Captain Debbie Photo of San Diego Sailing Trip

Debbie wanted to return again to the boat, so Friday we took off from Phoenix at 7:47 p.m., arriving at the marina at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. We got up at 7:30 a.m. Within an hour we were on the water. Sorry. Nothing exciting to report. Just had a nice time. I singled-handed the entire operation in and out of the marina, just like the other guys, leaving Debbie seated in the cockpit and out of danger's way. Not a single issue presented itself, and I was ready if one did. We were on the water from about 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Up at 3:00 a.m. today, and we were on the road back by 4:00 a.m. We arrived in Phoenix at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Photos of the sailing around San Diego Bay, including a tall ship, the U.S.S. Nimitz, and more, are found on the link below. We did learn the difference between the various foresails we found onboard. The large genoa used in all previous adventures developed a tear along a seam, so it went back into a bag. We pulled out a small jib, which must have been storm jib. It was so small, we could barely get out of the way of the the "Spirit of America," a 12 meter monster coming at us near Point Loma. It just ran out to the point and back downtown. Looked like they were giving rides to sponsors. We ditched the storm jib and hoisted a large nylon genoa. What a difference a sail makes. After bobbing around with the storm jib, we took off like we were on a nice Arabian horse. Had we not changed sails, I would have considered the trip a bust. Now I am looking forward to getting back out there. San Diego was looking good. The new sail allowed us to keep pace with a regatta under spinackers. They looked to be 30+ footers, too. There is a photo of Debbie sailing and the boat. Also pictured is a tall ship encountered on the bay, along side the U.S.S. Nimitz. San Diego's skyline has sure changed over the past 27 years. The name on my boat still bears the remains of the original name, "Pirate." Someone carefully removed the letters "p" and "r." The name is now, "i ate Oceanside, CA." We'll get around to that one day. http://www.stirlinglaw.com/cal28/cal28photos/ Bruce

Bruce and Debbie My best friend is a member of the Pheonix Yacht Club and if you need any sailing adviceor want to go racing on Lake Pleasent I know he wuld like to have you. Let me know if you are interested Dave Paulson Channel Islands Ca From: "Bruce Stirling" <br… [at] stirlinglaw.com> To: "Cal_Boats@yahoogroups. com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 12:56 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Captain Debbie Photo of San Diego Sailing Trip > Debbie wanted to return again to the boat, so Friday we took off from > Phoenix at 7:47 p.m., arriving at the marina at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. We > got > up at 7:30 a.m. Within an hour we were on the water. Sorry. Nothing > exciting to report. Just had a nice time. I singled-handed the entire > operation in and out of the marina, just like the other guys, leaving > Debbie > seated in the cockpit and out of danger's way. Not a single issue > presented itself, and I was ready if one did. We were on the water from > about 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Up at 3:00 a.m. today, and we were > on the road back by 4:00 a.m. We arrived in Phoenix at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. > Photos of the sailing around San Diego Bay, including a tall ship, the > U.S.S. Nimitz, and more, are found on the link below. > > We did learn the difference between the various foresails we found > onboard. > The large genoa used in all previous adventures developed a tear along a > seam, so it went back into a bag. We pulled out a small jib, which must > have been storm jib. It was so small, we could barely get out of the way > of > the the "Spirit of America," a 12 meter monster coming at us near Point > Loma. It just ran out to the point and back downtown. Looked like they > were giving rides to sponsors. > > We ditched the storm jib and hoisted a large nylon genoa. What a > difference > a sail makes. After bobbing around with the storm jib, we took off like > we > were on a nice Arabian horse. Had we not changed sails, I would have > considered the trip a bust. Now I am looking forward to getting back out > there. San Diego was looking good. The new sail allowed us to keep pace > with a regatta under spinackers. They looked to be 30+ footers, too. > > There is a photo of Debbie sailing and the boat. Also pictured is a tall > ship encountered on the bay, along side the U.S.S. Nimitz. San Diego's > skyline has sure changed over the past 27 years. The name on my boat > still > bears the remains of the original name, "Pirate." Someone carefully > removed > the letters "p" and "r." The name is now, "i ate Oceanside, CA." We'll > get > around to that one day. > > http://www.stirlinglaw.com/cal28/cal28photos/ > > Bruce > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Stirling" <bruce@...> wrote: > > Debbie wanted to return again to the boat, so Friday we took off from > Phoenix at 7:47 p.m., arriving at the marina at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. We got > up at 7:30 a.m. Within an hour we were on the water. Sorry. Nothing > exciting to report. Just had a nice time. Rest snipped. I flew back from our Tucson home this morning. Have you looked into flying Southwest ? Advance purchase is $59 each way. That's 2/3 of a tank of gas. We go to Tucson almost every other weekend now and driving is a drag. We'll drive once in a while to take the dogs or pull a trailer with some gear for the new house. I'm going to have some of the Tucson family over in August when the Cal 40 is finally sailing and maybe do a few days at Catalina. It was 107 in Tucson yesterday so I can imagine August. Nice pictures. Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96 > > Bruce >