Pura Vida Tales

This past weekend Greg and I lead an Anchors Aweigh Raft-up for the Berkeley Yacht Club at the Clipper Cove Summer Sailstice event.  It started off a little rocky – but on the day of the event – we were able to get our act together and have a max of 13 boats rafted up plus [...]

So, Since Greg started working at Alcatraz Cruises Kim and I have been talking about how long it’s been since we’ve been – and she wanted to girls to see it…..and how cool would it be for the girls to see their Uncle Greg working on the Ferry boat.  So fast forward a couple of months, [...]

This photo is courtesy of our neighbor (a couple docks over) and friend, Moria.  She was hanging out on her boat when what would she see but her neighbor (a sailboat) being towed back in the no wind conditions by the local Dragon Boaters…now you don't see that every day.

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The weather has been beautiful here in Berkeley – well – maybe better to say, we’ve had some really beautiful days.  This initiated conversations about a dock party….a few emails later – we are having a BBQ with our closest neighbors.

the gang on the dock….

What a great time – we had fresh sushi – [...]

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be able to go out with Kip and Carol aboard SeaQuest – their wonderful Ericson 35 for the Master Mariners race.  The idea was to get some great photos – but the reality was an awesome sailing day – wonderful company while basically chasing the race around [...]