Month: September 2013

First Race!

Last Saturday was a momentous occasion for Shearwater, Chris, and I.  We did our first race together.  Specifically we did a Rum Race on Galveston Bay hosted by GBCA.  Rum races are a somewhat informal Saturday evening pursuit race where boats start in reverse order of their PHRF rating.  That is, the slow boats start

Update – Getting settled in Seabrook

Shearwater has been at the Seabrook Shipyard off Galveston Bay for almost 2 months now.  Even though she is still 3 hours away, that is close enough that we are making regular trips to work on projects and actually do some daysailing.  Other than the stifling heat and humidity (we bought a portable LG AC