Finally, on July, oh, 19th or so of this year the rain finally let up in Seattle. Actually, the truth is that most of this past winter was very dry. We were supposed to have a drought year this year. Of course, as soon as it warmed up the rains finally came and didn’t let up until about a week ago. (more…)

We so wanted to go sailing this weekend. All week, we’d been trying to decide where we were going to anchor and how nice it would be to get out of the marina and hoping there’d be some wind — but not too much — to fill our sails. (more…)

After bending on our new main and genoa between rain squalls last weekend, we took Rivendell out for a sail one lovely evening after work. (more…)

In preparation for picking up our new sails at the end of March, we were working like crazy to get Rivendell ready for them. (more…)

We are so shamed to admit what we are about to admit that we really don’t want to put this on the website. (more…)

While attaching the new headstay to the top of the mast, Michael noticed that the wire had slipped out of the top Norseman fitting about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch. Oops. (more…)

So, there’s no need to panic at this point. The bottom foil is free again and the top foil has been removed so we can cut it down to the new length. The other foils are fastened together as they should be. All appears to be well. (more…)

But how to fix this thing now? (more…)