Chris and I have not gotten the boat out at all in the last year (or more) and thought since life was now more hectic than ever that this would be a great time to try to get ready for a regatta! Southern Bay Race Week aka Black Seal Cup is a three day regatta hosted by our club, Hampton Yacht Club, and in recent years has drawn about 100 boats. Most are local but we have quite a few that make the trip down the bay from Annapolis or from neighboring yacht clubs like Fishing Bay. Anyway, we were very excited to get the boat back in order and more importantly for Chris to get back behind the helm...something he misses greatly!
It was also a great opporunity for us to catch up with all of our Hampton family. Our good friends, Dave and Leigh Chapman, were kind enough to let us crash at their house for the weekend so we didn't have to go back and forth. There were parties planned each night after sailing with live music, cold beer, rum punch, sailing stories...basically a really fun weekend. I was really looking forward to introducing Wesley to a lot of our old friends as well. We don't get back to Hampton as much as we'd like so this was killing a lot of birds with one stone! (introducing Wesley, sailing on our boat, catching up with friends, etc.)
Chris worked hard for several weeks leading up to the event cleaning up the boat, getting her race-ready and getting everything in order for the three day weekend. For three whirlwind days, we had a lot of planning and time involved before we even arrived in Hampton. We had a stellar crew lined up including the "Mommy Team". Since we work full time and have Wesley in daycare, it wouldn't be right to leave him another three days while I went sailing. So we got creative and enlisted two other moms to share as "one crewmember" for the regatta. Our friend, Jane, (pictured below) was the Friday girl while her husband watched her three children. I was the Saturday girl while my friend Leigh was to watch Wesley. Then Leigh was Sunday girl while I was supposed to watch her son, Will.
The next post will illustrate exactly why Saturday and Sunday girls didn't get there day on the water. Hampton, more specifically, Hampton Yacht Club, was unfortunate to bear the brunt of an EF1 Tornado on Friday night which caused a lot of distruction to buildings, boats, trees and the surrounding area. Needless to say, the regatta was cancelled. Thank goodness, no one was injured.
But way before the storm blew in, Wesley and I went down to the Club to greet Daddy and his crew when they got back from racing on Friday. This was Wesley's first time on the boat although we didn't leave the dock. We sustained a little bit of damage to the boat but hope that once it is repaired we will get back out on the water and take the little guy for a true sail!
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