Tawodi Sailing Adventures

Speedy motorcycle brought me home again.  A quick coast to coast to coast on a motor bike is nothing after sailing around the world, Ha!  Actually there were some moments on the highway with rain and wind and big trucks really nearby that were just as scary as anything in the southern ocean and at 80mph the apparent wind was higher.  Remember apparent wind?   It is mearly the sum of two vectors.  Now that I’m back, I’ll be speaking at West Marine (NOT-W.M. cancelled 10-22) in San Diego for the Baja-Ha-Ha group before they leave, so I can talk about how to sail happily down and up the coast of Mexico, something I’ve done countless times.  After Oct 19th, I can be found during the week at Pacific Offshore Rigging.  If you need rigging work, there is a link to P.O.R. on this site.  One cool thing I saw at the Annapolis Boat Show was a Westsail 32′ rigged by SouthBound Cruising Services entirely with Dynema Dux rigging, including dead-eyes rather than turnbuckles.  This is a heat treated form of Spectra and replaces wire rigging while costing no more but weighing much less.  On the Westsail they claim to have stripped close to 100lbs from the rig.  I love technology that encourages Marlinspike seamanship.  Speaking of Marlinspike seaman, another cool thing was meeting and hanging out with Brian Toss, world famous rigger from Port Townsend.  He is a treat.  Thanks to Mike at SouthBound for putting it all together and a big thanks to his family for their hospitality.

Well I made it across the country on my speedy motorcycle and am here at the Annapolis boat show.  I’ll be speaking at 15:30 on Saturday, Oct 10th at the Maritime museum near the show, in Eastport.  I come on just after Brian Toss, who speaks at 14:30.  After the show I’ll be hopping back on speedy and returning to San Diego during the following week.