I would recap our 2024 summer with its own post if there was enough to tell, but I think we can sum it up a handful of bullet points:

• This summer our usage patterns made us look more like poseurs than experienced offshore cruiser / racers / liveaboards but…
• … we had an absolute blast and loved every minute of it!
• This was our first time leasing a slip for a season since we sold our J/29 over 24 years ago. What a treat! We got a ton of use out of the boat right at the dock – randomly eating lunches and dinners aboard, sleeping aboard right at the dock, and generally such easy access to her.
• We only had one overnight cruise all season, and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
• We got in a bunch of day sails, which we combined with late afternoon anchoring off of the Naval Academy wall for wine with friends. Fantastic!
• As usual she blew the doors off of any other cruising boats she came across, which we of course “raced” with every opportunity.