Sunny Side of the Weekend

On Friday we challenged our readers to take advantage of the forecasted good weather and get out on the water — and to send us photographic evidence. While Saturday was lovely, Sunday turned into a bit of a bust with thick fog rolling in from the east. But it seems San Diego sailors lucked out, according to Rosie Eberhard of the Roberts 44 Valkyrie.

"Yesterday was perfect sailing day," she writes. "The temperature was around 78 degrees, and the wind got up to 20 knots so Valkyrie was able to do around seven knots. We girls tried to hike out by Point Loma but I think we need more weight on the windward side to flatten our 22-ton steel boat!"

Though they are now based out of San Diego, Rosie and her husband David were longtime members of Stockton Sailing Club. David spent more years than he’d like to count building — and rebuilding — Valkyrie, and personal touches can be seen throughout, such as heart-shaped handholds placed at just the right height for his diminuitive bride.

Closer to home, Max Crittenden sailed his Martin 32 Solar Wind in the South Beach Island Fever Race this weekend. "I got this shot of Christian Lewis’s Catalina 42 Carmelita sliding past us in the race," he said. "They nipped us this time, after we beat them last month. What a beautiful, warm day." He must have been talking about Saturday.