Sailing
Sara and I learned to sail together, bought a small boat, were engaged while earning our captain's licenses, and wanted more. We bought and rebuilt a bigger boat, sold our stuff, quit our jobs, and went sailing!
Here's our trip in a nutshell:
- San Francisco to San Diego
- San Diego to Cabo San Lucas with the Baja-haha race
- Cabo San Lucas to Puerto Vallarta
- Sara and I are married on a beach in Puerto Vallarta
- Puerto Vallarta to Zihuatanejo on our honeymoon
- Heading home: Zihuatanejo to La Paz
- La Paz to Cabo to San Diego, bashing back north
- San Diego to San Francisco
Most recent posts
Racing the YRA Southern Cross on Wayne's Quest 33
I joined skipper Wayne and crew of Rene, Gus, and Matt for the YRA's Southern Cross race, which was originally scheduled to be out to the Farallones. I guess the race committee saw the weather forecast and changed the race; good call.
Race 5 of the YRA Inter Club series on Chris' F-27
John and I joined Chris on his F-27 for the 5th race of the YRA Inter Club series. It was in the southbay, it was windy, and it was wet.
Friday night beer-can racing on John's FT10
Another enjoyable friday-evening race on John's FT10 "Savage Beauty".
Racing the YRA Second-Half Opener on Chris' F-27
Sara and I joined Chris on his F-27 to race the YRA's Second-Half Opener race, from Berkeley to Point Bonita and back down the estuary.
Friday night beer-can racing on John's FT10
Sara and I joined John and company for another friday night beer-can race aboard his FT10. We had a great start, were right behind the leaders going into the spinnaker run, and saw top speeds above 15kts downwind!
Pacific Cup big boat start
Sara and I went down to the St. Francis Yacht Club for the Pacific Cup final start - the big boats! StFYC is very impressive. We went up to the observation deck and watched the 50-70 footers tack back and forth before the start.
Double-handed Pacific Cup start!
I scootered down to the St. Francis Yacht Club on the San Francisco Bay, CA at lunch to catch the 2nd double-handed start of the Pacific Cup. This start is the small ULDB boats, Moore 24s, Olsons, and Dylan's custom Dogpatch 26 "Moonshine".
SF YRA's Half-Moon Bay ocean race on John's FT10 "Savage Beauty"
John, Dan, Josh and I sailed John's FT10 "Savage Beauty" from San Francisco Bay to Half-Moon Bay in the YRA's annual race. This is typically a wild downwind ride in the 15-25+knots of wind that blows from the north down the coast. Of course, this year we had shifty 5-10knot winds from the south. HMB is south of SF. Go figure.
Friday evening beer-can racing on a Flying Tiger 10m
Captain John invited Sara and I to join him and the rest of his crew for a friday-night beer can race aboard his Flying Tiger 10m, sailed from South Beach Marina just south of the Bay Bridge in SF. The FT10 is a fairly new ultralight sailing boat with extendable sprit, giant asymmetric spinnaker, pre-bent mast with swept spreaders, and all kinds of other go-fast technology.