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.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

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

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Thursday, June 20, 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

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

CLIPPER RTW: Atlantic Squall


CLIPPER RTW Training: Funky All the Way Home

2009

Clipper Training - sounds of the Hoff


2009 and way too many decibels!

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