Thanks for posting so much during your journey. I've been following from the beginning and it's been great to read.
Just a lurker here, dreaming of some day doing the race.
Thanks for posting so much during your journey. I've been following from the beginning and it's been great to read.
Just a lurker here, dreaming of some day doing the race.
Greg of Nightmare took a few very nice pictures of DE ... The B&W is on my phone and has me dreaming every time I check it ... I wanna go ...
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Solo RTW
A few weeks ago, at the Spinnaker Sailing school of Redwood City's instructors' meeting, I did a presentation on my little adventure: https://docs.google.com/presentation...zGEn0OoLXVM0lw
As a follow-up I was invited to present at the NASA sailing club in November.
I miss sailing my boat and having a goal ... These days I sail from South Bay on a Merit 25, heading for the San Mateo bridge, hoping for the sea's horizon. Then turn around and sail home to ... To what? I think Moitessier's "to save my soul" is resonating now.
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Ah, did you join Spinnaker Sailing? You know, you have the skillset and experience to work for them and teach ASA Basic sailing 101 and 103. I did, fifteen years ago.
S-2 7.9: "Wildcat of Loch Awe"
1968 Selmer Series 9 B-flat and A clarinets
1962Buesher "Aristocrat" tenor saxophone
Piper One Design 24, Hull #35; "Alpha"
I paid someone on Fiverr to create a video clip out of my GoPro shots. Here's the result, which I think is pretty good for less then $100 (the informed will notice that it's not ordered time wise; that was not a request):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJH_HJrdGuo
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Solo RTW
The presentation I put together for the NASA Ames sailing club: https://docs.google.com/presentation...t?usp=drivesdk
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Nice video , thanks for sharing.