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The Matey’s Log: The Hardway 2011

From the time that man first fashioned craft to ply the deep waters, hardy folk have braved the dangers of the sea for sustenance – risking the roiling waves for the bounty the oceans provide. Others have taken to the … Continue reading

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The Matey’s Log: A Birthday Voyage. Newport to Ensenada 2011…

I spent my birthday this year sailing southward along the Pacific coastline to Mexico in the annual Newport to Ensenada Race. It was the third time I’d been honored to be a part of this grand 125-mile overnight adventure – … Continue reading

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2010: The First Year In Review

This snapshot by Rob Mendel (above) appears to have been taken at The John Lennon Auditorium at 703 Howard Street in Evanston, Illinois on what looks to be New Year’s Day 1982.  (Note my Beggars’ Holiday hair and beard.) My … Continue reading

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The Matey’s Log: Newport to Ensenada

Photos by Brad Hall (Except where indicated) The Newport-to-Ensenada International Yacht Race, which runs 125 nautical miles south from the shores of one of Orange County’s wealthiest enclaves to the historic, struggling Baja port town, is billed as the world’s … Continue reading

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The Matey’s Log: Of Wind & Fog

On Wednesday July 23, 1896, The New York Times reported… Nearly 114 years later, on the other end of the continent, another sailboat race fell victim to fluky winds, fog and calm… As the crew of Sprit Decision gathered on H … Continue reading

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Sailing with the Tsunami

“So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 3) Shakespeare’s doomed, regicidal Macbeth was a soldier, not a sailor, but had the bloody Thane of Cawdor been racing a sailboat in the Santa Barbara … Continue reading

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The Matey’s Log: Sailing Season Begins

Captain George Moll wanted his crew on the H dock in Ventura Harbor at 8:00 am on Saturday morning, February 13. It was a good thing that the race was being run the day before Valentine’s Day. Like golfing, sailing … Continue reading

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