MOB drill?

Did you do your Man Overboard Drill yet?  Only two weeks to get it done.

Once you do your drill, send me an email and I will score you as completing the MOB.

Here is a great video on how to do a proper man overboard drill from SailVision. (thanks SailVision) I'm not sure they're around anymore, but the video is still a good demonstration. For example, don't put a person in the water to drill - why not use a jug?

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Why do a drill? Well, your job as a skipper is to show your crew that sailing is:

• Fun - check
• Rewarding - check
• Safe - ...

What??! You didn't show your crew how to be safe yet? That's no good. Show your crew what to do is someone falls overboard. It happened to at least one boat this summer, so it could happen to you next.

As a bonus, I'll erase those extra points you have because your drill is not done yet. That could be a lot of points!

2015 Season after 16

The Season is progressing quite nicely! We have sweet 16 races in the bank and now we have just two more possible races to go. The race committee is working hard on the results.

Plenty of opportunity left to make some moves. There are many opportunities in A class to move around, B class has some possibilities, and the Star class could change too. The last two weeks could bring some fun.

You can see all the season standings >here<

Don't forget the last week is the race to dress up (or in costume) to win the coveted 'Best Dressed' award. How can you go wrong?!?

Video from 9/23

Interesting mark roundings and lots of great shots from the setting sun.

SMURF results from 9/23

Not too many changes for the SMURF last night, but it all adds up to a SMURF season!

You can see all the SMURF results >here<

Results from 9/23

You've got to love fall on the Chesapeake! Cool evenings, reasonable winds, waterfowl moving through - Lots of fun to be on the water as the sun sets.

The winds died off slowly last night as the race proceeded allowing the rich to get richer,  but it was still great to be out there.  Our numbers are starting to dwindle a bit as we get late in the season, but there was still a respectable number of boats racing. A few more spectators too.

Congratulations to Kimber Rosswork and crew on the Viper 640. They took off on the first leg and lead everyone into the finish after. Congratulations to Don Elliott and crew on Starstruck too. The Star class had all kinds of position changes, but Don picked up a lead early and held on to it with everyone close on his tail. Congrats to Ful Dek as well - excellent racing as usual. An early lead kept them out of the fray at the first windward mark as four other boats jockeyed for second (including fun port-tack approaches!). The video is fun to watch.

You can see all the results >here<

SMURF results from 9/16

About the same results for SMURF except for Moonraker who moved big! Congratulations for a fast race!

You can see all the SMURF results >here<

Results for 9/16

Beautiful night out there last night (except for the wind part). Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the evening!

I don't have  much time to talk about the races today, but congrats to all the winners. We noticed that all the winners were at the Club last night to get their nightly trophies. Very fun.

No video this week because I forgot the camera. Sorry about that. You will just have to take my word for it that I took the photo above!

You can see all the results >here<

Video from 9/9

We really lucked out that the rain held off until we were back at the dock. Some of those lightning strikes were pretty impressive! No good shots of the storm, but lots of the racers!

SMURF results for 9/9

All kinds of interesting changes for SMURF last night. It's fun to see the order changed up a bit and it's good to see that non-spin works in the SMURF ratings too.

Congratulations to Swagman for crushing the start and carrying it all the way through to a first place finish! Being short-handed didn't slow her down.

You can see all the SMURF results >here<

Results from 9/9

Thank goodness - we finally got some wind to have a race! Of course the looming storms made for a bit of an adventure as people sailed back from the Oak Creek mark. What' a little lightening between friends?

Congratulations to first place finishers: Claiborne Ferry, Ful Dek, and Tim's Boat. Great to see so many boats out for a potentially stormy night.

You can see all the results >here<

It's September - We're starting early

Beginning in September, the time for our starts changes. That means you - tomorrow - your start is 20 minutes earlier.

What are the times?

5:44 Attention
5:45 Star Warning
5:50 Star Start - PHRF A Warning
5:55 PHRF A Start - PHRF B Warning
6:00 PHRF B Start

See you out there!