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First time sailing a multi hull
Those of you who know me, know that I'm sailboat addicted. I own 11 sailboats, not counting the Hobie 16 that I cut into pieces yesterday.
Sadly, I never have time to sail any of them except the Columbia 8.7, a heavy keel boat.
Well, today, that changed. I trailered the Aqua Cat 12.5 (12 1/2 foot catamaran) over to Swift Creek Resevoir, and a friend let me use a private ramp to launch.
I'm used to sailing in the big boat,… Continue
Sadly, I never have time to sail any of them except the Columbia 8.7, a heavy keel boat.
Well, today, that changed. I trailered the Aqua Cat 12.5 (12 1/2 foot catamaran) over to Swift Creek Resevoir, and a friend let me use a private ramp to launch.
I'm used to sailing in the big boat,… Continue
Added by Larry Wilson on August 19, 2009 at 9:04pm — 1 Comment
Bye to Ana and probably to Bill!
Claudette left the party early and caused some major damage in the Florida panhandle and Alabama. Praying for you all.
Looks like Bill is going to cut up the way eastern part of the US, and won't hit land. Ana is now a tropical depression near Jamaica, but won't affect Tourist Town other than some rain as she swirls up on the western side of Florida.
Hope everyone is staying safe and dry. It's getting to be a pretty busy season...at least for now!
Looks like Bill is going to cut up the way eastern part of the US, and won't hit land. Ana is now a tropical depression near Jamaica, but won't affect Tourist Town other than some rain as she swirls up on the western side of Florida.
Hope everyone is staying safe and dry. It's getting to be a pretty busy season...at least for now!
Added by Charlotte Radford on August 18, 2009 at 7:37pm — 1 Comment
17 August 2009 -- Log of the Wasserschloss
This Tuesday started out like most mornings in San Diego with the marine layer hanging above the harbor giving a gray start to the day... but by 11 am the majority of the overcast had burned off and the clear blue San Diego sky shone through!
On this day, I took 5 Couchsurfers out on the boat with myself and Judy. We had crew from Australia, France, and a number of different cities in the United States. The wind was out of the Northeast and it made for a great sail from Fiddler's… Continue
On this day, I took 5 Couchsurfers out on the boat with myself and Judy. We had crew from Australia, France, and a number of different cities in the United States. The wind was out of the Northeast and it made for a great sail from Fiddler's… Continue
Added by Joseph W Baker on August 17, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments
And Claudette joins the party...
However, Claudette is going North up the state of Alabama having originated in the far north eastern Gulf. Projected to hit the panhandle of Florida first. Guess she doesn't want to join the party with Ana and Bill.
Bill's path is putting Florida possibly in its path also. At least this is the storm the weather people are talking up during the weather forecasts. Ana is still predicted to go up the Gulf also, and as stated before, the back bands are due to come up the state. Gusty… Continue
Bill's path is putting Florida possibly in its path also. At least this is the storm the weather people are talking up during the weather forecasts. Ana is still predicted to go up the Gulf also, and as stated before, the back bands are due to come up the state. Gusty… Continue
Added by Charlotte Radford on August 16, 2009 at 3:25pm — 2 Comments
And now it's Bill!
Actually, the way that the NOAA has the storm going in the 5 day cone is projected up the east side of Cuba. Too soon to tell where it will [or may not] hit mainland of the US, depends on how strong the storm becomes.
Ana is of more immediate danger to O Town as the 5 day cone has the storm headed north up the western part of Florida. It looks like we will be the back end ot the bands. This means that we will see a lot of rain come Friday and Saturday of this week.
Be… Continue
Ana is of more immediate danger to O Town as the 5 day cone has the storm headed north up the western part of Florida. It looks like we will be the back end ot the bands. This means that we will see a lot of rain come Friday and Saturday of this week.
Be… Continue
Added by Charlotte Radford on August 16, 2009 at 1:29pm — No Comments
A Year of Sailing , , ,
Yea, we finished our first year together with a 3rd place overall. Indeed we formed a team that is destined to move into first place by the end of our 2nd year. Our original crewmembers Shelly, Sherrie R., Sherry Mac, Susan Jackson (first mate & team captain), and our very own Maryanne have weathered the storms of late starts, tacking with no warnings, spinnaker entanglements, bumping boats, and being boomed in the head. We not only survived we became friends.
Later in the year… Continue
Later in the year… Continue
Added by Marlene A. Sassaman on August 16, 2009 at 8:46am — No Comments
Here comes Ana!
