Saturday, March 17, 2018. The beast from the east returns. However the temperature is still above 0C so the snow is melting rather than settling, hence its not very photogenic. No chance for an Elfstedentocht. Thursday, March 15, 2018.

Sunday, March 11, 2018. The Rainbow is an Australian 3.

Saturday, August 08, 2015. RS Aero Capsizes - Mission Accomplished. It was getting to be a bit weird. Prior to the RS Aero North Americans in Oregon a couple of weeks ago I had sailed an RS Aero about 18-20 times, but I had never had an unintentional capsize. I had done some deliberate capsizes in order to make sure I knew how to do capsize recoveries. But in all those days of sailing the RS Aero I had not capsized accidentally once. My streak had to end some time. Even so I wondered how easy capsize rec.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

Sunday, July 5, 2015. Fitted the port inner gunwale after making the aft knees from pitch pine 1 inch thick stock. I used carton to make a simple template for them. To keep the gunwale in its place i used the new Ryobi nailer tool. Claps for the pressure in combination of a nail or two to prevent moving. That nailer saves me a lot of time and rework. Excellent tool advise from JW. Port gunwale glued and tacked.

Saturday, August 8, 2015. We have a large highway bridge at the north end of our sailing area and a troll lives under it. I know this because at times when you sail near it, especially with an incoming tide, there are various wind shadows, eddies and general mischief that cause one to become completely disoriented, becalmed and befuddled.