First ones here! First ones here.
On the road again…
Shearwater was loaded on a truck today (US Boat Haulers), bound for San Francisco Bay. With luck she will be in Richmond by Friday and get her first taste of the Pacific Ocean. Preparing for the transport went amazingly well. On Thursday we started prepping the rig for removal. Boom off and halyards pulled back
Happy St. Paddy’s Day (race)
Quick update and some eye-candy (photos)… We ended up doing an impromptu race this past weekend that wasn’t originally on the calendar. It was one more opportunity to practice that we couldn’t pass up. This was the GBCA St. Patricks Day Regatta. 47 boats. Pursuit start again. Shearwater started last, a full 5 MINUTES after
Pacific Cup Academy #3
Winter Racing
It’s been a gorgeous January in Texas, giving us some great sailing and racing on Galveston Bay. Right after the New Year, Galveston Bay Cruising Associations (GBCA) hosts an informal Icicle Series on Galveston Bay. The race is a reverse start by PHRF rating. 60-70 boats have turned out each Saturday for some fantastic, relatively
Safety at Sea – Lessons Learned
Last weekend Chris & I attended a two-day Safety at Sea Seminar hosted by the San Francisco Yacht Club in beautiful Tiburon, CA. The course is accredited by US Sailing and is a requirement for Double-Handed crews entered in Pacific Cup next year (or 30% of the members of a fully-crewed boat). Even though it
Harvest Moon Regatta
A week ago last Thursday was the annual Harvest Moon Regatta from Galveston to Port Aransas (150 miles). As far as I can tell this is the biggest regatta in Texas with over 170 entrants this year. For us, it was fine preparation for Pacific Cup. An opportunity to actually race, sail with the spinnaker
First Race!
Last Saturday was a momentous occasion for Shearwater, Chris, and I. We did our first race together. Specifically we did a Rum Race on Galveston Bay hosted by GBCA. Rum races are a somewhat informal Saturday evening pursuit race where boats start in reverse order of their PHRF rating. That is, the slow boats start
Update – Getting settled in Seabrook
Shearwater has been at the Seabrook Shipyard off Galveston Bay for almost 2 months now. Even though she is still 3 hours away, that is close enough that we are making regular trips to work on projects and actually do some daysailing. Other than the stifling heat and humidity (we bought a portable LG AC