Month: May 2010

May 23, 2010 / Uncategorized

For the weather to improve to put Turnstone in… and by “improve” we could go with “stop snowing”… this was the scene late afternoon on Saturday the 22nd:

May 17, 2010 / Uncategorized

Since we have moved up to the Nimble, the beloved Hobie 16 catamaran must go. Details of the sale, photos and videos are at this link. (Update: sold the catamaran on 5/18 to a nice…

May 14, 2010 / Uncategorized

So, today is the day!! Yesterday was a busy day doing some final cleaning and scrubbing, securing the anchors so they don’t bang around, finishing the jib sheet cleats, getting everything dialed to drive to…

May 13, 2010 / Uncategorized

The jib sheet cleats Turnstone came with were a temporary affair at best… the previous owner had the old jam cleats fail in the middle of a trip, and these were all he could come…

May 10, 2010 / Uncategorized

After getting my ass handed to me (quite literally, still can’t stand up without making old man noises) mountain biking in Moab, back on the sailboat obsession freight train!! Since the weather’s kind of snotty…

May 8, 2010 / Uncategorized

Used soft scrub on the cockpit today… seemed to do a great job, actually. A little bit of bleach in there, a little elbow grease and things are looking much sharper. And by “used” I…