After a really quiet season, the first named Tropical Depression now has a cone of potentially hitting Florida by the weekend.
Sea Owl is ready to go sailing (didn't happen last weekend....long story! LOL). Hubby will be driving over to the marina on Monday to tie down and make sure the Owl is as ready as possible for strong winds and rain. Endless Wind on her trailer will need to be examined as well to make sure she will be all right too.
Drat it! The first… Continue
Sea Owl is ready to go sailing (didn't happen last weekend....long story! LOL). Hubby will be driving over to the marina on Monday to tie down and make sure the Owl is as ready as possible for strong winds and rain. Endless Wind on her trailer will need to be examined as well to make sure she will be all right too.
Drat it! The first… Continue
Added by Charlotte Radford on August 15, 2009 at 4:03pm — 1 Comment
Trapped by the magic of Sicily
So much for “Destination: Sardinia”, as the last line on our previous blog post stated. That may have been our intention but the charm of Cefalu’s people was too strong a pull for us to leave behind. Once we delayed our departure, the weather window to cross the Tyrrhenian Sea was closed and Sardinia became out of the question for the week. So why did we end up staying as many as five nights on the hook in the same place (clearly a big departure… Continue
Added by CAN DRAC on August 11, 2009 at 4:57pm — 5 Comments
August 9, 2009 -- San Diego
Log of the Wasserschloss...
Today we went for a sail through the harbor and bay of San Diego with Judy, PJ, and myself just for the pure enjoyment of the day and wind arou…
August 9, 2009 -- San Diego
Log of the Wasserschloss...
Today we went for a sail through the harbor and bay of San Diego with Judy, PJ, and myself just for the pure enjoyment of the day and wind around 1300 hours!
The winds were fair out of the northeast making for great sailing from Fiddler's Cove to the Coronado Bridge on a single tack. We averaged about 5 to 6 knots under full sail making way very nicely with little traffic on the water. Crossed under the Coronado Bridge… Continue
Log of the Wasserschloss...
Today we went for a sail through the harbor and bay of San Diego with Judy, PJ, and myself just for the pure enjoyment of the day and wind around 1300 hours!
The winds were fair out of the northeast making for great sailing from Fiddler's Cove to the Coronado Bridge on a single tack. We averaged about 5 to 6 knots under full sail making way very nicely with little traffic on the water. Crossed under the Coronado Bridge… Continue
Added by Joseph W Baker on August 10, 2009 at 4:43pm — 1 Comment
New Web Site and New Wi-Fi for Boats
After years of helping fellow cruisers with their computers and Wi-Fi questions in the Caribbean I am starting a small business to sell Wi-Fi systems for boats that really work!
Here is my new web site address www.wififorboats.com. Please have a look and if you have suggestions please do not hesitate to make them!
One of my friends saw me testiing a new system in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. Tito called me and ask me if he could try it. So I took the equipment over to his boat… Continue
Here is my new web site address www.wififorboats.com. Please have a look and if you have suggestions please do not hesitate to make them!
One of my friends saw me testiing a new system in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia. Tito called me and ask me if he could try it. So I took the equipment over to his boat… Continue
Added by Dalton Williams on August 10, 2009 at 12:41pm — 1 Comment
Boring is for . . .
Someone recently responded to a kid's complaining that a class was boring by stating, 'boring people are bored.' I understand the premise. On my list of concepts to research is now boredom. Perhaps people just substitute the word boredom for feeling lazy. Boredom seems to imply it is someone else's fault that one is not motivated to do anything, whereas lazy puts the responsibility on one's self. Anyway, my point is someone dear to me recently said they were bored. I refrained from saying, "You… Continue
Added by Marlene A. Sassaman on August 9, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
Sold My Vagabond
I sold the daysailor (s/v Perkins Hill) yesterday. She was a great boat for friend and me to learn on (virgin sailors) and still gave me much satisfaction throughout the years. Gradually I had installed a vang and downhaul and ran lines aft, added hiking straps, waxing the hull yearly, painting the dag board and rudder w/ epoxy w/ teflon coating, adding rubber matting to give the dog traction, tweaking her to get more out of her each year. She gave me 10 years of learning and then some. She's… Continue
Added by ___/)ances With Sails on August 8, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments
A Beautiful Morning in Newport RI
It's a beautiful Saturday morniing here in Newport, RI. I hope everyone has a great weekend! I am going to listen to some Jazz at the Jazz Festival and do some boat work installing some new equipment. A new AIS-B transponder, a new SeeMe! active radar reflector, and a mast speaker so my VHF fog signals will work (I never needed THAT in the Caribbean!)
