Category: Sailing
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Racing in 2025
Twenty twenty-five was a fun year for racing. I participated in most of the SF Bay Singlehanded Sailing Society races in the singlehanded spinnaker division. Preliminary results seem to indicate I may have come in 5th out of 79 boats.
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M&R Log 2025
Compared to other years, there was far less maintenance and repair required in 2025. In addition to the regular maintenance — servicing the outboard, bringing sails for minor repairs as needed, etc. — improvements were made to the antenna, spinnaker pole, and instrument mounting points.
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Racing in 2024
Unlike past years of coastal cruising, I pivoted to mostly regatta racing with the San Francisco Singlehanded Sailing Society in 2024. The Singlehanded Society is dedicated to racing shorthanded, with one or two people on each vessel. It turned out to be a social year, meeting and sailing with experienced sailors. In addition to building…
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Grace is for sale
After five years with Grace, a 1980 Artekno H-Boat, it’s time for me to offer her up. It’s been a blast. I fully restored her and have cruised with her along the California coast from Monterey to Point Reyes. Life changes force sale.
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M&R Log 2024
In 2024, I participated in most races organized by the San Francisco Single-handed Sailing Society. This included two coastal races that required vessels to comply with the NorCal YRA Offshore equipment list, including an AIS transponder. Most of the improvements to Grace in 2024 were to comply with these rules. I also continued the basic…
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Drakes Bay – June 2024
Besides daysailing and racing, I took only two extended cruises in 2024. From June 22 to 25, I sailed to Drakes Bay and back to prepare for the August San Francisco Bay Singlehanded Sailing Society regatta. The first day was a quick 2-hour afternoon sail from the Berkeley marina to the anchorage in Richardson Bay…
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M&R Log 2023
On one of my recent trips between Santa Cruz and Año Nuevo, my mast-mounted tri-color navigation lights failed due to saltwater intrusion that corroded the above-deck junction. The bow bi-color light signal cable connection was also damaged twice by minor rubbing against dock boxes. It was time to protect Grace’s electrical system from various vulnerabilities…
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Berkeley – October 2023
I sublet my slip in Santa Cruz to do winter sailing in the San Francisco Bay. This needed to be a two-day trip over the weekend as I did not take time off from work. Starting out around 10 am from Santa Cruz, I immediately encountered favorable northwesterly winds for several hours. A small craft…
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Monterey – June 2023
Originally, I planned to do a trip to Santa Barbara and back, but life rarely goes as planned. First, there were some issues with Grace that made me less than confident about such a long trip. Secondly, my wife, Saday, decided to join me for this sail. Since she is still learning, I decided it…
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Santa Cruz – April 2023
Between storms and strong winds, my father and I found a window of mild weather to sail from Berkeley to Santa Cruz. We motored from Berkeley to just past Alcatraz, at which point the winds quickly picked up. I had chosen the genoa due to the light wind conditions, but we were quickly overpowered. As…
