Racing from San Francisco to Marina del Rey with one of the best group of people EVER.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Coastal Cup 2013 on QuiXote: another Eberly Epic
Racing from San Francisco to Marina del Rey with one of the best group of people EVER.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Monday, July 8, 2013
Transpac boat prep
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Chasch Mer = Kashmir?
Some people pronounce our boat "Cashmere," so I thought these lyrics seemed appropriate for Transpac preparations (thank you LZ):
Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been
To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen
They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed
Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounds caress my ear
But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear
Oh, oh.
Oh, I been flying... mama, there ain't no denyin'
I've been flying, ain't no denyin', no denyin'
All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land
Trying to find, trying to find where I've been.
Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream
Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream
My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again
Sure as the dust that floats high in June, when movin' through Kashmir.
Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear
Ohh.
When I'm on, when I'm on my way, yeah
When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeah
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down...
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, so down
Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there
Let me take you there. Let me take you there
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been
To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen
They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed
Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounds caress my ear
But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear
Oh, oh.
Oh, I been flying... mama, there ain't no denyin'
I've been flying, ain't no denyin', no denyin'
All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land
Trying to find, trying to find where I've been.
Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream
Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream
My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again
Sure as the dust that floats high in June, when movin' through Kashmir.
Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear
Ohh.
When I'm on, when I'm on my way, yeah
When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeah
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down...
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, so down
Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there
Let me take you there. Let me take you there
Monday, July 1, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
QuiXote takes on the Coastal Cup (SF to MDR)
Follow QuiXote on the Coastal Cup (371 nm): http://www.encinal.org/pageResource/coastalcup/2013/coastalCup.php
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
CLIPPER RTW - LEG ONE: Mandolin Rain
2009 Gosport, Grimsby, Hull (UK), La Rochelle (FRA), to Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
Thursday, April 18, 2013
CLIPPER RTW OZ STOPOVER: All the Right Friends
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Hazards to Re-Entry (Post Pacific Cup thoughts
Stepping off the boat (it means the race is over);
Closing your eyes in the shower;
Everyone seems to speak so loudly;
Bright lights;
Mai Tais;
Sleeping under your office desk every four hours because you are offwatch;
Driving on the freeway seems way too fast;
Gravity;
Ringing phones;
Having to change your clothes and having a choice of what to wear;
Repeatedly explaining that at night, one doesn’t “pull over” drop anchor in the middle of the ocean, you ARE the chef on board, there are only pipe berths and no staterooms, etc.;
Other people's problems (i.e., your day job);
Grown-up shoes;
Ocean Racer's Amnesia (you forget about sleep deprivation, aching muscles, freeze dried food, unstable surroundings, squalls, broken gear, and boat butt and cannot wait be back out on the ocean);
Avoiding the Pacific Low: you spend the entire race tracking and avoiding the Pacific High (no wind) but when you come home from the race and begin to
assimilate into a land-based reality, the Pacific Low hits you like a ton of bricks. Your epic adventure is over and the deadlines,assignments, trials, ringing phones are now your horizon. Of course, the best way to overcome this Low is to immediately begin planning your next offshore epic adventure ...
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DECEPTION races the 2012 WIndjammers (SF to Santa Cruz)
Deception Skipper: Bill "Super Lawyer" Helvestine
Deception Crew: Charlie, Jasper, Mike, Steve, MVS, Michele, Hans, Chris, and Shana
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