s/v Gypsy Wind
We are preparing our 40 year old Tartan "TOCK" 41 for an extended cruise. The plan is to leave So. California for Mexico and the Sea of Cortez, first. Eventually, we would like to sail east, to Florida and cruise there, the Bahamas, and do the ICW.
24 July 2012 | Somewhere's Out There...
12 July 2012 | Pirates Reef, Roatan, Honduras
09 July 2012 | Enroute, Catalina Island to Marina Del Rey
20 June 2012 | To Be Determined...
30 May 2012 | Marina Del Rey, CA
09 May 2012 | Marina Del Rey, CA
09 May 2012 | Marina Del Rey, CA
30 April 2012 | aboard Gypsy Wind
30 April 2012 | MDR, aboard Gypsy Wind
15 April 2012 | Marina Del Rey
09 April 2012
29 February 2012
29 February 2012 | Marina Del Rey, CA
18 January 2012 | Marina Del Rey, CA
26 December 2011 | Somewhere off the California Coast
20 December 2011 | Marina Del Rey, Ca
17 November 2011 | Marina Del Rey, CA
25 October 2011 | Marina Del Rey
03 October 2011 | Marina Del Rey
30 September 2011 | Marina Del Rey, Cali
Murray's Control Lines
09 July 2012 | Enroute, Catalina Island to Marina Del Rey
MEB
This is a shot of our Monitor Wind Vane's control lines. I still really don't understand how this contraption does what it does, but it does it so well, I am completely in awe when we use it. Recall, he is known as Murray aboard Gypsy Wind--Murray the Monitor.
We engaged Murray when we left the Island after a week's cruise there in 15 knots just forward of the beam, and 32 miles later, unhooked it almost at the mouth of the harbor! Gotta love Murray the Monitor Wind Vane! Barbie and I toasted Murray with a glass of wine at lunch--he doesn't drink--with neither of us giving a care about having to steer.
How cool is THAT?!
We engaged Murray when we left the Island after a week's cruise there in 15 knots just forward of the beam, and 32 miles later, unhooked it almost at the mouth of the harbor! Gotta love Murray the Monitor Wind Vane! Barbie and I toasted Murray with a glass of wine at lunch--he doesn't drink--with neither of us giving a care about having to steer.
How cool is THAT?!
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| Vessel Name: | Gypsy Wind |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Tartan TOCK 41' |
| Hailing Port: | Marina del Rey, California |
| Crew: | Mike and Barbie, and Tilley the Not Quite a Shih-Tzu |
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| Extra: | I have been in the insurance business for more than three decades. Both my wife Barbie and I are PADI SCUBA Instructors, and we enjoy teaching people to dive and leading SCUBA trips to exotic "bucket list" locations. |
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Gypsy Wind's Crew
Who: Mike and Barbie, and Tilley the Not Quite a Shih-Tzu
Port: Marina del Rey, California