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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 able to wedge it [...]

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 location [...]

Seventy-Year-Old Sailor Rescued Off Santa Cruz Island
Rescuers say a lone 70-year-old sailor lost all electricity on his 50-foot yacht near Santa Cruz Island and was airlifted to safety by a U.S. Coast Guard crew before his vessel ran aground and was destroyed.
A Coast Guard official said that without electricity, the man could not start his [...]

“It’s fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that—-it’s all illusion.Unknown is what it is. Accept that it’s unknown and it’s plain sailing. Everything is unknown—-then you’re ahead of the game.
That’s what [...]

As a sailing instructor, my favorite teaching topics include all things having to do with handling boats under sail. Auxillary engines and motors were a rarity on most of the boats I operated as a youth.  Even when I operated vessels with an engine, I never really expected them to work when I most needed them.  Time [...]

 The Skipper always makes the RULES.

The Rules are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

No Crew can possibly know all the RULES.

If the Skipper suspects that the Crew knows all the RULES, the Skipper must immediately change some or all of them.

The Skipper is never wrong.

If the Skipper is wrong, it is because [...]

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After a week of Tehuantepecers, a weather window finally opened and we departed Huatulco, Mexico in the company of several other boats bound for Costa Rica. We crossed the infamous Gulfo Tehuantepec [...]