Tag: Spinnaker Cup

Practice makes perfect

California Offshore Race Week The past week turned out to be the best preparation for Pacific Cup we could hope for.  It all started with a 1,700 mile drive to get Spadefoot from Austin, TX to Richmond, CA.  Chris also drove 900 miles from Bellingham, WA to Richmond to bring several important items from Shearwater

Toto, we’re not in Austin anymore

Road Trip complete… Spadefoot, Oren, and I spent about 30 hours driving from Austin to Richmond Yacht Club.  1727 miles.  The trip, spread over 3 days, was uneventful except the 20-30mph headwinds we had across most of New Mexico, Arizona, and California.  At times we going 55 mph due to the wind and getting 7.5