No racing today for the first day of the Sunshine Open at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis. With gale warnings and thunderstorms in the area we weren’t able to get on the water. Through the afternoon we saw winds topping 30 knots. The regatta dinner and band is still on for tonight. Here’s some video of the conditions.
Here’s the final installment from the Vegas trip last weekend: a highlight film of some of the things we saw and did.
Spent 3 days and 3 nights in Las Vegas for JG’s bachelor party. My first time in the city since I was 14 and it was quite different being able to go in places and gamble. We got to see a bit of everything from the south end of the strip to the old casinos on Fremont street.
Richmond City Skyline from the deck of Legends with the Dominion Power building lit up with ‘VCU GO RAMS’.
This video clip from a day of practice on Saturday aboard Wavelength – a 37′ C&C sailed out of Fishing Bay Yacht Club. About halfway through the video are some clips when a squall came through with gusts of 28knots and hail.
This week I upgraded to a new Digital SLR camera. The Nikon D7000 finally does decent video with stereo sound at the right price. Last summer I bought the Nikon D3000 when my then 6-year-old D70 needed replacing. I knew that would only be a temporary camera until Nikon came out with the right camera for me. In addition to the camera I’ve also gotten the vertical grip and a Sennheiser shotgun microphone. I’m looking forward to both the better quality photos and the better videos this camera will make. The point-and-shoot camera really wasn’t cutting it for a lot of the videos I wanted to make. I’m going sailing this weekend and will have a great opportunity to try the camera out.
In the April edition of both Sailing World(p68) and Cruising World the The Leukemia Cup Regatta has an ad featuring the crew of Wavelength during the 2010 Southern Bay Leukemia Cup at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Pictured: Anton Webre, Melanie Pelouze Schmidt, Chris Schmidt, Ed Walker, Steve Utley, Rob Whittet, Jon Deutsch, and John Watlington.
FBYC launched a new website for the Stingray Point Regatta this week. It uses a lot of the things we learned from the 2010 Optimist Nationals website and should serve as a good platform for promoting and providing information about the event. The regatta takes place each Labor Day weekend in Deltaville, Virginia at Fishing Bay Yacht Club and is sailed mostly around buoy courses in 23-40+ foot boats. Check it out at http://stingraypointregatta.org
This afternoon the James River crested around 15 feet according to the Westham gauge. The last time the water was up past this level was January of last year where it crested around 18 feet. Here are some scenes from Pony Pasture Rapids Park and Riverside drive earlier this afternoon.
On-the-water video highlights from the 2011 Laser Midwinters East in Clearwater Florida last week.