Author: Chris

Keel issues – and abandoning Spadefoot

June 5, 2017

1630 – Justin just called me to let me know he is heading towards Solaris, as he is hearing a lot of keel noise and was concerned about sudden failure.  Both Solaris and Concussion are in contact with Justin. 1705 – Justin called to say that Solaris is with him.  He has gathered items he needs to

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B 1-2 (Leg 1) – Start / And he’s off!

June 2, 2017

(628 miles to go) This week has been somewhat of an exercise in extreme patience – which is a commodity neither one of us possess that much of.  I think we used it all up by the time 11am came around (after a really trying week with the typical boat headaches, too much driving, and

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New video – Spadefoot offshore

June 5, 2016

Videos never ever do the sailing justice, but here is a video to share what the California trip was like. Thanks to Rachel and Oren for contributing content (especially since the Go Pro was forgotten in the sleep-deprived haze that Justin experienced trying to get to the airport after racing).

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Pacific Cup – By the Numbers

July 28, 2014

I think we’ll probably have one or two more posts on our Pac Cup experience (a video and a few pictures), so bear with us on the updates…but thought there might be some interest in the numbers: Diesel taken = 27 gallons, and we finished with ~15 gallons as we ran the engine 2 hours/day

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Pacific Cup – Finish and the Continuing Whirlwind…

July 24, 2014

Aloha! It seems like it might have been a bit easier to keep up on blog updates out in the middle of the Pacific!  We’ve been in Hawaii almost 2 days now and have hardly had a chance to send a note that yes, we did indeed finish! The amazing Leslie from Rockskipper took some photos

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Pacific Cup Day 13 Recap – Curses and Mai-Tai’s

July 21, 2014

The past twelve hours have probably been the most trying for us this entire race – we’ve had exceptionally poor luck trying to get a kite up to get the boat moving fast. Hindsight 20/20, we should have just left the jib up as we did late last night and flew it into the morning,

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Pacific Cup Day 10 Recap – Moonwalking and Squalls

July 18, 2014

We’re slowly regaining some of the much needed rest that we’ve been missing the past few days, which helps moods – the start of last night was nearly perfect, but we’ve decided that the breeze turns on a turbo switch at happy hour, and then in the wee hours of the morning. The turbo switch

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Pacific Cup Day 7 Recap – More Lessons

July 15, 2014

We’ve been out here a week already, and it’s hard to believe. It looks like the past 24 hours saw us put another 192 miles behind us – by my calculations, sometime tomorrow we’ll rollover 1000 miles into the race and a good mileage halfway point for us to celebrate. Life onboard is fine, and

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Ti leaves to see us to Hawaii

July 8, 2014

We attached the Ti leaves to the bow today – we received them in our skipper’s bag and were told that they are from Hawaii, and they’ll find their way home.  It’s a nice thought. I did some more looking since I was interested in finding out more about the plant – they’re not technically

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Cookies and competition (oh wow)

July 7, 2014

Earlier today, we received a very special delivery. Wayne and Linda on the Nordic Tug “Buoy Toy” were friendly neighbors to us out on E-dock here at Richmond Yacht Club for the past 2 months. We were the lucky recipients of the most amazing gift from them…24 homemade chocolate chip and walnut cookies. The squeeze

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