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  • What Goes Up, Must Come Down

    San Francisco Bay to Santa Cruz My mind was flooded with excitement and uncertainty, a molotov cocktail for explosive jitters yet I couldn’t tell if I was shaking from my emotions or the cold. The wind was at our backs, filling our sails and pushing us down the jagged California coastline. We had pulled our […] More

  • April 17, Banderas Bay Regatta

    jldigital media Leading (Thank you John Pounder for the loan of your image, I’ll buy it from you when we are back together.) In our preparations for the Banderas Bay Regatta we practiced hard and prepared hard. We pushed the boat, we pushed the crew, and now I was pushing More

  • Jan. 29, 2022-Good Crew Work Wins Vallarta Cup

    wingssail images john mangata Crew Work “Four minutes to the layline” It was Judy’s voice from the back of the boat. She was getting data from the “brick”, our navigation computer. She was telling us that in four minutes we could tack and sail directly to the windward mark which More

  • Dec. 22, 2021-New Racing Season

    wingssail images-judy jensen Sailing to windward Richard turned to me with a smile on his face, “It wasn’t much fun sitting there for an hour with no wind but it sure was nice when the wind filled in and we won!”“Yep.” We’d just come in first on the first day of More

  • A New Chapter for Sea Castle

    The San Francisco Bay is well-known in the sailing community for its sporty conditions and salty atmosphere which helps mold successful and skillful sailors. Chris grew up sailing in the Bay aboard his family’s boat, Sea Castle, a 1979 Mason 43. This beautiful high displacement cruiser has been in the family for 30 years, being […] More

  • March 18, 2020-Racing Season Closes With a Wimper

    wingssail images-fredrick roswold Today we notified the racing crew that there will be no more races this season. The Corona virus concerns have resulted in the cancellation of the remaining races, including the Banderas Bay Regatta, the big one, the one we focus on all year. We also cancelled our More

  • Hello,​ Roaring 20s!

    As I sit here attempting to encapsulate everything that happened over the span of 12 months, I feel like time passed by in a blink. I have spent the last weeks of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 trying to write this very blog. Usually, I am inspired by recent events and can not wait to […] More

  • Hello,​ Roaring 20s!

    As I sit here attempting to encapsulate everything that happened over the span of 12 months, I feel like time passed by in a blink. I have spent the last weeks of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 trying to write this very blog. Usually, I am inspired by recent events and can not wait to […] More

  • Destination: Staycation

    Every once in a while it is nice to have a change of scenery, which is one of the many alluring things of sailboat life. Click here for full post: https://www.svavocet.com/2019/11/24/destination-staycation/ Instagram: @svavocet More

  • Destination: Staycation

    When I was a kid, my family had a trailer that we would not only take on far-away adventures but also, on occasion, take to the beach which was a 5-minute drive from our house at Seacliff Beach, in Aptos California. I must admit, as silly as it seems those were some of my favorite […] More

  • Life At Sea – Sailing To The Cook Islands + New Crew

    Time to raise our sails, stretch our sea legs and lose sight of land.  To check out of one country and into another. This is life at sea. See The Full Story At: Life At Sea – Sailing To The Cook Islands + New Crew Click here for full post: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/life-at-sea-sailing-cook-islands Twitter: @the_wynns YouTube: gonewiththewynns […] More

  • We Crewed on a Catamaran!

    We, like many other sailors, have always liked how roomy catamarans are. We may have even thought of investing in one, but the price/features differential made their consideration unrealistic. After all, we knew we would be retiring soon and the fact that rigging and engine maintenance are higher, not to mention haul out and slip […] More

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