Shoveling Snow on a Winter Day
Post by Jon Deutsch.
Category: Life
2014 GRSA Frostbite #1
This weekend Greater Richmond Sailing Association invited Fishing Bay Yacht Club Flying Scots and Lasers to join them for frostbiting out on Swift Creek. Dan and I were the only two Lasers; there were 10 Flying Scots and 3 Thistles. The goal for the day was simply get back in the boat and try a few things out. I tried a new GoPro Camera (Hero 3+) and a new stern mount for it. I got to try out some new boots and I got to try sailing at a club I had never been at before. Thanks again to GRSA for inviting us to come sail!
Photos courtesy of Sharon Wake.
2013 Favorite Photos
What a year 2013 was! I always seemed to be able to take some amazing pictures when I wasn’t expecting to – including some great ones on just an iPhone. Here are my favorites from 2013:
Mad Hatter during the Moonlight Race at Fishing Bay Yacht Club 6/23/2013
Dogwood Dell Fireworks with the Carrilon. 7/4/2013
Sunset Laser Sail 7/26/2013
Richmond Skyline at Night 12/15/2013
Smith Point Light House during the Smith Point Race at FBYC 8/25/2013
Sunset panoramic of ECU’s football stadium during the FAU game 9/6/2013
Snow covered roof tops at Snowshoe 2/9/2013
Laser practice 4/7/2013
Orange Coffee Pot Regatta in Surf City New Jersey 6/2/2013
Jaimie and Chris Wedding 10/16/2013
Richmond Skyline at Night
A few shots of the Richmond skyline all lit up this evening.
Richmond Skyline via Manchester Flood Wall Walk
I had seen pictures of Richmond from this vantage point for years and never knew how to get there. So today, despite the 33-degree weather and winds, I made my way to the Manchester Flood Wall and checked out the awesome vantage point of the city. Had it not been so cold, I probably would have explored a little more. I will definitely be back in warmer weather.
2013 ECU Football vs UAB
Here’s this weeks tailgate: just me.
How is that I drive the farthest and get here first?
Stephanie was here and with her being due in a couple weeks and not keen to be going up and down a ton of steps, we were able to swap our seats for something with a few less steps – front row.
PeeDee in the Capital One Mascot Challenge
This week the Capital One Mascot Challenge PeeDee the Pirate is up against Sparty and the question was asked: If PeeDee had a superpower, what would it be? Our friend Curtis Thieman googled photos of ECU tailgates and came up with one that was the screen image from our ODU Tailgate video. Sure enough the Capital One Mascot Challenge is featuring it on their facebook page.
VOTE FOR PEEDEE!!!!
Me using PeeDee’s super power (invisibility) at an ECU Tailgate. Ah, the things I do as a fan. #ECU #CapitalOnePeeDee pic.twitter.com/IB5BZEAhVn
— Curtis Thieman (@CurtisThieman) November 12, 2013
2013 ECU vs. Tulsa
ECU played Tulsa on Saturday. Despite a few electrical problems with the RV, we still had a fun time. Here are a few photos:
2013 FBYC Closing Day Regatta & Oyster Roast
Saturday was the final day of racing for the offshore boats at Fishing Bay Yacht Club followed by an oyster roast. The race was a pursuit style race where the slower boats start first and the times are calculated so everyone should finish about the same time. I was aboard Wavelength and for once it was great having boats of all sizes all around us for most of the race. We ended up finishing 9th in the 17-boat fleet while sailing in winds that started around 8 knots and built to as much as 23 knots during the 1 1/2 hour race. On top of that we were short-handed with only 6 on board and flew the spinnaker.
After racing we enjoyed oysters! RESULTS | PHOTOS
