When:
May 20, 2021 @ 2:00 pm
2021-05-20T14:00:00-04:00
2021-05-20T14:15:00-04:00
Boat Location:
Navy Marina Slip A49
17 Perry Rd
Newport, RI 02841
USA
17 Perry Rd
Newport, RI 02841
USA
Club:
Bill Kneller
Test sail with new mast and new main to dial in the rig tune and preliminary instrument calibration.
Times are 1400 and 1630 – when you set availability please indicate in crew comment which times are ok for you and if you are able to do both.
Plan is to head out at 1400 and check the instruments, rig tune and make sure everything is run correctly. We should be back to the dock by 4pm for those that need to get off. If others come at 4:30 we’ll go out and continue the checks, with a nice pleasure sail too. Conditions permitting we will also do a spinnaker run once all the calibration, headsail and main checks are complete.
There is beer on the boat. Feel free to bring any munchies if desired.
Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Thu May 20th @ 2:00PM EDT
Post # 4606
Recent Comments
A great day to be out sailing for the 2024 maiden voyage. We helped Blue Skies pushed off the dock at 1100, then were soon underway. We put up the main and unfurled the jib on a reach as soon as we were clear of Borden Light Marina. SOG was 9+ knots for a portion of the trip. We arrived at the Navy Marina at 1320 - pretty good time!
The delivery crew: Scott, Burch, Jack, Steve & Bill
A great weekend on Block Island with Kathy, Claire & Bill. Great race results and appetizer contest results. We were fortunate to have the blender and the heater on the boat. After a nice weekend on Block Island we had a fast ride back with everyone taking time on the helm.
A few pictures from our family sail on Grandpa's birthday weekend. Unfortunately hurricane Ophelia changed our plans for a weekend on Block Island. We did a Friday evening sail in Newport, grabbed a mooring for cocktails and dinner, then went back to our slip at the Navy marina. We stayed on the boat Friday night and went to the YMCA for Isla's soccer which was moved to the indoor gym.
Underway on Vento Solare with Grandpa, Kai, Daddy & Isla
Enjoying appetizers in Newport Harbor before sunset.
Family dinner on Vento Solare while on the mooring.
Kai's note to Grandpa for his birthday weekend.
A great weekend of racing with everybody with Vento Solare finishing 2nd place overall. Crew work was fantastic all three days. Starting from the bow with Roland, mast with Will, pit with Andrew, trimming with Sarah & Mary, and main / tactics with Trevor (Jeff Roy for Around the Island on Friday). We saw the full spectrum of wind from 5 to 22 kts over 3 days.
Congrats to Divided Sky who put up all first place finishes. The rest of the class including J/109 URSA, J/99 Upbeat, Sunfast 3300 Avalon and Express 37 COUCOU all provided the challenge as fierce competitors.