Month: May 2014

Golden Gate fly by!

May 31, 2014

Over Memorial Day Weekend we went for a leisurely sail out to El Pacifico.  The idea was to do some downwind practice with the autopilot in some swells.  We got in some good, fast rides, but not exactly what we expected.  We made a short video of the tour of the Bay and beyond. Video

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Memorial Day is Inspection Day

May 30, 2014

Straight off a flight back from 12 days in Europe for work we spent the long weekend on Shearwater getting ready for Pac Cup.  One of the big activities was going up the mast to fix a wonky deck light, tape up the spreader tips better, tape over the steaming light a little to make

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A boatyard in San Francisco

May 28, 2014

…and finally, Shearwater arrived safe and sound (late in April).  There were no issues during her transport, but the weather gods tried us while we worked to get her back into the water.  We were subjected to one torrential downpour after another that kept us soaked and freezing cold.  We managed, though, helped by the workers

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The longer story – shipping Shearwater to San Francisco

May 28, 2014

Although this is a bit delayed, I thought I’d put together a post on what we did to get Shearwater from Texas to California, in preparation for the start of the Pac Cup.  It wasn’t a walk in the park. The next post of picking her up in San Francisco is awesome though, so stay

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