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Hi Ants, Yes, that's sleddog paddling inbound shortly after sunrise in post #5841. And sleddog paddling outbound in post #5847. Early mornings...

Living on the sea my friends Is gonna keep you free and clean. But for now we wear our rubber boots With breath as hard as kerosene. Where we'll...

It is pleasant to paddle the ocean With ocean galore within reach, And nothing at all to be done: No letters to answer, No bills to be burned,...

The wind is blowing softly on the spinny and the spars, We've said goodbye to loving friends, to West Marine, and cars. The lights of the Golden...

We were cutter-rigged and rakish, with long and lissome hulls, And we flew the pretty colors of asymmetricals. With light sails pulling mightily...

We dream of Tree of Hanalei, some days around the clock, But haven't set a sail yet, as we work here at the dock. And with every dream that stalks...

We go to sea in sieves, we do, in sieves we go to sea: In spite of all our friends could say, On a summer's morn, on a windy day, In sieves we go...

Please tell me if I'm wrong. But find 11th Hour Racing disingenuous advertising (NPR) their race around the world as "protecting the oceans" while...

I find the following admission from the skipper of Team Holcim-PRB in the Ocean Race, Leg 5, pretty incredible. Because of the loss of their masthead...

Something cool is watching baby barn owls being hatched, raised, and fledge. All the more reason never to use rat poison. Since these cuties were...

Has anyone heard from Rob on TIGER BEETLE? When last heard from early this year he was hanging with crocodiles on La Ropa beach in...

If the lashing goes to the bow fitting, and there are 7 strands either cut or frayed. 1) this is in plain sight, why not noticed? 2) Is there...

Maintaining turnbuckles on a regular basis is good practice. Never know when they might have to be unscrewed to replacing a failing shroud or to...

Congrats to Cal Poly Humboldt for just winning Division II Women's National Rowing Championship in both 4's & 8's!. Anchored by Rower of the Year,...

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner, for DAZZLER. There were more 13' foot Banshee dinghies built in Santa Cruz than any other class. Sparmaker Buzz...

Capitola Boat Club (CBC), with rear seat removed, on the move to launch at Santa Cruz Harbor. Since no one has answered the above Friday trivia...

See post 5817, four above this one.

Sorry, but not Ron and John Moore's El Toros, although they did build quite a few. But not over 200. The Friday question remains: "For your Friday...

Sorry, but not Gary Caballero and El Toros.

I think Santa Cruz County would be more like it. Not to put too fine of a point on it, but Bill Lee Yachts was in Soquel, George Olson and Alsberg...

2023 Made in Santa Cruz Race Week has begun with in-the-Harbor Jester (11) and El Toro (10) dinghy races last evening. It was all in the family, as...

Legendary WINDWARD PASSAGE, aka "Passage," and "WP," built on a beach in the Bahamas, is now 55 years old. What a boat. I first raced on her in the...

Hi Ants, Interesting stuff, the age of the Channel Islands, including Santa Rosa. There is proof the northern Channel Islands were inhabited from...

Painted Cave is a wonder, 12th largest sea cave in the world, 1,227 feet long and 130 feet high. It is located on Santa Cruz Island's north shore,...

Interesting people hang out at Inverness Yacht Club boatyard. How would I know a neighbor from a nearby boat just sang a duet for the King of England...

Sorry, Philpott. #5, woolly mammoths is correct. These woolly mammoths were full size critters and were the first to swim from the Mainland to...

Since Ants correctly answered our geography question as being Lobo Canyon on Santa Rosa Island, we will use off-the-beaten path to Santa Rosa Island...

Hey Ants, 2 thoughts on trailer launching/unlaunching: 1) a hitch extension, which is heavy, awkward, and possibly the wrong length can be easily...

Correct on Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Windswept San Miguel Island has no year around streams nor riparian habitat....