Tag: GBCA

2014 GBCA Yachtsman of the Year. Wow!

February 9, 2015

Wow! I think Chris & I have said that about 10 times in the last two days. On Saturday we drove the 3 hours to Seabrook, on the shores of Galveston Bay to attend the GBCA Commodore’s Ball. We took advantage of the trip to drop off a car load of used boat equipment we’d

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Happy St. Paddy’s Day (race)

March 19, 2014

Quick update and some eye-candy (photos)… We ended up doing an impromptu race this past weekend that wasn’t originally on the calendar.  It was one more opportunity to practice that we couldn’t pass up.  This was the GBCA St. Patricks Day Regatta.  47 boats.  Pursuit start again.  Shearwater started last, a full 5 MINUTES after

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Winter Racing

January 20, 2014

It’s been a gorgeous January in Texas, giving us some great sailing and racing on Galveston Bay.  Right after the New Year, Galveston Bay Cruising Associations (GBCA) hosts an informal Icicle Series on Galveston Bay.  The race is a reverse start by PHRF rating.  60-70 boats have turned out each Saturday for some fantastic, relatively

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First Race!

September 10, 2013

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

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