A Day Out at Anclote Key
Setting anchor at the north end of Anclote Key. Dee and I were planning to meet up with the trailer sailing squadron at Lake George on...
Camp Sailing Near Ft Desoto
Did sail north up St. Pete Beach and did the hotel tour. Got some video of para-sailors and other boats trying to get in my way. I think...
Testing the New Lazy Jack Bag
Was contacted by a trimaran sailor from the UK, Chris, with positive comments about the content of my blog. We shared a few emails and...
Vessel Safety Inspection
Earlier this month, after getting my main sail back from the shop with new sail slides added, my friend and USCG Auxiliary shipmate Allan...
More Impressions on the New Astus 20.5
The Astus 20.5 is really a new boat from the VPLP hulls and just not an improved 20.x. I reviewed the video from Stephen Walker's blog on...
New AstusBoats 20.5 Trimaran
While my main sail is being fitted with slides (update to follow next week), I thought I would write this blog entry about the new Astus...
Others Sailing My Boat
While the East Coast was experiencing the first arctic blast for the year, we sailed out of Goodland FL for a nature encounter in the 10...
Jib Sock
I had occasion to meet Paul at Masthead Enterprises in St. Petersburg, FL. They have a good selection of sails, parts and engineer custom...
Bolted Fittings Rust (Evil Ferrous Cancer)
Have had this Astus 20.2 XL trimaran for over a year now. With the exceptions of a couple of days sails on nearby fresh water Lake...
Cayo Costa with WR17 Friends
On this trip, my two friends Jim and Ricky sailed out from Bokeelia, on Pine Island east of Cayo Costa, in their Windrider WR17s and...
Sarasota Buzzelli Multihull Rendezvous
Third weekend in October at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron, is the annual Buzzelli Multihull Regatta attracting big and small trailer-able...
Demo Sail with Ed and Joanne
Windrider Nickels Boatworks asked me to host a demo sail for Ed and Joanne from Michigan. They were interested in a Astus 22 or 24 and...
New Rudder
The stock Astus rudder is 37 inches. That seems to get me in trouble sailing skinny water around the Florida gulf coast. What happens in...
Florida 120 day 0, Wednesday 5/17
This adventure was to be four night raid-type challenge sail in the Pensacola area with many other sailors organized via Facebook by...
Florida 120 day 1, Thursday 5/18
Easy rise at just before sun up. Got to burning water for coffee and oatmeal. Let the morning sun dry the dew off the tent, then thinking...