded to drift for the next 45 mins.
We fiddled with the spinnaker; nothing.
We put down the spinnaker and took out the headsail; nothing.
Our knot meter kept a steady 0.00 - I know, awesome right?
Granted, the tide was coming in and we were making some headway; I could see it using the shore as a reference point; just not enough.
So we did what all racers (or at least the ones I sail with) do when the wind is dead and you're just drifting; we broke out the beer.
Suddenly, we get a little puff.
We drink some more.
More air...
We finish our beers.
We're moving at just shy of 3 knots past all the boats that left us behind at the start!
RC had decided to call the race at the first mark so we ended up finishing somewhere in the middle (we needed more beers on hand next time since the wind caught up to everyone else once we hit the middle) which was good for us. Still have to see how we do considering PHRF times tho...
It felt so good to finally be out on the water again; it still shocks me how much I miss it when I haven't been out in a while. Last night also makes my 199th day out on the water according to my logbook of seatime I've been keeping for my Captain's licence. I'm going to have to celebrate my 200th day with a sail and party soon.
Annapolis Race Week is coming up as well. Labor Day weekend can't come soon enough. We did OK last year but I'm hoping we can edge up a bit even though it feels like we haven't been out nearly as much (its probably about the same though minus a race to Oxford).
In other news, I'm flying back down to New Orleans and I'm looking forward to not to being in a sketchy hotel this time. Instead of ordering pizza delivery and hoping I don't get stabbed, this time I thought I might go out and try some local favorites. I'm thinking House of Blues and visiting Cafe Du Monde.
Any suggestions?
However, last night I FINALLY got to out for a Wednesday night sail. It had been far too long.
To kick things off, we (the Captain and crew of Tango Too) weren't sure that there was even going to be a race. Lack of wind, not enough boats...etc. However enough boats eventually showed up that we were able to race. The wind was so slight tho, I was sure they would call it off before we started. Maybe I just went out expecting the race, for some reason, not to happen. Almost two months without racing will do that to you. [sigh].
Anyway, RC (race committee) made it a short, 4 mark course. We didn't start great which was a killer in this nothing air and we proceeded to drift for the next 45 mins.
We fiddled with the spinnaker; nothing.
We put down the spinnaker and took out the headsail; nothing.
Our knot meter kept a steady 0.00 - I know, awesome right?
Granted, the tide was coming in and we were making some headway; I could see it using the shore as a reference point; just not enough.
So we did what all racers (or at least the ones I sail with) do when the wind is dead and you're just drifting; we broke out the beer.
Suddenly, we get a little puff.
We drink some more.
More air...
We finish our beers.
We're moving at just shy of 3 knots past all the boats that left us behind at the start!
RC had decided to call the race at the first mark so we ended up finishing somewhere in the middle (we needed more beers on hand next time since the wind caught up to everyone else once we hit the middle) which was good for us. Still have to see how we do considering PHRF times tho...
It felt so good to finally be out on the water again; it still shocks me how much I miss it when I haven't been out in a while. Last night also makes my 199th day out on the water according to my logbook of seatime I've been keeping for my Captain's licence. I'm going to have to celebrate my 200th day with a sail and party soon.
Annapolis Race Week is coming up as well. Labor Day weekend can't come soon enough. We did OK last year but I'm hoping we can edge up a bit even though it feels like we haven't been out nearly as much (its probably about the same though minus a race to Oxford).
In other news, I'm flying back down to New Orleans and I'm looking forward to not to being in a sketchy hotel this time. Instead of ordering pizza delivery and hoping I don't get stabbed, this time I thought I might go out and try some local favorites. I'm thinking House of Blues and visiting Cafe Du Monde.
Any suggestions?
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