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Many sail solo for varying reasons... Good friend Charlie R. sails his Catalina 270 KAIMANA solo nearly every day out of Santa Cruz. Charlie...

correct (other races). current requirements are for fixed cockpit mount, options are open for the 2nd. Hull and Structure: Dewatering pumps...

A fine display of self-sufficiency! The bow at the end was well appreciated! Thanks for the heads-up, sleddog! Ants

She's at the boom..... I'll check back after another coat of Flag Blue.

I just checked in after finishing this last tax return, and it appears Jackie is prepared to start to commence to begin her ascent. She knows...

Isn't the requirement for a fixe mount manual above and below deck? Might be other races I'm thinking of.

Use them as Battery 1 & 2, not as a single battery. Same age, same capacity, same chemistry, same manufacturer then doing a single bank is OK but I...

You'd be hard pressed to find a nicer live view of DURA MATER at Morro Bay with the Rock in the background. If you're lucky this afternoon, you may...

I take your point, Alan, but closer in = fewer miles. Perhaps you would like to bring DM back up the coast for me, write it up? It would be...

I wish I'd known that San Simeon was a viable anchorage, back in 2006. Fog. It gets really old, really fast. Yup, yup. Now you know what I...

9.21.20 Monday Dura Mater and I are in San Simeon Bay. Got in, dropped anchor last night at 9:30 pm after leaving Monterey at 6:30 am. This...

Google Translate suggests to me that one French site says that you can sleep two in the cuddy cabin. Two corgi's maybe, like you say....not this guy!

Does fog clear around Pt Conception? Well jeez louise, I sure hope so! Look, Ma! I can text from sea! This fog business makes for a boring passage....

The decked option is a quirky variation. I guess it may provide an anchoring point for a soft awning. Inside would allow a corgi to curl up with...

I had no idea about dense fog. The speeds down the coast were more impressive considering the lack of visibility. I knew the big house was closed...

Dense fog the whole way - it didn't sound like she was enjoying herself. Yesterday evening she was entering some new GPS waypoints. AFAIK the big...

Dura Mater spent a 2nd night at San Simeon Cove. Lemon thingees and private tours of the big house on the hill? What else could it be? Ants

The Ocean Cruising Club exists to encourage long-distance sailing in small boats, with members required to complete a continuous ocean passage of at...

A few more pictures of the "cruising" version. And this picture shows the relevant detail. NO centerboard OR daggerboard! I wonder how much...

Former SSS regular Dirk Husselman moved back to Holland and bought a Seascape 27 has done the race several times.

I knew the Monterey fleet was going strong, did NOT know that there were still Mercuries in Stillwater! YAY! If I hadn't bought the Piper, a...

Good job.

I always wondered what the story was with the sailboat on the pedestal at the entrance to Clipper YH. Thanks for sharing that, Pat! - Todd

Quiz question: Why is the Sausalito YC's committee boat named "Mercury?" I'll buy myself a half gallon of ice cream and answer it. Because the...

As I recall, the kelp by the Fall can be very challenging to navigate through and especially to get an anchor to set. Some years ago we dove in...

Gone... that was quick!

Last time I looked, as recent as last year, Mercurys still raced out of Monterey and Stillwater. And the class had some real heavy weight...