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Hi there, waking up this morning I asked myself: what's the protocole for a fiasco in the fog?

Thanks, Syn! Note that I have some sticky-back red tape, used over there on the white section. I'll use that for the blue rip. Maybe tomorrow. Thanks...

Hey Jackie, it looks like you've got a bit of a hole in the port side blue panel, and it looks bigger than just a sticky patch. I'd repair it, if...

Here's an evocative, 2 minute video of the Santa Cruz Harbor dredge breaking its forward moorings yesterday in one of the tsunami pulses. Had the...

There seem to be numerous small boat options. The two mentioned are tough to get subscribed, but closer options exist. The Sacramento TSCA has a...

Drove over to see Chris Case's new ride. What a beauty! Here's his new FUGU. A Cal 40, she has so much boat bling it's blinding. New shiny...

A good day not to be kayaking at Santa Cruz Harbor. Starting about 7:45 a.m., at 20 minute intervals, 3-4 tsunami pulses hit Santa Cruz Harbor,...

Aha! I cheated (looked it up), the Star sailing couple are Skip and Mary Etchells. Always good to learn something from Sleddog's quizzes. Tom K

2nd hint: two Skips in the third photo

Bingo! Tom K. Good eyes. The Nathanial Herreshoff 12.5, when built in fiberglass, is called a "Doughdish." At first I pooh-poohed the design. But...

First is a Herreschoff 12-1/2, aka Doughdish, designed by Nathaniel Herreschoff. Second is a Penguin, designed by Philip Rhodes. My dad built a...

Hint; I have had tea with the one on the left

The first trivia quiz of 2022 is easy. The winner is invited to High Tea on the CBC deck with Port Capt. Howard Spruit and myself any Tues., Thurs.,...

Thank you Stephen! I will be in touch thru your regular email. -JB

Yes, please Bob. Thx!

The Salish 100 is on my radar as well, seeing as the Texas 200 is probably farther than I want to drive and the R2Ak, if it reappears (and I hope it...

Ouch! But a great story, Bob! Yeah that outboard. That's not how I'd do it! I wonder if the outboard "comes with the free boat". The sales...

Secret weapon Hush

Good question. The flotation is calculated based on the water displaced and weight of the flotation chamber. With chamber empty, maximum flotation...

That's quite the outboard on it! Our family's first boat was a 21' hard-chined sloop. It was not a light-weight boat but my dad noticed that due...

Wow, Jackie....I don't know if I've ever seen a spinnaker cut like that. That's some sort of modified mitre cut.

Well, well.... look at that. A fourth Piper has cropped up on Facebook. It's in the Hudson Valley, in New York and looks to be in pretty good shape...

I can do an early shift. Stephen B

Hi Ants, Do you worry about losing flotation by putting stuff in the flotation tanks?

And really, why not? Some days, when the wind dies and there are ten more miles to go, what else is there to do but set up and raise your spinnaker!...

If your boat is rated with a spinnaker. There ya go ' you are choosing to not use it

I know someone who might want to help, but he has very little racing experience and zero RC experience. Should I still have him contact you?