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Cats first day on trimaran

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Vince • 0 Comments

Well you know you are getting close to departure when you start putting cats on the boat. Today we put Porka and Selena to the test and brought them on the sail boat. They did pretty good.

: Porka checks out the Yanmar

: Porka on her first boat ride

: Porka looks out the window

: Selena on her harness checks out aft cabin

: Selena in Chantiks bunk

: looking through the Window

: Pork still feeling out the boat

Solar Panels installed Kids are polishing the stanchions

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Vince • 1 Comment

: Chantik polishing for her kitties

: Dante admires our new 170 watts 48 volt solar panels

: Stanchion before and after polishing

Mounting Solar Panels installing Fridge

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Vince • 2 Comments

Today was pretty busy, Rafa our welder showed up as well as my father in law so we were fabricating the solar panel super structure and finishing the compartment for our new Edge Star refrigerator.

We worked well into the night, tomorrow we finish up!

Argon Gas on Dock — Argon Gas For Welding Stainless Tubes

Night grinding — Last Tube to Weld Tonight

Night sparks from Grinding — Grinding late into night

Tubing getting Done — Port side Tubes Structure almost ready

Sunset Sail in San Carlos Sonora

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Vince • 0 Comments

It was nuking out there today but I had some hard core sailors from Arivaca Arizona with us today. Double reefed main and staysail was plenty of sail and there were some huge swells on the out side.

It was so nice today we are going out tomorrow for another session!!!

P1120589 big swell — Look at the Swell in the back ground

P1120581 boys — The boys Sailing in San Carlos

Sailing in San Carlos — Preparing to get Splashed

Swell with Teta Kawi — Nice Swells with Teta Kawi in Back Ground

Sailing in the Fog

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Vince • 4 Comments

Today was simply a special day sailing with light south westerly breezes and fog covered mountains in the back ground. Special thanks to Ron and Ann from Green Valley since if it had not been for them I might not have shot these images!!!! I will put up a short time lapse video latter if it looks nice after editing!!

Fog Bank San Carlos Bahia Bay — Fog Rolling into Bahia San Carlos

Fog covered Teta Kawi — Ron & Ann with Fog & Teta Kawi in Background

Teta Kawi in Fog — Ron & Fog Covered Teta Kawi

Sailing with fog in San Carlos — Sailing in San Carlos fog in distance

Ketch Sails below Teta Kawi — A Ketch Rigged Monohull Sails into Bahia San Carlos

Punta Doble San Carlos Sea Cave — Ann & Ron in front of Punta Doble, San Carlos

Windsplitter to have refrigeration soon

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Vince • 0 Comments

Here is a before shot of the space where we are going to put our new edge star refrigerator

Refer space 1 — Before shot of fridge area

Refer Space — Preparing space for Refigerator

Ron Tim & Kurt´s Sailing Course

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Vince • 0 Comments

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The video below was shot from days 5 through 8 of the course. We had pretty good wind on the last 4 days!!

This was a great 8 day course. We had a full 7 days of Wind and the only thing I can complain about was that the fishing was very bad this week and we did not catch any fish what so ever. I even got skunked spear fishing, which rarely happens.

Here is a quick video of a quick stop man over board drill we practiced on a light wind day. I will finish up the last video shortly and post it soon.

We are we Now

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Vince • 0 Comments

Windsplitter is currently in San Carlos and we are finishing up the refit on her to get ready for our year long cruise to the most beautiful and exotic locations in the Baja & Mexico. More info to follow shortly.

Day 2 Light Wind Tacking

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Vince • 0 Comments

Simply Fantastic day to learn to sail in San Carlos Mexico today, 10 to 15 knots of wind made for great sailing on the outside of the bay with very light winds on the inside. It was so nice a day I just had to edit a short video to show how to make a few light wind tacks and throw up some pictures of the days major events. Unfortunately we did not get and good pictures of the fin whales that we sailed with.

The video will be uploaded later tonight.

Great Job by my students today!!

Jib Fairlead — Tim finishes Jib sheet fairleed

Ron Sails by Catamaran — Ron just slips by the Gemini Cat in the bay

Shrimper — Nice view of Commerical Shrimp Vessels

Ron, Tim & Kurt show up for 8 day ASA sailing course

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Vince • 0 Comments

Day 1: Fantastic Weather today for the start of our latest ASA 8 day sailing course with Tim, Ron and Kurt. Wind blew around 15-20 knots and I just loved the macho foot war that Tim and Kurt showed up in.

These guys look simply marvelous!!

I am gonna try and ignore the Halliburton hat Tim, I know you are not a war time profiteer!