I has been a busy month since my last post. this is a long bit of writing so have a good cup of coffee at your side – The Havasu Pocket Cruiser Convention (HPCC) was a wonderful experience. great people, a nice ‘weather break’ from Seattle’s cold winter rain (and snow), sailing, and again – GREAT people. Sean … More HPCC summary
In one week over 150 trailer sailor crews will be meeting at Lake Havasu City, AZ, to enjoy fellowship, share sailing stories and sail at the 2011 Havasu Pocket Cruisers Convention (HPCC). For many northern sailors the warm weather will be a nice change from winter cold, rain and snow … and after the weather of … More Sage Marine Havasu Pocket Cruisers Convention BLOG
my good friend morgan put together a music video that features SWEET PEA (and a short section of my old M15 SCRED) – the music is written, performed and produced by morgan (aka, bill). – dave
In mid-December 2010 I was contacted by the Gail and Sal Glesser concerning their new company, Sage Marine. Once again, a Montgomery designed boat is entering my life at the right time. I have joined the Sage Marine team as webmaster and to promote the newest Jerry Montgomery design, SAGE 17. For the over a … More more montgomery designed boats in my life
something is happening in the boat building world. what things new, unexpected and exciting are about to happen? (click picture to see) – dave
a BLUE sky today after many weeks of gray clouds and many inches of rain. the air is COLD. this sunshine comes from a high pressure system dropping south from top of the world. the wind and rain of the past weeks has cleaned the air making for pollution free dramatic views of the hills and … More sunny days
i have a healthy distrust that an outboard will run. every trip i worry, just a bit, that the motor will not start, or fail while running. the technology of outboards have truely improved over the years and the motors do run much better than those just ten years old. the 4-cycle outboard has provided for … More winter and the outboard motor
it is winter in seattle. rain and temps 40 degress, +/- 2-3 degrees. in the morning there is a bit of frost on the lawn when there few or no clouds overnight. not good weather for working on the boat as the fiberglass and rebedding hardware projects require a daytime temp somewhere around 55-60 degrees … More very winter
winter weather makes me think about storm sailing. when in the library last week i saw the book Adlard Coles’ Heavy Weather Sailing, 6th ed., by Peter Bruce. written for ocean sailors, the information is still helpful for smaller coastal, inland and lake trailer sailors. overall the book is well written with examples and summaries based on real boats in … More heavy weather sailing
seattle has snow. this may not seem to be ‘news’ … but seattle just doesn’t get all that much snow. puget sound is a large 45 degree ‘heat sink’ that cools the area in the summer and keeps the winters mild. about two inches fell in 24 hours. in general the greater seattle area is ‘closed’ … More really feels like winter
M17 #375 - SWEET PEA 