Last weekend here was the Newport Folk Festival and I got to see Pete Seegart (of Peter Paul & Mary), Judy Collins and Joan Biaez!… Continue
Last weekend here was the Newport Folk Festival and I got to see Pete Seegart (of Peter Paul & Mary), Judy Collins and Joan Biaez!… Continue
Added by Dalton Williams on August 8, 2009 at 10:08am — No Comments
It's Done! And, I've passed my Captain's License Exams!
Wooohooo! it's been a long time coming, but i finally did it and passed my Captain's License Exams. I am so glad it's over and I can get on with studying fun stuff!
It was an interesting road there: In order to write an article on the subject, I took both an online course and a classroom course. Now I know which one is best for whom. The article will hopefully appear in Blue Water Sailing Magazine sometime soon. In the meantime, be sure to pick up the August Issue where you can find out… Continue
It was an interesting road there: In order to write an article on the subject, I took both an online course and a classroom course. Now I know which one is best for whom. The article will hopefully appear in Blue Water Sailing Magazine sometime soon. In the meantime, be sure to pick up the August Issue where you can find out… Continue
Added by CruisingEditor on August 7, 2009 at 10:53am — 8 Comments
Grenada At Last
Well, we are in Grenada and have been here for a week. Yee Haw it is great to know that we don't have to go anywhere for a while. We had some great sailing days down the islands and saw a lot of places that we want to visit after hurricane season passes. Just heard on the cruisers net that the hurricane season has been downgraded again. Although we are now officially out of the box according to our insurance company, we still keep a close eye on the weather in case something develops. That's… Continue
Added by Jim Jackson on August 7, 2009 at 3:56am — No Comments
Day Skipper Theory + VHF radio course
In order to make things sink in for the more longer term, I opted to do my Day Skipper Theory course over a stretch of 2 months (instead of the 5 day or 3 weekends courses available), being one night a week and one weekend at the end. This also falls in nicely with a full time job as you can manage the course content and class attendance without having to add unneccesary stress to an already full schedule.
I did my course through a sailing school, Elite Sailing, based in…
ContinueAdded by Carien du Plooy on August 7, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments
Chesapeake Bay Buddy Cruise September 21,2009
I'm going to attempt another planned cruise on the Chesapeake in September. Sheila (wife,Admiral) and I on our Columibia 8.7, and Martin Duffy on his CS27, possibly one other couple on their Hunter 46 (?). Any and all are welcome. No set agenda as yet, just attempting to sail as far north as possible in a couple of weeks. Our starting point will be Urbanna, Duffy will be Deltaville. Anyone to the south or east can meet up with us in Dville area, or along the northern route, probably on the… Continue
Added by Larry Wilson on August 6, 2009 at 11:44pm — 3 Comments
Can anyone say "the best laid plans....?"
So, here I am ready, willing and able to get out on the Owl a week ago for her maiden voyage...but which didn't happen due to schedule conflicts and all sorts of hurdles in the way!
First of all, hubby's work put him on-call for a weekend (and this never happens). So sailing was out. Poor guy. He had to endure my conniption fit...and it was a DOOZY!!!
After that, we found out that our dear friends, Hans and Sue, sold their 27 foot sailboat, the Osprey.… Continue
First of all, hubby's work put him on-call for a weekend (and this never happens). So sailing was out. Poor guy. He had to endure my conniption fit...and it was a DOOZY!!!
After that, we found out that our dear friends, Hans and Sue, sold their 27 foot sailboat, the Osprey.… Continue
Added by Charlotte Radford on August 2, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment
Sicily, the Aeolians and the search for family roots
It’s been two weeks for us on these beautiful islands in the South of Italy. Two weeks of flat seas, blurry horizons and the strongest heat we’ve experienced so far on this trip.
Ever since we arrived the passages have been short and we’ve had plenty of time to cool off by swimming and relaxing just like ever other European on vacation.…
Home Sweet Home
And so my journey ends with the voice of John Denver echoing in my mind his refrain, "Gee it's good to be back home." Never before have I felt so connected to my sister and brothers, my sailing friends and neighbors and my colleagues at work. By August 7th a colleague and I just challenged ourselves to present to each other our next 5 year plan. It's exciting to end one chapter in the book of life yet be passionately motivated to begin the next one. It was in a doctoral class that I learned the… Continue
Added by Marlene A. Sassaman on August 1, 2009 at 10:51pm — 2 Comments
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