Archive for April, 2009

Apr 30 2009

I’d like to teach your kid to sail, but …

Published by Capt. Dan under Sailing

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Apr 30 2009

Lessons learned from the Sea Hag and her captain

Published by Capt. Dan under Sailing

Sean Haggerty and Sea Hag are towed to San Diego after a massive Coast Guard Search and Rescue operation. photo courtesy of USCG So after all of the discussion, what did we learn? What did the Captain of Sea Hag do right, where did he mess up? Based on your comments, he did right when [...]

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Apr 23 2009

Why won’t this happen to you?

Published by Capt. Dan under Sailing

Sean Haggerty, skipper of Sea Hag, did at least one thing right … and it saved his life. Back a couple of weekends, near platform Gina, a Coast Guard helicopter circled us at low altitude and hailed us on #16. They wanted to know if we’d spotted Sea Hag, which was overdue on its float [...]

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Apr 20 2009

Licensing boat drivers – a violation of our freedoms or a way to save sailors lives?

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©Randy Bush 2009 Our Sailtime shipmates Randy Bush and Steve Van Hook overheard an interesting conversation on channel #16 a week ago. It’s kinda funny and bit frightening. It’s a dialogue between a powerboat captain and the Coast Guard. This is Anastasia — where am I? Saturday was one of those “gottta go out” days. [...]

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Apr 19 2009

the sailing life as lived in southern california

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photo courtesy of Wayne Roper No explanation, amplification, clarification or elucidation required.

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