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Another photo of SAGA’s owner and 110 sailor Kimo Mackey of Bainbridge Island, WA. An interesting part of SAGA’s history is that around 1939-1940 she was owned by Myron Spaulding and raced on SF...

It’s hard to take a bad pictures of such a lovely boat. Here’s another view:
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Agree with all comments. As for starts at St. Fancy, I was with you Bob (and maybe Sam) when you were PRO the time we got kicked out of StFYC. I’m pretty sure it was a Farallones race. In best SSS...

There are several hints in Sled’s text and one BIG hint in the photo. And the photo file name is a red herring.

1) That’s not just any International 14, but THE Original 1927 I-14 being sailed by...

Go PESTOU! Eric (the singlehanded sailor) is underway and going for the steak knives.

Interesting… DOGSMILE is going up the Grenville Channel which tends to be a funnel for NW wind. Looks like torture.
Here is a photo I took in Grenville Channel in June a few years ago on a calm day....

A good lesson for all of us: If you want to win the race (or the steak knives), you need to finish. It’s all about really good prep, and DON’T BREAK THE BOAT!

I wonder about this year’s attrition...

Just reported (on Facebook) from Chad on 2nd place TEAM TRES EQUIS:https://www.sfbaysss.org/forum/blob:https://www.sfbaysss.org/c3a340fb-b757-4803-9201-41b8d360e043 “We have retired from R2AK. More...

I remember seeing GRAY WOLF for sale ~12 years ago. A very interesting boat.

From the builder: GRAY WOLF is a state-of-the-art wooden boat with strong influences from classic American work boats...

I really hadn’t been paying much attention to this edition of The Ocean Race before the long Southern Ocean leg. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I find it had to relate with what this race has...

Someone a while back suggested there should be age categories for answering Sled’s quizzes. I believe the answer is the 13’ BANSHEE designed by Richard (Dick) Reid. There was a series of builders...

Not BARUNA. BARUNA (a yawl) was painted black. I remember hearing that they painted her silver underneath the black paint in an effort to reflect heat. The sloop in the photo is most likely ORIENT...

Bob,
With the first page open on your iThing, click on where it says All Pages in red near the top of the page and you should be able to see it all.

ok, Sled. This is the only “guess” you haven’t responded to. I did a bit of internet searching and there is an account of a squid purported to have attached itself to a French boat in mid-Atlantic...

#24. — I’m waiting to hear the story of those yak fur jib sheets (#24). Who’d a thought? And WHY?

I understand yak wool actually make nice sweaters.

August 2015, near Raufarhöfn, Iceland
The Arctic Henge, a work in progress.

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A bit of internet search will reveal that Canadian author Farley Mowat (1921-2014) was an outspoken environmentalists in addition to being quite a prolific writer. He was probably best known for his...

That’s a helluva stairway! Not something you’ll see in most boatyards.

In the stern shot, I noticed the fairly large nitrogen gas cylinder. Many years ago, I had a quite nice steel motorsailer as...

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The numbers say a lot about the 2023 SSS Round the Rocks Race: 109 Entries (about a third singlehanded and two-thirds doublehanded); 75 DNF’s and only 3 singlehanded and 13 doublehanded...

DON’T THROW THAT OUT!
WE WOULD LOVE TO RECYCLE YOUR OLD SAILS AND CONVERT THEM INTO OUR ONE OF A KIND RE-SAILS BAGS. SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE LOOKING FOR CLEAN MILDEW FREE DACRON(WHITE) SAIL CLOTH...

More of the story, with a picture of the “dock”, was in the December ‘22 Latitude 38.
https://www.latitude38.com/issues/december-2022/#70

There’s significant historical precedent for SSS Race Chairs inventing new “In the Bay” races (with new names) often incorporating unusual and creative tactical challenges. Thank You! to Ants Uiga...

For the Corinthian Race, I’m aware of all the reasons NOT to have the old and dangerous Southampton platform as a leeward mark, but it sure would be nice to have a leeward mark in this race east of...

Suggestions:
1) Have you attempted to calibrate your speedometer? This is usually done by making repeated runs under power on flat water.
2) Do you pull the transducer between races? There’s a...