Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hey Damon, looks very good. Nice work. You might consider adding a “General Noise” or “general squawk” or whatever category. For notes like this that don’t really fit into the stories category. Or will that start to then get too...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
16 reasons Sailing is better than sex:1. You don’t have to hide your Sailing magazines. 2. It’s perfectly acceptable to pay a professional to Sail with you once in a while. 3. The Ten Commandments don’t say anything about Sailing. 4. If your partner...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
10. Jibsheet? What’s that? 9. What do you mean, take off my spiked golf shoes? 8. Wow! We went the whole day without one pictchpo…. AAAAHHHH!!! 7. Let’s go get a closer look at those jetskis. 6. Mind if I light up this cigar? 5. Here comes the...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Geoff Von Wollenberg (first published in “On The Wire”, 1996) Galveston, Texas! Home of the famous sea wall, beautiful old homes and Bougainvilla. I had been trying to get there since I first moved to Texas in 1962 but never quite seemed to make it....
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Kim Miller. Wagga Wagga, Australia. (First published in “On The Wire, 1996) A catamaran is a highly efficient way of transforming sail power into boat speed. Most Hobie sailors are quite satisfied with the power available from their normal rig in even...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
This is the story of my trip from Memphis Tennessee, to Navarre Beach Florida to attend the “Juana Good Time Regatta”. It’s just over 500 miles from Memphis to Navarre. I had never gone that far in just a weekend before, but I couldn’t resist...
