The In-Between
The In-Between Most people go cruising for longer times, are always together and take things slow. We aren’t most people. We are part-time cruisers. For about 5 – 6 months per year we enjoy the cruising life, yet we usually move faster than others, because of the other 6 – 7 months. ‘Winter on the […]
A good man, lost too soon
A sailing blog is an odd place for a eulogy, but a tribute is in order. My dad died yesterday. He was only 70. He was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. He had a large tumor removed from his lung and was given the ‘all clear’ by his medical team, but it had unfortunately […]
The Challenges of having a Schedule
You know how they say a cruiser should never have a schedule? True, but sometimes unavoidable. Having a schedule makes things inevitably more challenging, but it’s doable, as we proved in the last 2 months. After completing the Baja Haha and a lightning fast trip to Puerto Vallarta, we had a lot of work to […]
To my PV friends
I want to take a moment and thank all my PV friends for being the wonderful people you are. When I first arrived in Paradise I felt truly lost. Leaving Germany and everything I knew to move to Seattle was hard. I never really settled and made friends there. Life was challenging. When TJ proposed to […]
Musings of a convert to performance sailing
So, now that we’ve got over a thousand miles on the boat, I think that it’s time for a little reflection on our transition to a performance boat. To this point, switching to a very powerful, light boat has not been difficult for us. All of the sailing that either one of us has ever […]
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 […]