http://www.limpetracing.com The Ongoing Adventures of a San Juan 21 Sailboat Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:28:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have some good news and some bad news... Good:  I am moving to Sydney Australia for an amazing adventure down under. Bad:  I am explicitly forbidden under my contract from packing Limpet into my container of stuff. My loss is your gain.  She is now officially one of the ... http://www.limpetracing.com/limpet-is-for-sale/44   There is little in this world more rewarding than throwing yourself into something you truly believe in.  This year I volunteered to be the Chairman of the Western National Regatta hosted by fleet #1 in Brownsville WA.  There are few things in my life I have done where I have been ... http://www.limpetracing.com/2009-san-juan-21-western-nationals/43 So I realize that this post is about a year late, but I have been sitting on the experience trying to come to terms with my dismal performance… Since winning the NOOD I finally feel I have the energy to post what I wrote shortly after the July 10-12th 2008 ... http://www.limpetracing.com/san-juan-21-western-nationals-2008/42   Well the time came to see if project PAY would pay off at the Seattle NOODs.  Last year I was dead last in the working sails boats at the NOOD never placing better than 5th in a 10 boat fleet over 10 races despite the fact that I flew spinnaker ... http://www.limpetracing.com/2009-seattle-nood/41   The second step in project “Perfection Attained Yachting” a.k.a Project PAY cost me a bit more than phase one as it involved ordering a beautiful set of new Doyle sails from Mark Weinheimer of NC.  Truth be told the $1200+ I spent on new sails from Mark was not far from ... http://www.limpetracing.com/project-pay-part-2/40   Ok... It is time to face facts.  Sailboat racing is not exactly compatible with the insane schedule of a young family and a career in technology.  In a few years I can drag my kids along as crew, but it has become as clear as the reflection in the Americas ... http://www.limpetracing.com/project-pay/39 I have always bruised easily.  When I played football in school I took a certain pride in the monstrous blooms of crimson and purple which would spread across my body like so many bubonic jellyfish pulsing just below the surface of my skin.  It didn’t take long to realize that the ... http://www.limpetracing.com/red-striped-and-bruised/38 The Repair season that is.  As usual Limpet has a list of issues longer than January in Juneau.  Owning a classic yacht is a labor of love with joyous returns for every minute invested.  .  .  or at least that’s what I have been told, I really wouldn’t know.  Owning ... http://www.limpetracing.com/tis-the-season/37 I never had training wheels on my bike as a kid.  I went strait from a tricycle to a two wheeler with a little courage, quite a few scraped knees, and my dad spending hours running up and down Creso lane holding the back of my seat.  At some point ... http://www.limpetracing.com/wwwd-what-would-wooglin-do/36 I know that it has been quite some time between postings here on LimpetRacing.  It is not from lack of amazing experiences I have had this summer.  I had a couple great cruising adventures with Limpet, and attended the San Juan Western Nationals in Coos Bay Oregon.  I will undoubtedly ... http://www.limpetracing.com/san-juan-21-sailing-lesson/35