Captain's License - check

It has been a few months, but I took the captains license course from Flagship Maritime Training Center in Tacoma in March 2014. I passed the tests for the OUPV and Master 50 ton inland.

In early September, I passed the test for the sailing endorsement. I was late to class and got a 5 minute intro before the test, but it was relatively easy compared to the navigation rules and other tests in the spring.

Safety at Sea course - February 22-23, 2014

This was a great course offered by The Sailing Foundation; learned a lot, including the fact that the 6 man life raft must mean 6 midgets!

Time to go cruising

I am fortunate enough to be able to take time off work to go cruising for a couple months this summer.  I will be posting some information about our trip on this page about some updates, but the details will be posted on my Sailblogs page here:
http://www.sailblogs.com/member/sombradeluna/

Sunshine today!

Stuff for sale

3 CNG tanks  - $150 each or make an offer
I replaced my CNG cookstove with propane so I have 4 'scuba tank size' tanks for CNG. (Sorry I never learned what size they were officially)

gas fuel tank from dinghy

Toliva Shoals Race - 2013

Yesterday I crewed for Maranatha, a Ranger 33 in the annual Toliva Shoals Race out of Olympia.  It was a chilly day, the winds were light, and they shortened the course due to the light winds, but it was a beautiful, mostly sunny day on the water.

On board were the skipper, Joel, myself, Sandy, Webb, Matt, and John; we had a lot of fun and all that tacking in Dana Passage kept us warm...............

Photos are posted here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/114745983068697533979/February92013

Sombra de Luna

I think I'll keep this blog for those times when I do sail with others - what fun that is!  So I have created another blog for my new boat.  The current name is officially Moonshadow but I plan to rename her next spring to Sombra de Luna.  Even though I am only changing the language, Sombra de Luna is Spanish for Moonshadow, I'll probably still do the naming ceremony. No sense getting on the wrong side of any wind or sea gods is there?  Since there are 3 other Moonshadows in Olympia, I just wanted something more unique.  So here is the link to another site that I will start posting some information on soon.

http://www.sailblogs.com/member/sombradeluna/

Cheers!

Still sailing on others boats

Okay, so I am not boatless anymore but I still like to sail on other people's boats.  This summer I did several of the South Sound Sailing Society's Wednesday night races on Maranatha, a Ranger 33.  But the highlight of the summer racing was on Mako, a Star 22 with Susan Willis.  It was a beautiful day in July and we actually had wind.  We had a blast and nothing broke on the boat.  THANKS Susan.

Here are just a few of the photos:  (the photographers were taking a lot of photos)