Buzzelli Regatta and Windrider Owners Weekend, Sarasota Sailing Squadron, Oct 2016
Real nice yacht club, the SSS on City Island. Hauled the s/v Embouchure down there to show it to some friends and catch up with WR17...
Caya Costa trip with WCTSS Oct 2016
Launched from Eldred's Marin in Placida FL. That was my first time to solo rig and sail the boat. Great place to go on this coast is...
Rigging and Deploying the Gennaker:
Have rigged the rip stop gennaker while on the water, as the bowsprit will not deploy on the trailer with the forward mast crutch in the...
Mast Raising:
Everyone wants to know how: easy-complicated; light-heavy; solo or with help information on the mast raising. The short story is that...
Take Me Out to a Sand Island
There are a few barrier islands off the coast of Pinellas and Pasco counties. Sometimes it's nice to just sail out fora few minutes and...
Dropped Mast
Had an occasion to drop the 25 foot mast onto the parking lot. Very fortunate that this happened after the boat was loaded on the trailer...
Purchase Package
I had a few inquiries on the purchase package. The full purchase schedule including he list of available options can be obtained by...
The Motor
June 19 was summer sailstice day; the Saturday nearest summer solstice to celibrate sailing around the world. We got on the water, but...
Interior Space
Nice amount of space below deck. Here looking forward through the companionway, the floor deck has a bit of outdoor mat as not to slip on...
Registration
Finally received my Manufacturer's Certificates of Origin for both the trailer and the tri. Went down to the county tax assessors office...
Rebuilding the Trailer
With all my trailers, usually spend a couple days each year going through the lighting systems, axle and wheels, especially in the...
Hauling the Astus 20.2 with the Chevy
8 June: have have had this Chevy Colorado for a few years now. It is a bare bones, below base model WT, work truck: 2.9L 4-cyl, 5 speed...
Picking up the Boat in Miami
7 June late afternoon: traveled from Tampa Bay down to WTDC Foreign Trade Zone 281, Site 4, and international freight forwarding in Miami...
Arrival in Miami
31 May: The container ship JPO Vulpecula made port in Miami the afternoon of 26 May. So the boats on a boat trip, was tracked from...
Tracking My Boat on the Boat
May 2016: The shipping company noted that the cargo container would be consigned for transit on the cargo ship JPO Vulpecula. The ship...