Awesome racing in about 20 knots during a small craft advisory! We had 3 general recalls so a tricky start. Setting & lowering the spinnaker was difficult in such a heavy breeze. Didn’t place in the top 10 boats but still a very fun & challenging day.

Took the boat out with my cousins + mom to watch the Wednesday Night Races finish up in the Annapolis harbor.

My old pal Bobby was in town and offered to whip up some dinner in exchange for taking his fam out sailing. Naturally I couldn’t say no to going sailing. Despite there was absolutely zero wind we had an amazing sunset. The highlight of the night was the chance to see some beautiful Cow Nosed Ray up close !!

Captain Ed’s first sail of the season and boy was it a doosey. My grandpa is 93 years old and probably the most enthusiastic sailor I know. His boat has certainly seen better days and today’s adventures proved that. We had engine failure in the middle of the inlet due to a sketchy fuel line. A jam in the harken furler which wouldn’t let the jib fully come out. Then to top it all off we ran over a crab pot with the rudder and had to push it off with a boat hook. Safe to say it was pretty exhausting but grandpa is a stubborn little man and was still very happy to be on the water sailing his pride and joy.

Took the girls out for a little cruise around town, of course the rain had other ideas 🌧️

2 keepers is more like snack than a meal, But a win is a win. We got delayed in the morning by some dirty fuel. So next weekend we’ll get an earlier start, and a more remote creek, hopefully catch a lot more.

Was absolutely nuking out so we got to do some real fast sailing, then anchored out and swam and made BBQ. Unfortunately we broke the flag pole & dorade vent in the commotion. Should be easy enough to fix

Racing onboard Mi-2 (Mission Impossible 2) the J-88. We were first off the starting line and 2nd over the finish line, after corrected time 3rd overall. Not a bad result all things considered. Got to see some heat lightning looking very ominous right as we came to the finish line.

Had 3 awesome races aboard the J-22. My first time in a long time running bow. First hoist was sloppy after that smooth sailing apart from a sketchy leward make rounding in race 2. Otherwise awesome racing!

I had a tough time picking up the anchor as it had wrapped around a floating buoy. But we had a pretty nice motor sail back home to Annapolis. Sad to leave St Michael’s as we had the most beautiful final night watching sunsets, fireworks, and BBQ’n. Until next time…

A beautiful sunset paddleboard cruise to go checkout the party at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum! Made friends with this little green heron who appears to be the dock master.

Awesome day of motoring from back creek to st Michael’s. Dropped the anchor right off parrot point. Trying out the new wind scoop, new iPad chart plotter & new anchor bridal from Mantus Marine!! Gotta love sailing gadgets!

Didn’t expect to get much sailing in today but in 5-7 knots we were able to make a solid 2-3 knots. Had a nice little day sail before the afternoon’s thunderstorms hit.

Had a great time taking the dinghy for a spin & to see some live music at the Annapolis Maritime Museum Thursday concert series aka “tides & tunes”. Sadly the show was called off early due to the storm but we made the most of it

We had an awesome night on the water motoring around, watching some paddleboard racing, the sunset, and cruising down ego alley.

First solo sail of the year and I’m greeted to a familiar face, Ian and his beautiful X Yacht with a brand new jib from North Sails! Oh yeah and this time I did hit 7 knots, not sure why seapeople speed tracker is so off nonetheless pretty sporty day 😃

Left the dock early as hell and came back around noon with about 40-50 crabs. Not bad for a solid morning’s work. Hoping to do this again sometime soon it sure was fun 🤙

Okay well we didn’t technically reach max hull speed but I think 6.8 knots is about as quick as she’ll go without fresh bottom paint 😂

Awesome time paddle boarding to the tunesday boat concert hosted by chronic sailing 🤙

Finally installed the hydrofoil and holy shit, this is a game changer. It literally gets up on plane in about 2 seconds. Super excited to see how fuel economy is.

Absolutely zero wind here this evening but that’s a perfect time to fly the drone up for some awesome pictures!!

Brought my mom and her dog Roo for Friday day sail we planned to watch Annapolis 2 Bermuda race start but we were too late

This stack pack is absolutely a game changer, now I can basically go sailing at the drop of a hat with nearly no effort at all. Super excited for the rest of summer.

Lazy jacks are going up! Excited to use this new stack pack from Bacon Sails

Very fun time racing the J/22 for three windward leeward races. Initially had a difficult time getting the spinnaker up but on the following races everything went well.

Returning back to the marina after an awesome weekend on the mooring ball at spa creek. Will definitely come back here again such a nice spot to spend a couple nights.

Might’ve lost the pull handle in the process but if you yank on the string long enough it’ll start👍

This hammock is easily the best thing I’ve ever bought for the boat. This trip is the ol back creek -> spa creek jaunt. I’m now understanding why they call it “spa”

Finally fixed the diesel with a new muffler and riser for the exhaust elbow. Awesome blue angels day today! We enjoyed watching on shore but had to go for a sunset sail. P.S. Repping my SeaPeople hat!