Feb
27
2010
ShareClose Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeco.mmentsConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFeed Me LinksFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleHuggJamespotJeqqKaboodlekirtsylinkaGoGoLinkedInLinksMarkerMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceMyWebNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditRojoSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSphereSphinnSpurlSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextTwitterWebrideWindows LiveWorlds MoviesYahoo!Email This to a FriendCopy HTML: If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ More »The Coast Guard has warned that the weather is going to be lousy, proving that somewhere at CG headquarters there is a [...]
Feb
26
2010
American Pride probably looks a little pitiful – at least her crew will – after running aground in in Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach. The Coast Guard reported that another tall ship’s crew finds itself wondering why they can’t move ahead. Ooops we’re aground!!! According to the Coast Guard, it was a “soft grounding,” and [...]
Feb
18
2010
Score this video. The Ropers – Wayne and Bill – joined the Boatswain and me when we set sail on 15 Feb. As everyone knows, you can’t sail in winter. That is unless you buy some beer, a couple of pounds of steak and then throw off the lines. Remarkably, the boat floats just fine [...]
Feb
13
2010
The contest is being streamed right now – Sat 0800 – MAVERICKS Swells are “big and clean,” running about 18 feet right now producing 30-40 foot breakers. Conditions are expected to improve. Fog clearing out near 1000. Some predicting that breakers will grow as tide recedes. New moon, spring tides are covering my old running [...]
Feb
10
2010
I’ve been reading about this book ever since I started sailing in the Pacific. It is sine qua non on the subject. Well, that’s what we’re lead to believe. In fact, it’s only pretty good. It probably started as a pamphlet, maybe just an article and has grown to a pretty fat book. The information [...]