2016 Las Vegas
Was recently in Vegas on a family trip. Got to see more of the sights on both the strip and downtown.
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RG65 No Quarter
Added another boat to the fleet. This No Quarter is an RG65 model yacht. It’s about 25″ long and 60″ tall from the bottom of the keel to the top of the mast. I got a used boat from a member of the Richmond Model Yacht Club. After fitting a radio to it and getting a few other things readied, I got to join 6 others today for some practice. It was a bit light and we only sailed about 30 minutes before we got rained out. Thanks Rob S for helping get me going and I’m looking forward to some more racing this spring.
2016 February: Dallas
This weekend I got to visit Dallas and see some of the sights including the Dealey Plaza where JFK was shot, the Dallas History Museum, Katy Trail and Oak Cliff and Bishop Arts areas.
2015 Favorite Photos
While not quite as prolific of a year of taking photographs, I still got some nice ones. Here are my favorites:
2/6 Davis Island Yacht Club J/70 Winter Series
6/6 FBYC J/70 Summer Regatta I
6/13 Laser District 10 Championship
6/27 US Sailing Junior Olympic Festival Chesapeake Bay Open
8/28 FBYC J/70 Friday Night Series
9/25 UCI U23 Bike World Championship
10/18 Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship
Richmond Skyline at Night
Tried to go down to the Manchester flood wall to photograph the city during the grand illumination of the lights, but found the park blocked off due to construction and without enough time to find another way around – all I was able to get was one measly shot. At least it’s a pretty good one.
2015 Hiking Old Rag
Following yesterday’s UVA Football game Jess and I were out on the trail early hiking Old Rag. It was a fun hike with some nice trails as well as some scrambling at the top. We started hiking around 9 and weren’t done until close to 5pm. 30,000 steps for me.
2015 Duke @ UVA Football
I joined some UVA friends on a non-ECU weekend for the UVA vs Duke game. We had a great parking pass right at the stadium and the plan was to park the van there with all of our tailgate stuff and have everyone congregate there. We arrived only to find out that the van was WAY to big to fit in the tiny parking spaces let alone have any space to tailgate. After shuffling cars and parking the van elsewhere we commenced with our tailgate and ended up having a good time. UVA even won the game!
McCormack Observatory
This weekend started out with a visit to the McCormack Observatory – this was at one point the largest telescope in the world in 1878 and is at the campus of the University of Virginia. They open a couple times a month to the public and I got the chance to look through the lens at the moon.
2015 FBYC Laser Frostbite Regatta
What a great day to end the sailing season on at Fishing Bay Yacht Club – temperatures that were not too cool and enough wind to make it interesting. I just received the new MkII Laser Standard sail and was eager to try it out.
Having sailed a few races – it definitely felt a bit tweakier than the other sail – as in – it didn’t stretch as much, so you can really see where it needed adjusting, cunningham, vang etc. I had a little trouble figuring out when to adjust various things. All in all it probably wasn’t any faster or slower – but I was definitely slower with the distraction. I’m looking forward to spending a little more time figuring it out. Finished 2nd overall in 7 races.
Following sailing I put a cover on the J/70 and helped Mike arrange 2 more boats in his barn.
