Getting Ready for Transpac – A Sailboat Race to Hawaii
This is my last day of preparation before TRANSPAC – the sailboat race from California to Hawaii in which I’m participating. I have to organize all my gear (which is easier for guys who seem able to...
View ArticleShaking Down My Boat
It’s Wednesday, two days before the start of Transpac 2011 for my boat Katana. I got up at 5AM to get ready to leave with my crew to go to Long Beach, California to board the boat. My doggies seemed...
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No Screw Left Unturned
It’s the day before the race and all of us worked from 8am to 1pm doing the final “dialing in” of the boat. Every nut, bolt, screw, line, etc. had to be examined. If not given a thumbs-up, they were...
View ArticleNo More Land, Only 2000 Miles of Ocean
As we went to the start line, we sent off our first video. (Watch: Heading to the Start). We’re now about 3 hours into the race. We had a great start…right at the committee boat – exactly where we...
View ArticleRight Now… Rough Seas
It was very, very crazy here yesterday with high winds and rough seas. On top of that, we were going upwind which was difficult and exhausting, so I wasn’t able to write a blog. However, at this...
View ArticleClose Calls and Strange Occurrences
Finally, Monday has brought a bit of peace for us. Here’s a recap: For the start on Friday, we wanted to be windward of the committee boat for clean air for our sail. We accomplished that in spite of...
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Nine People on a Forty-Seven Foot Boat
One of us saw a huge sea turtle; another crew member saw a flying fish. And as I mentioned yesterday, we had a squid fly onto the deck. It’s curious we are not seeing much in the way of sea life....
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No Land in Sight – UPDATED
We have been dodging squalls and light wind areas for two days now. We have not seen an airplane or any other boat of any kind. A couple of flying fish have said hello. Evidently we are the farthest...
View ArticleThe Wind’s Finally Blowing
Well, yesterday may not have afforded us much wind BUT the scenery, the beauty, the calm was…unbelievable. Unfortunately, at least once an hour we go by trash from some boat. Sad. We had our “halfway...
View ArticleWe Are Cooking!
Yesterday was leisurely with a little wind, that is… UNTIL we found ourselves in the middle of “squall central.” Unpredicted high winds and seas continuously occurring from about ten pm last night....
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