A fun day on the water with the winners of Sherman’s Garden silent auction (3-hour skippered sail on Cabernet Sky) during their annual fund-raiser event. Six-year young Colt, started out a Swab but earned his tile as Mate – a natural born sailor, it ever...
Aloha, Thanks to all those who sent Chi or other good wishes for wind, for we finally found it. Winds picked up to 15 kts in the early afternoon yesterday and we started sailing fine once again (and all the crew started to feel re-energized). The wind helped cool us...
Hello All, Crossed the halfway point at 1810 last evening! Yee haw! Finally enjoyed a fabulous day and night with mostly clear skies. The rising moon was spectacular! Our position report: 1) 0800 Position N27°00, W139°37′ 2) 7′ seas with scattered...
Hello All, We had a fabulous couple of days flying the beautiful red with white accents A2 sail – a brilliant and colorful sight to see. Unfortunately, it blew out yesterday mid afternoon. It was heart breaking to see the red and white ribbons in the air, like...
Skippered a boat again for Aventura today. Didn’t know what to expect, which is part of the attraction: maybe a different boat, certainly different passengers, wind and weather, etc. Sometimes it’s a very pleasant surprise, and today was one of those days. Took a...
Hello All, A great day of sailing yesterday, flying the A2 and Mainsail all thru the day and evening. Made good progress at 9 kts, surfing 11-12 kts on occasion. Report to Race Committee: 1) 0800 Position N26°46,W133°23′ 2) 3-5′ lumpy seas overcast sky,...
Hello All, Enjoyed sailing fast with the A2 (Big Red) thru the afternoon and evening (max 12.4 kts from our instruments) and nicely again thru the night with the jib at about 8 kts. All got a chance to work on their helmsman skills – we’ll need it when...
Hope you’re doing well and having a swell time. We are (plenty of sea swell to go around out here). Today’s report: 1) 0800 PDT position N 28°13′, W126°57′ 2) Over cast skies, Wind WNW @ 17 kts, 4-6′ swell, pressure 1021mb 3) All onboard doing...
This year marks the 100 anniversary (50th bi-annual) 2,225 nm TransPac race from Long Beach, CA to the finish off Diamond Head in Hawaii. The first class of boats will depart Long Beach on July 10, 2019. There are relatively more race entries over recent years, and...
Chartered a 2016 Bali 4.3 Loft version (“Seaduced”) thru West Coast Multihulls in San Diego. Took several groups out on different occasions that were looking to experience sailing a large catamaran. Sailing the Bali in San Diego Bay (love the skyline) and around...
