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Today, 01:06 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Hi Jonathan, Could you get hold of me at your convenience, 831-475-0278? I have run into a roadblock with RYC manager who claims the rat...

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Yesterday, 10:52 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

You've heard the legend. Right from the beginning in the summer of 1978, the Singlehanded Transpac became a do-it-yourself, all volunteer project. ...

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Yesterday, 08:51 PM

sleddog replied to a thread From the fat fingers of the racers in 2021 Singlehanded Trans Pacific Yacht Race

One hopes Jamie will be choosing to turn East, not West, or his return passage is going to be much extended. :confused:

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Yesterday, 06:56 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

What??? Just watched the 72 foot LUCKY go from 20 knots to 1.7 knots on the live Transpac tracker. LUCKY is about 30 miles upwind of the Diamond...

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Yesterday, 04:08 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Synderella (Synthia) and two dogs visited CBC yesterday where Port Captain Spruit and myself helped celebrate her birthday with pizza, Macapuno...

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Yesterday, 03:20 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Chicken skin this morning as Cecil Rossi's Farr 57 HO'OKOLOHE sailed out of the sunrise and finished second boat for boat behind PYEWACKET, who came...

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07-22-2021, 10:04 AM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Can anyone comment of the current disposition of SEA WISDOM, and what failed in her steering in the recent SHTP? There's an ongoing story there we...

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07-21-2021, 11:16 AM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

I might as well bring an ice chest full of Marianne's icecream and other treats to SURPRISE! for all the trivia quiz prizes BobJ is owed. Once...

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07-20-2021, 07:25 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

For a bowl of Marianne's Old Thyme Vanilla ice cream with organic blueberries and strawberries, what do these two PYEWACKETs have in common? (Must...

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07-20-2021, 12:14 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Pt. Richmond and Brickyard Cove, though in an urban setting, are blessed to have hawks soaring overhead, osprey families making new homes on the...

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07-17-2021, 01:45 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

DENALI 3, a Ker 46 from Michigan, looks like a nice boat, and yesterday led off the start line in her division in the Los Angeles to Honolulu...

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07-15-2021, 07:59 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

All Aboard! SIREN and SHARK ON BLUEGRASS about to be headed home tonight at 20 knots. The blue stern is TEAM OCEAN SHEROES which 4 women...

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07-14-2021, 04:01 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Back in the Harbor, I pass several coffee club denizens on the breakwater rocks, Rainer and Howard, feeding pigeons and gulls. Rainer, now retired,...

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07-14-2021, 10:13 AM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Paddelin' Madelin', my 8.5 foot Kiwi Kayak, out the Santa Cruz Harbor, never ceases to give entertainment.To starboard as I leave the dinghy launch...

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07-14-2021, 07:27 AM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

The first wave of 40 and 50 footers started the other Transpac yesterday, enroute from San Pedro to Honolulu. At the skipper's briefing, veteran NOAA...

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07-09-2021, 09:16 PM

sleddog replied to a thread Surprise! in Shorthanded Sailing

Hi Bob, Though I haven't used it recently, we used to have good luck with dry ice supplementing regular ice and the box staying cold for 9-10...

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07-08-2021, 11:33 AM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Update: it took nearly a full day aloft "bull riding" in the sun to cut off HULA's wrapped spinny in 18" sections without damaging the furled jib...

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07-08-2021, 10:43 AM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Not the SHTP Halfway Barge. Rather a containership "rendering assistance" July 5th as requested by the 27' wooden yawl TANGO (father, son) who were...

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07-07-2021, 07:56 PM

sleddog replied to a thread In Hanalei Bay in 2021 Singlehanded Trans Pacific Yacht Race

Kudos to not only the sailors of the 2021 SHTP, but also and especially to the RC and all hands who turned to to make the extra effort in providing...

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07-06-2021, 04:46 PM

sleddog replied to a thread Tree Time July 5 in 2021 Singlehanded Trans Pacific Yacht Race

No "outrage" should be tendered. :cool: SSS always has returned to its roots. Having "Tree Time" on the Hanalei River is perfectly in keeping with...

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07-06-2021, 04:19 PM

sleddog replied to a thread New Boat 4 Sled in Singlehanded Sailing Society

Undoing spinnaker wraps at Hanalei anchorage is a tradition as old as the race. Here are Bill and Darlene on HULA attempting to liberate theirs. ...

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