Tag: Artekno
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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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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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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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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…
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M&R Log 2022
This year finally saw the end of major repairs and improvements to Grace. Mostly, I kept up with annual maintenance, such as servicing the outboard, bedding deck hardware, servicing the winches, and keeping up with the brightwork. I am continuing to use a natural linseed oil varnish, called Le Tonkinois Linseed Oil Varnish No.1, which…
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Berkeley – September 2022
This first day of sailing ended up being a trial run. Conditions from shore seemed mild. I had packed lightly having just returned from a three-week work trip. A friend, William, accompanied me. After some delays in organizing our belongings, we got a late start around 1:30pm. The sun was shining and the winds were…
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San Francisco Bay – June 2022
With mild but sufficient winds until Davenport, I sailed with the genoa. At this point, the northwesterly winds picked up and I switched to the class jib. Fog was also pretty thick such that I relied on my instruments for orientation. Arriving wet from the fog and upwind sailing, I anchored in darkness close to…
