Monthly Archives: May 2012

May 5-6, 2012 on Cool Change

Knowing that we had a bonafide offer on Cool Change, we came back this weekend to clean her up and remove all our things, and to say goodbye to her with on last sail.  God it was heartbreaking.  We love … Continue reading

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Coastal Passage Making April 27-29, 2012 TAG Boat

Okay, so this weekend, Rick and I were each scheduled to test for the Navigator position in a CPM class. We would have been performing that role on two separate boats, which we will soon do, but at this point we were … Continue reading

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RADAR Class, Alameda, April 21, 2012

Club Nautique offered a RADAR class and we took them up on it.  It consisted of four students and one instructor, classroom for an hour or so in the morning, followed by several hours in the afternoon, motoring the environs … Continue reading

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Strictly Sail Boat Show, April 12-15, 2012, Alameda

What a fun time we had over this weekend.  Early on Thursday morning, April 12, fighting a bit of rain at first, we motorsailed over from Sausalito to Alameda, about a 13 nm trip.  We had made reservations at Marina … Continue reading

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Coastal Passage Making Class March 30-April 1, 2012

Now THIS was an exciting CPM Class!  Returning from Half Moon Bay, we had 38 knot winds, and 20 foot seas.  Here is a little description I wrote later about it, that managed to find its way into the Club … Continue reading

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Coastal Passage Making Class, March 9-11, 2012

Even though we weren’t on Cool Change, I thought I would post our Club Nautique Coastal Passage Making trips here because they are always quite the adventure.  Rick and I went out on the 2006, 41-foot Hunter “Anne’s Turn” with three other classmates and … Continue reading

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March 3-4, 2012 Sailing

After another gorgeous night anchoring out on Richardson Bay, we played around in the slot, headed back to fuel up, and ended another beautiful weekend.

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