July is a mixed bag of wind. But with the long daylight hours, you can get some beautiful shots on the Potomac River. Hard to imagine this is an urban waterway…
Sometimes there is wind, sometimes not
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SOLD-1977 Melges
This is a beautiful I-20 converted from a 1977 Melges M-20. Melges is still making M-20s. This one looks like it got very light use … and was mothballed for a few decades. Blue and white hull is nearly perfect. Check out the cool green non-slip deck. Sails are just a season or two old…very stiff.
First Annual Johnson Regatta
A light June breeze tickled the leafy, spotted Sycamore as the sailors below prepared their Johnsons for launch.
As much fun as scow sailing is, and as wildly popular as this blogsite has become, it is rare to get enough scow fans on the same day at the same hour in the same place to launch two scows. But the day before Father’s Day was an opportunity to trade in those paternal chits and break away for a morning of jousting on the Potomac. Continue reading First Annual Johnson Regatta
Boat Jacker Nabbed on Camera!
Sailors are a trusting lot. Want a life jacket? Just borrow one from your neighbor’s boat. Need a tool? There are many foot lockers without a padlock among the dry slips. So, it was no shocker that we came to suspect someone was sneaking into slip F10 and wheeling the M16 to the lifts for a clandestine splash.
But every sailor has limits. I bet you have yours, too.
For me it was the idea that our prize training sailboat was being hornswoggled by some shifty first mate. Which is why we installed a hidden security camera in the head of the mainsail. Activation would begin when the bilgeboards went down. I won’t belabor it…here are the goods, if you will: Pictorial proof that we have not one, but two boat jackers in our midst!