Tawodi Sailing Adventures

Sailing in San Diego-  My good friends Laura and David Scarafone’s daughter Madaline was celebrating her 8th birthday and wanted to go for a sail.  While out on a busy Sunday afternoon we saw all kinds of boats and many friends on the water.  The big BMW/Oracle tri flew past us, triggering memories of last October, as they were the last boat we saw when we left San Diego to sail around the world.  We sailed for a bit alongside Bart Zigler on his lovely schooner “Shine on” and they took some great photos of us.  It is always a treat to get pictures of one’s boat, as you can’t see the outside from the inside.

I am leaving next weekend to go back to the east coast for the Annapolis boat show.  I have bought a motorcycle , a BMW R100RT and will be using it to get there and back again, roughly 7,000 miles.  This is an older model, what they call an “airhead” because of its flat twin boxer engine.  I’ve ridden a bicycle across the U.S. and have driven trucks and cars across the country, but this will be my first long motorcycle trip.  I’m giving myself a week to make the trip and am looking forward to the ride.  If you make it to the show, find me and say hi.  I will be a presenter for Southbound Cruising Services on Saturday, Oct 10th and will be talking about our recent circumnavigation.

Be well, have fun

Well, we made the trip.  No big sponsors ever stepped up so the two of us are back to work.  Kathleen was snatched back by West Marine within 3 days of our arrival and I (Stephen) am back at work with Fritz at Pacific Offshore Rigging.  San Diego is a good place to be and the weather is wonderful.  Tawodi, the little bird boat is floating happily on a mooring in San Diego’s Commercial basin.  We had a nice treat for almost a month when a customer offered the use of his slip while he sailed to the Channel Islands for a few weeks.  The slip was at the Bay club, next to Humphries, which holds a summertime concert series.  I got to hear a concert several times a week at no cost.  Sometimes I listened from the Spa.  All that’s past now, as has Labor day.  I’m out on the mooring and working a day job.

A couple of dates.  September 12th at the Shelter Island Launch ramp, we will be showing slides and talking about the voyage.  On October 10th I will be speaking at the Annapolis boat show, stop by either occasion if you can.

I will be sailing in a schooner race while on the East coast, then returning and gearing up for the Baja-Ha-Ha, which leaves San Diego near the end of October.  In the mean time, I can often be found sailing in my little blue sailing dingy.