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Sail with Capt. Marc
Capt. Marc, veteran of multiple ocean crossings, and instructional pro, invites you to join him for lessons and/or excursions under sail. By special arrangement only.
- Up to six sailors aboard J/42, Songline
- Develop skills and confidence
- Offshore passage-making opportunities
- Performance sailing for speed and safety
- Skippered charters in exotic locations
- Shakedown on your boat
- Deliveries
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Heineken Regatta: Race Time!
We consistently sailed in the front half of the fleet. Our starts and beats often had us in fourth and fifth places. We tended to loose places during our reaches. We also lost some boats when our traveler exploded in race 1 and our Genoa sheet exploded in race 2. »
ASUS Follow-up Report
I’m back from the Heineken Regatta now and here’s what worked and didn’t work with my ASUS. Overall the ASUS was a terrific little machine both on and off the water. In addition, it drew lots of attention and when I told people the price, they were flabbergasted! Pluses Portability was outstanding. I was... »
Heineken Regatta: Pre-race Jitters
In a gust the mainsail's leech cord parted just below the first reef. The sail zippered open. The boom dropped. Jaws dropped. Eyes popped. It was our first practice and the boat was disintegrating before our very eyes! »
Heineken Regatta – On the Water at Last
I returned to the boat to find dauntless Team Boston pouring over the equipment, stacking lines, and readying Salaway for sea. She would be our steed and we would ride her hard. If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with. »
Heineken Regatta — Getting There
<== Previous Heineken entry — Next Heineken entry ==> Gran Case, Saint Martin—-I’m sitting here in my Grand Case apartment reveling in a week of sailing that was among the best I have experienced. The winds blew strong and warm. The race action was instense. The Team Boston crew had a fire in their bellies and, despite... »
Heineken Regatta: Santa Cruz Mid-winter race
Okay, okay! so it was way harder to get online for daily posting than I anticipated. The series is over now and I'm waiting for Monica to arrive for few days R&R. All I can say is that it was the most sailing fun I' ve had in a long time! Tomorrow... »
ASUS EeePC at Sea
Winter storms are raging and the Santa Cruz Harbor entrance is closed . . . So I started wondering if maybe I could figure out a good reason to keep the thing even if I do have computers coming out my ears, and then it struck me. If I could get my navigational and... »
Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Many years ago I would drive up Highway 1 from Santa Cruz to San Fransico with my young son to survey the sea conditions before racing my sailboat along that notorious section of coast. I kept him entertained during the drive with stories about monsters that inhabited the region. In stormy weather, Pigeon Point, the... »
Heineken Regatta, 2008
It seemed to me that Brad, a big man with a correspondingly huge basso voice, was the ringleader. But it was Karen who was first to grab the wheel as soon as the boat got a bone in her teeth. None of them were really experienced sailors but, to my delight, there wasn't a... »
Blowback 5 – In the Middle
We landed in Saint George Harbor, Bermuda, in late May of 2002 after a boisterous and eventful five-day crossing from Norfolk, Virginia. There we met the crews of other eastbound sailing vessels, all closely monitoring daily weather forecasts. Every afternoon we gathered in a little waterside pub to talk about the 1800 miles of... »