Water Ballast is your Friend!
On the trip from Cabo to Puerto Vallarta, we finally got a chance to use Rocket Science’s water ballast system. What a treat! While the boat is more than adequately ballasted with just the bulb keel, the water ballast really does make a big difference in upwind or reaching conditions. It reduces heel by about […]
Baja Haha 2013 or “a Marathon Blind Date”
I have never been on a blind date before. What I hear is that they are generally awkward and don’t end well. I second that now. Earlier this year we decided to do the Baja Haha, a cruisers rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. We generally aren’t fans of rallies, we only even […]
A clever way to make money
Seen in Santa Barbara:
Oh what a sweet ride!
On a brisk Sunday night, September 22, 2013, 7 pm we finally left Point Richmond for good. In other news, Angela Merkel was elected to serve a third term as Germany’s chancellor. Can’t catch a break around here. I watched the sun set over the beautiful skyline of San Francisco with a bit of sorrow […]