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E35-2 Cimarron, 1st to finish, 1st on corrected time in phrf G. A long, light and shifty race to Ensenada. Only 5 of our 12 starters finished.

We had the big one professionally done because it involved gelcoat work. We now have the 7 small ones to do and this weekend we'll tackle the first one, the one in the cockpit. We'll augment the NFM instructions with those at...

I need to climb my mast. I got a bunch of things I need to do aloft, but I've never done this before. The boat has a bosun's chair in a storage locker, never used it, don't know how to do so safely. Is there someone in the San Pedro area who could give me a hand? Jeff?

My father and I are getting ready to buy a sailboat and I could certainly use some advice. My father used to sail until family pressure convinced him to sell the sailboat for a ski boat. He is getting ready to retire now, and I am wanting to begin cruising and doing some racing. I have very...

Just entered my first ever race (as boat owner/skipper) in Marina Del Rey this past Saturday. It is a free race for beginners. No race fee, no yacht club membership needed. Got first place in the Cruisers over 30 ft. I think there were about 8 boats in our class. We came 2<SUP>nd</SUP> over the...

After reading the original booklet that came with my boat, and a variety of posts, I tried to step my mast setting the boom perpendicular to the mast, the boom at the bale guyed off to chainplates on port and starboard sides, main halyard attached to the top of boom, and a pulley system to pull...

My wife and I had such a great first season's sail on the bay this past Sunday I just had to write in here about it. It was especially sweet because it comes after a particularly hard winter for me recovering from a major illness (cancer) that left me just wiped out after the...

Uff Da (E32) is heading over to Catalina on Saturday, April 29th and returning on Sunday, May 1st. We normally go over on Friday but, alas, some of my crew have to work on Friday (an ugly 4 letter word). Our preference at this time of year is Avalon but I'm concerned about the availability of...