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Thanks Jackie for the correction and the cool photo! Mind if I download and use it? Full credit of course.

And that's a great video of wild and crazy Randall and Harmon. Is that the Byrds covering...

Um . . . Unless something's changed in the 6 years since I left, slips at South Beach are not transferable when a boat sells.

Hey Jackie, great writeup! I didn't know the full story of Sea Squirrel, nor that any of us had a close encounter with the rowing race. And I was wondering what those gorgeous leis were made of -- ti...

As of 19:45 tonight, Iniscaw is back in its Oceanside slip after a 26 day return trip. Sorry I didn't post more (or at all!) during both the race and the return. As some of the racers know, I had...

"Has something to do with a dragon." Peter Yarrow?

I was in touch with him too. Somehow it didn't click that I might have the same problem! I suppose I could finish, turn and burn. ;)

I've gotten hold of the application for a permit to anchor in Hanalei Bay. For our fleet the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation is waiving the requirement for a survey or inspection by a state...

I've never taken the "watertight" requirement literally. My hatchboards are tethered and have latches, but water could seep between them and around their edges. They do fit pretty snugly.

My...

Here are a few photos of one of my window covers, with just two of the four cleats in place. It occurs to me that a broken window probably wouldn't fall away completely, so who knows how many of the...

I remember that discussion well. I made my covers out of plywood I had lying around, so I think one is 1/2" nom. and the other is 5/8". I epoxied a few 1x2 or 2x2 strips the short way across each...

Jackie, we did have a Richmond - South Beach race for a few years. I think it replaced the East Bay - Estuary after the time there were complaints from a couple of ships coming in to Oakland, plus...

Small world! I believe the Coales (Frank was the father) were neighbors and churchmates of my family in Ladera. And a family friend of my wife Rebecca Alzofon was Jim Wilson, who was on the...

Skip, so let me get this straight. They side-towed the dock out with them and used it as ballast to heel the boat? Brilliant!

FWIW: Long, long ago, for a year or two when CYC was not available and we started at GGYC, there was another course for the In the Bay Race, the name change due (IIRC) to the fact that we couldn't...

I recently bought a Davis Mk 25 sextant. 40 years ago I managed to work out a sight or two while crossing the Atlantic, then promptly forgot how. 20 years ago I took a good Cel Nav class at Club...

#5, cockpit drain.

Lots of mice here in the desert. Synthia's trap reminds me of a couple that we've built, following a design that Rebecca found on YouTube. It uses the same half-liter water...

Regarding the prohibited zone off Yerba Buena: Does SSS still own the inflatable mark that we purchased sometime around 2008? I think I set it for two consecutive 3BFs, at the corner of the zone. I...

Update from Iniscaw: I haven't managed to hear a peep -- at least, not an intelligible peep -- out of my old SSB, even though I think I have a much better installation this time around. My plan was...

I've had a 2 blade Varifold for about seven years. It seemed to be near the top in some English magazine's comparison test, the price wasn't too bad, and the distributor in Virginia was responsive...

I'm bringing the same inflatable kayak that I used in 2010. Two seater, so I was able to carry a fair bit of stuff, including fuel and water for the return. Not in one trip, mind you!

I had a very stress-free Christmas. No traveling, no gift shopping, no decorating, no visiting or hosting. Rebecca and I split a Costco steak for dinner.

I'll cop to missing my relatives a bit,...

So that's what it is. From Skip's first photo, I thought it was a naked woman, feet forward, arms raised, mass of hair trailing behind.

I've always rented liferafts from Sal when they're required -- three or four times, I guess. At least the first time, he told me he did not want me to stow it on deck. Presumably this is for the sake...

Same point. I'm set up to peel from one jib to another -- two grooves in the Tuff Luff, two tack hooks, two halyards at the top of the headstay -- so I just use the free tack hook and halyard.

I'm...

I don't rave about my setup, but it's adequate. I have a 125% high-clewed jib that I hoist in the Tuff Luff and pole out with the whisker pole. And I have a 107% staysail with a wire luff that I...