sbyra summer 2007 #5 at slyc
The day started inauspiciously, one of the crew was late, and gotten a traffic ticket on her way to the boat. As a consequence, we were late to the starting area. By the time our warning gun went off at 11:56, we were still several hundred yards from the starting area, but we had to cut off our engine in order to comply with the racing rules. This means that we were more than 8-10 minutes late for our start and we had division B boats to contend with. There was a tremendous flood current at the starting line and very little wind. We tacked to starboard in order to cross the line, but we...
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After 3 days 22 hours 8 minutes and 49 seconds and 497 nautical miles under the keel of SV Paradigm, we quietly pulled up to her new berth in Coyote Point Marina on Thursday, September 29th, at 0856 hour without fanfare and ceremony. Tired and a bit worse for the wear from keeping watch on a rocking and heaving boat for the last 4 days, but relieved that we manage to bring the nearly new J32 to her new slip from San Diego to San Francisco without drama and mishap – we are finally home! The journey consisted of 3 legs: Leg 1, from San Diego to Santa Barbara, Leg 2, from Santa...
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