At the end of the year 2013 and into the first of 2014, we gave some private instruction to the new owners of a Jim Brown 39 called Molly Brown. The boat had been recently purchased and the new owners were not familiar with sailing a trimaran so we had three nice days of sailing… Continue Reading
Big Wind and Big Waves for my spear fishing buddy Seamus and his Son and Daughter Liam and Olivia and Cousin Jordan. The kids did really well, Liam got the hang of steering the boat quickly and Olivia did well on the inside of the bay out of the 5 to 6 foot swells we had on… Continue Reading
Sandia has a new bottom job, a new rudder post and most of all brand new standing rigging so she is ready for to sail. I will post a few pictures of her latter on today. I also took the time to move her mooring buoy a little closer to the marina. Actually the boat… Continue Reading
Kelly the nomad just finished a 7 day Cruising Catamaran course now she is off to Texas then Germany then god knows where but I do see a catamaran in her future. Now Kelly assures me that she did not sacrifice any small animals before she came to San Carlos but I am not so sure since she… Continue Reading
Well this is day two of a seven day course and it was one of the best dolphin sailing days ever in San Carlos. And I don’t say that lightly. I have lived here for 23 years and you don’t get that many days like this. So Ron, Lucy and Clark were very lucky today.… Continue Reading
Originally hailing from Switzerland Milly is an accomplished silversmith who lives in Flagstaff Arizona and did her basic keel boat 101 course with us during February during three great days of wind, not to much and not to little, just the right amount!! Thanks for coming down Milly! Continue Reading
Just finished one of our best Cruising Multihull courses with Steve and Brenda from British Columbia. We did this course in the Loreto Bay Marine Park which lies about 109 nautical miles almost due south of San Carlos. I have so many great pictures for this course it will be hard to post them all.… Continue Reading
Finished up a 101 ASA basic Keel boat class today with Jon and Laura from Tucson. Jon is a private pilot so teaching an ASA 101 for those guys is as we say in Spanish, Pan Comido, a piece of cake. I forgot my camera today but Jon just sent me these pics. We found… Continue Reading
Kevin finished up his refersher course with me today and we caught some beautiful light southern winds with a taste of fog in them today and then when the wind died we took a quick snorkel session at Martini Cove. So here are some nice pictures of the Teta Kawi with a hint of fog… Continue Reading
Kevin came back down to do a quick refresher course with me. We had a simply fantastic day sailing around the bay. Before we raised the sails here in San Carlos we stopped off at the Aquarium to clean the bottom of the boat and do some quick snorkeling. The water temperature is still around… Continue Reading