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2012 Annapolis NOOD: Practice Day

Double Eagle got just enough breeze to get out and practice with 3 other J109s ahead of the 2012 Annapolis NOOD Regatta. Friday is the first day of racing in a boat of 12 boats.

Practice Day on Double Ealge

By Jon Posted on May 3, 2012 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with 2012 Annapolis NOOD, Annapolis, Annapolis NOOD, Double Eagle, J109

J109 GoPro Post

Sunday afternoon we made a GoPro mount for the back of a J109 that I’ll be racing in next week at the Annapolis NOOD Regatta.

We took a 8′ white wood curtain rod, fit it in the flag pole and added a GoPro to the top of it. I have yet to add a safety line and bungee tensioner to help keep it from bouncing around. Look for video from this next week.

Here’s what it looked like:

Rear view

side view

And here’s the view:

view

By Jon Posted on May 1, 2012 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing, Video No Comments Tagged with GoPro, GoPro Mount, How To, J109

2012 FBYC Laser Clinic

Mike Toms teaching a Laser Clinic at Fishing Bay Yacht Club

On Sunday Mike Toms and I ran a clinic for a dozen Laser sailors at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Most of the group was new to sailing or at least new to the Laser and we spent most of the time going over the boat parts, rigging and basic maneuver techniques on a Laser. Then we took out about 7 boats in nearly no wind to putter around for an hour. Pictures.

By Jon Posted on May 1, 2012 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, FBYC, Laser Clinic

2012 FBYC Offshore Spring Series #3

4/28 Spring Series #3lining up at the start

Saturday’s Offshore Spring Series #3 at Fishing Bay Yacht Club wasn’t the best weather day. We did one race in very light wind against a stiff current for the first leg. The second race was abandoned after the wind died and many boats anchored to hold position on the ‘upwind’. Still in 3rd for the Series.

By Jon Posted on April 29, 2012 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing, Video No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, FBYC, FBYC Offshore Spring Series, FBYC Offshore Spring Series #3, GoPro, Offshore Racing, Wavelength

2012 FBYC Offshore Spring Series #2

Saturday was a beautiful day for racing and Wavelength had a great day at Fishing Bay Yacht Club’s Offshore Spring Series #2. We had good boat speed, good crew work and manged to go 3-2-1-4 in 4 races putting us into 3rd overall for the series. Results.

Photo: Andrea Winner

By Jon Posted on April 24, 2012 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, FBYC, FBYC Offshore Spring Series, FBYC Offshore Spring Series #2, Offshore Racing, Wavelength

2012 FBYC Offshore Spring Series #1

Sailing continued on Sunday with a a string of 3rd places by Wavelength in the 3 races on the 1st day of the Fishing Bay Yacht Club Offshore Spring Series. Results.

Photo by Andrea Winner.

By Jon Posted on April 17, 2012 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing, Video No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, FBYC, FBYC Offshore Spring Series, FBYC Offshore Spring Series #1, GoPro, Offshore Racing, Wavelength

2012 FBYC Opening Day

4/14 Opening DayJon Deutsch trimming the spinnaker as we go downwind.

Got the sailing season off to a great start on Saturday with the Opening Day Regatta at Fishing Bay Yacht Club sailing aboard the C&C37 Wavelength. We did one 12.5 mile race out around the channel buoys to the entrance of the Rappahannock River and back. We did some great sailing which included a spinnaker peel and managed to finish 2nd in some very close racing – only 36 seconds separated the top 4 boats on corrected time. Results and Pictures.