Author Archives: Cindy

March 30-31, 2013: Flying a Kite!

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Cindy

We don’t own a spinnaker yet, and may not ever own one, but I have always wanted to know how to rig them and how to fly them, so we took a class through Club Nautique on symmetrical spinnakers.  We … Continue reading →

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March 23, 24, 2013: New Lifelines, Halyards and Boom Vang

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Cindy

The first thing that the Tag Instructor noticed the weekend before, were some missing cotter pins on the lifelines.  Frankly, neither Rick nor I had spent much time looking at the lifelines.  We didn’t really know what to look for, … Continue reading →

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March 15-17, 2013: The Ill-Fated Tag

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Cindy

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On Thursday, March 14, we drove down to Sausalito after work.  We were so excited.  Rick had been tuning up his navigation skills for weeks, and I had finally gotten through my anxiety to the point where I knew “I … Continue reading →

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March 9-10, 2013 in Sausalito; last chance to practice before Tag Test

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Cindy

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By this time, all the preparations had been made for our Tag test: the crew was ready, they knew what to bring, all our safety postings and watch schedule postings and meal schedule postings and weather predictions and navigation plans … Continue reading →

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March 2-3, 2013 in Sausalito

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Cindy

I got a call first thing Saturday morning from the Club Nautique school director, who confirmed that there was enough wind that I could test for my Crew Overboard (COB) skills.  Now normally, this skill would have already been tested for … Continue reading →

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February 23, 2013: Ahoy Up There!

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Cindy

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A while back, we had purchased a bosun’s chair, and we had a 3-to-1 purchase system for hauling one of us up the mast, but it turned out that the 3-to-1 purchase system line was too short to get either … Continue reading →

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February 16 & 17, 2013: Back out Sailing At Last!

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Cindy

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My upcoming “Tag” test, where we take a boat out the Golden Gate without an instructor for the weekend, but “tag” along with a boat that does have an instructor, was coming up in  just about a month, and I … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2013: Anchor Chain on Board!

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Cindy

I am making the next several posts for the Spring of 2013, all at the same time, in May, trying to recreate what we have done for the last three months.  I am looking over Navionics Tracks and financial records … Continue reading →

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January 20, 2013 Happy New Year!

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Cindy

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Phase I of our windlass upgrade is complete!  After what seems like an eternity of at least 8 to 10 days over the last several weeks, working on upgrading our electrical system, Phase I is done!  I will defer to … Continue reading →

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November 23-24, 2012 Sailing Again

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Cindy

11/23/12, 10.6 NM, 3 hours, Max Speed 6.2 kts These two days were our first time back sailing again since KKMI finally fixed all of their errors and got our boat back to us.  It was great to be out … Continue reading →

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