06/25/2009, S F BAY
It was a great weekend of sailing, fun, dinners, father's day, and a short "shake-down" cruise on PEREGRINE. We left Alameda and a little less than two hours we were at the BYC. When it came time to go back on Sunday afternoon I reacted like a typical power boat guy: it was windy and a big chop, so we decided to stay at the dock until the wind started to drop a bit. We had a great fathers-day tri tip BBQ at the YC, then around 6:30 headed back and were in our slip by 8:00. In a few days we'll head to the Bay again to do part of the Delta Doo Dah on the trawler. In between I am getting som work done, this aint bad!! Here's another shot of the G-25 races. I'm up on the deck doing the "fore-deck-dance". It is as exciting as an 'ol-guy needs it to be, even tho it's with a 155% genny instead of with a spinnaker. More later. Pat
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06/21/2009, S.F. Bay on the Olympic Circle
Well we made it back out on the water again!! Gary Preston (our crew on the first -shortened-leg of the Ha Ha) and I, were the crew for Scott Hefty for the Catalina 25 National Regatta on SF Bay the weekend of June 19 - 21, AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE!!!!
We won the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! We took our division in the Friday night practice race, and were third overall in the race behind a J -boat and a Santana 22. Then we took 4 - firsts and 1 - second in the Saturday and Sunday racing with the C-25's.
Carole and I took the trawler up to the Berkeley YC and stayed at the guest dock, and Phill & Nora brought SHIRAZ up as the official 'photo-boat' and it was a great week-end. More later. Pat
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05/19/2009, Portland OR
We sure have not been goodat keeping up to date! Here's an up-date in a 'nut-shell'.
We have moved back to Sacramento (Carmichael), and now we are living out of boxes at home instead of someplace else. For mother's day weekend we took the motor home "ESPIRITU-TOO" up to Calistoga and had a fun, kick-back weekend of soaking in hot tubs and riding bikes. PJ and Toby have a new baby girl up in Cameron Park, so we spend time up there getting a 'fix'. It saves a lot of time because now we don't have to drive all the way to Portland to get one!, Actually, right now we ARE in Portland 'cause this weekend was Isaac's 1st Communion and we sure wanted to be here for that. By this weekend we'll be home again and Patty & Terry from MYSTIQUE are going to stop by as they head north from Mexico. Who knows, we may even get a chance to get out on the water, too.
We are (Scott, Gary & me) getting ready to do the Catalina 25 Nationals in Berkley in June. Then Carole & I are taking PEREGRINE up into the Delta on the DELTA DOO DAH for a week or so. We are going to sell this boat and eventually get back in to another sailboat. More on that later. See ya for now, Pat
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