A New Boat

 Out with the old, in with the new.

1993 Beneteau First 210

Raising the Spinnaker

With the help of friend and experienced sailor Paul Gascoigne, we raised the "new-old" spinnaker. From a Cal 40, this sail was an eBay find. The light wind was perfect for this first raising.

You'll notice Paul has a pager on his right hip. 

 

It appears Paul is looking for his pager. See it now?

 

And in this photo?

 

The sail also came down without a  hitch.

Sailing Day

We sailed today with a couple of friends. The weather was gorgeous. The wind was minimal as we motored out and hung a right a Tongue Point. 

 

Roy and Bonnie:

There were several ships, some at anchor and some headed out to the ocean. 

 

We anchored in a quiet area and tried out the hammock.

 

 

 

In the afternoon the wind really picked up, which it is wont to do, and we had an invigorating sail back to the marina.

 

New Traveler

Installed the new traveler today, though it took much longer than anticipated. We'll be giving it a whirl tomorrow.

 

 

 

Latest Project

Here is Chris' latest project, a Santana 20. Came with 8 usable sails and trailer.

Zihuatanejo

It's been a long time since my husband has updated his blog, so I'm taking it upon myself to post. We've just returned home from a week-long trip to Zihuatanejo (not long enough). Our hotel (Brisas del Mar) was very nice, and the service was amazing. Looking out our hotel room window, we were able to see all the beautiful sailboats. Just how long would it take to sail to Zihua?

There were rent-able Hobie Cats, but we'll need to do that on our next trip. And there will be another trip.

We spent one whole day on a private tour with a very gracious and knowledgeable taxi driver named Juan Carlos Garcia. He took us places we'd never have know about or explored on our own.

A Good Day

Yesterday was a good day. Plenty of wind, and that's important. The highly anticipated Bridge to Bridge race last weekend ended prematurely, due to a significant lack of wind. Only 2 of 11 boats finished the race, and only one of those under the time limit. So the boys turned around after 10 hours (and 22 miles) of sailing.

Yesterday we took advantage of a day off work to take the boat out for a fun sail. The wind was just right (out of the southwest), and the river flat. We headed down river initially. There were two or three other sailboats out, very little ship traffic, and quite a few small fishing boats to avoid.