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Our first race with the Potomac River Sailboat Association was light with shifting winds when there were any.We joined the Catamarans, which gave us a spanking.But there was reason to celebrate: Race one saw us first across the start line, exactly in the the right position. Race two we were calmed and overtaken by the lightnings, but we managed to catch their wind and pinged a few of them going around the mark.
Continue reading More of a drifter than a race, but we did okay
What follows are my notes on this modification. I expect we will be modifying my modification, so its good to have a record of the repair for when I cannot remember.
It all started in late March when the starboard sidestay snapped and the whole sailplan blew into the water. Damn. It was my neighbor Ajit’s second time in the scow and he was marveling at the engineering of the boat…until our little mishap. We blew down river and right next to a race of Lasers. We were towed in by a race committee boat that was closing out their Frostbite series. Continue reading Spars need bars
What an amazing warm march with lots of cherry blossoms and good times. Karen and Rob are such good mates…sailing zen to to the max.
And this winter we got lots done. Here Karen is removing the old crumbling flotation from the 1977 Melges M20 that our friend Eric Hall converted to an I20. That styrofoam looks like it might be 30 years old! Karen had to crawl below deck to pull out the yukky stuff. And she went below again to install the newstuff…very brave!
Stew spent his time on windward sheeting cars for both I20s. Those sure work nice when dropping the traveler in a puff. Stay tuned for a shot of the new traveler support Stew bedded across the Melges cockpit. Nice!
The big unexpected job was late March and early April when a sidestay broke on Whistlebritches leaving us without a mast in the middle of the Potomac. New gooseneck, shrouds and a different mast hinge were all installed. The boom vang should work better with this new configuration.
We are very sorry to say that Mike (aka Miguel Lopez) died at home, Tuesday, Dec. 6. Our buddy was 11 years old, going on 12. He had been diagnosed with cancer in September and hung on for more than two months with his usual good humor and big ol’ smile. We always felt he was just on loan to us. So it helps a bit to think someone else might be enjoying this angel now.
In lieu of flowers or a card, we would love if you shared a “Mike memory” here on this page, in the comment box below the photos… or on any of the picture pages you can open by clicking on the thumbnails below. Thank you and much love, Stew, Karen and Aggie.
