Apr 30 2007
Saturday, I was given the opportunity to crew with my friend Patrick on one of OCSC’s little training J/24s, for a nice, no-hassle day sail around the Bay. He was going to bringing not only his friend Missy, but another one of his signature fabulous lunches, so I leapt at the opportunity. Pleasantly, the [...]
Apr 25 2007
Meanwhile, back in Puerto Rico, a comment I made to Marc stuck. We were talking about how the boys were steadily acting out more and more, and I mentioned that no one had asked them to come, no one had gotten their permission to drag them on airplanes, on boats, back and forth on docks, [...]
Apr 23 2007
Gotta tell ya, folks, nothing, but nothing, sucks as bad as being a boat on the hard.
I mean, boats, they’re magic. They are creatures of the water. And just like all other water creatures, they’re sort of weird and awkward and in danger of suffocating when forced to be on land for any length of [...]
Apr 22 2007
As I mentioned in the last post, the Strictly Sail Pacific show was this last weekend. We ended up going Thursday and Friday, and when all was said and done, it was… informative. No, really. I managed to get a whole post for one of my other blogs, Life Without School, based on some of [...]
Apr 16 2007
I cannot help myself; I start blogging, I need to start tirades as well. It’s just how I’m built.
So… the Strictly Sail Pacific show is this weekend, and Jason and Marc and I are figuring out what seminars to attend. Digging through the listings to see what fits our interests, and what we can get [...]
Apr 15 2007
Seven or eight days into our trip to claim our boat, nerves and attitudes were frayed all around, and Marc suggested that what we needed was some time off the boat. So we headed to a local beach to marinade for a few hours. It was well over 80 degrees, closer to 90, and the [...]
Apr 15 2007
You’ll notice I’ve been playing with themes recently. The one I have on here now, is to reflect the origins of this story. I also just liked the color change. =) Anyway, the creator of this theme, Sadish Bala, was also totally instrumental in helping me to get it working correctly, so Props to Him!
Apr 06 2007
Cap’n Ken and Crew have made it to Panama. Hurrah!
He reports that our lovely boat made it to 19.6 knots in a 30-knot wind out in the Caribbean.
19.6 knots, sportsfans. I am absolutely delirious with joy.Course, the mainsail ripped right after that. So that’s the bummer. But the sail was old and needed love and [...]