tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101700212026-04-10T16:58:07.121-07:00Sailing Log of the vessel WINGS <br> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/99/5646/1024/Wings%20Logo-Grey%20%26%20Blue-Med%20Size2.jpg"> <img border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/99/5646/400/Wings%20Logo-Grey%20%26%20Blue-Med%20Size2.jpg"> </a>wingssailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13170619136224079532noreply@blogger.comBlogger846125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10170021.post-51120782840013047192026-03-15T10:02:00.012-07:002026-03-15T10:07:21.659-07:00

wingssail images Leading Swan Fun Javier was head down in the engine compartment fitting a new shaft coupling. He was quiet for a moment, not unusual because Javier usually goes about his work with quiet competence. But this time was different. He grunted and then said, "It doesn't fit, I have to go back to the machine shop and have this re-machined."&nbsp;This wasn't the first time that we

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&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is Sailing&nbsp;wingssail images-fredrick roswoldHappy with a reefed main We were hitting speeds in the high sixes going upwind with 25 knots of wind and big seas and the ride was pretty bad. It would be nice to slow down but Wings, sailing to windward in a strong breeze, doesn’t know slow. Puttin up a small headsail and putting in a

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wingssail images-vicki westphal We’ve just finished another Banderas Bay Regatta, the eleventh one we’ve done on Wings since 1997. Last night we went to the Banderas Bay Regatta awards ceremony. We had some good sailing in this regatta (and a lot of hard work) but for the first time in the eleven times we have sailed it, since 1997, Wings was not on the podium. In the past we have typically

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wingssail images-fredrick roswold It’s 1:30 in the morning and pitch black outside. Instruments tell the story We’ve jibed over are heading east towards Tenacatita It’s rough and instruments are glaring out the story: we are still seeing over 27 knots of wind out of the north and 7.6 knots of boat speed. We are sailing with just a reefed main and no headsail and the windvane is

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Merry Christmas to all. The big spinnaker pulling towards home, 12.7 knots We just finished the Banderas Bay Blast and we had a Blast! We won! The crew was excellent, the boat hung together, and the third day we hit a speed record, best since 1987, 12.7 knots on a wild beam reach in 20+ knots of breeze and we didn't break anything in the few round ups we had, the pot of coffee didn't even

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wingssail images-renee oake First Beer Can Race Summer in Mexico is a time of boat work; winter is our sailing season.&nbsp;But as the end of summer rolls around and racing dates are looming if the boat work is not finished I begin to scramble and this year was no exception.&nbsp; wingssail images-fredrick roswold Hit the deck running &nbsp;I did have a long list

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In late March I was planning to set sail for a cruise to the Sea of Cortez.&nbsp; I had my crew, Rene, lined up and the departure set for March 28. wingssail images-fredrick roswold Fred & Rena But it was a bit of a struggle to get out of here by then, we had only 5 days after the last race, the boat was still a race boat, race sails, no dodger, no dingy, no life raft, no solar panels

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wingssail images-fredrick roswold &nbsp;&nbsp; 07:00 AM Thursday and it’s a beautiful day.&nbsp;We see dark water outside the anchorage and decide that since there might be wind maybe we should set sail to Espiritu Santo today. That way we can stay there an extra day and still have time to visit Balandra before heading back to La Paz on Monday. The breeze is out there right now and we

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wingssail images-fredrick roswold Sailing Upwind Upwind work with winds in the 13-15 knot range, Wings going fast, and with gorgeous scenery and beautiful blue water and skies all around. Even a bit of salt spray splashing on our faces was fun. This is what Wings was made for and what she does best. It is glorious sailing, we’re having a blast, sailing in waves and tacking up the San Jose

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This story is mostly photos,&nbsp;click HERE to go directly to all the photos.&nbsp; wingssail images-fredrick roswold Agua Verde West Sarah and I started our hike to the Painted Caves at Aqua Verde's west anchorage. We had our destination tucked into Google Maps, our cameras, and some water. We walked but the batch of tourists on the beach just got back from a mule ride but

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wingssail images-fredrick roswold Anchored in La Paz La Paz, anchored in front of Abaroa’s Don Jose Marina with a dead motor. No working starter so no motor. The starter burned out on the way here from La Cruz when a crack developed on the engine’s water system and salt water drenched the starter. Got out the spare. Oh No! the spare starter needs repair. I was going to do that last

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February has been pretty busy, we've been sailing, we had things to do like fix the car door handle which broke off, there were visitors on board Wings, and all sorts of things. Check out some more photos here. wingssail images-fredrick roswold First look at new Genoa wingssail images-marilyn gibbFred takes a look wingssail images-fredrick roswoldMarilyn navigates in the Beer Can

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January's big race is the Vallarta Cup. It's over two weekends. Jan 13-14 was the first weekend, the next is Jan 27-28. We were so busy we didn't get any photos but there were a few taken.&nbsp;wingssail images-tim conver Ready for RacingThen we went to Punta Mita (four of us) and had a nice sail and lots of fun. Steve Steering Rhonda and Marilyn Coffee at Sunrise Marilyn Motors (

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At Christmas time Rene loves to have a party at her place to make tamales. She and her friends make dozens, many of which get frozen for sharing with her friends or for eating later, but if you are lucky enough to get invited to the party you get to drink some wine and eat some delicious tamales.&nbsp;I got to attend along with some other guys and while all the work was going on in the kitchen we

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For four months Heiko and Martina were my neighbors and I watched them work and work and work on their Bliss, their Columbia 45 sailboat.&nbsp; That boat needed a lot of attention and refurbishment before they could go sailing and frankly they were getting rather tired of the drudgery tied up to the dock. Bliss needed everything and Heiko and Martina were new to the whole sailing thing. I

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Hey! Let’s go sail’in. I don’t know who had that idea but I was game and we gathered some of our dock mates and went out for a day sail. The boat was fine, (after I adjusted the checkstay), the pick-up crew was superb, and we had a great day on the water. wingssail images-judy sawyer Fred adjusts the checkstay It was supposed to be a gentle day sail but I coulldn't help myself

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wingssail images-fredrick roswold Mexican Chicken Dinner I got through Hurricane Lidia. No problems except my shattered emotions from being alone during the storm. Nothing to see here, move along. Today I put Wings back together (after the hurricane preps) and walked over to dock 9 to measure a boat for a sail. (my side hustle). Also rather boring. No photos, nothing to say. But tonight

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wingssail images-fredrick roswold Kat leads the way Turtle camp was cancelled so Kat and I took a walk on the old road to Pta Mita. It offers a nice easy hike and maybe some opportunity for some photos. I took the big Nikon (Thanks Mike Honu) and snapped off a couple Flower in color Shoreline We found a trail leading down to the shoreline so we explored a little. No beach but it was

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wingssail images fredrick roswold Heiko and Martina on Wings My neighbors at the marina are a German/Swiss couple named Heiko and Martina. Right now they are doing work on their boat in the boat yard. I walked over to see how they are doing. Taking off years of old bottom paint is a hard job which, to save money, they are doing themselves and in the heat of the summer it is really

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Salomé has been helping me work on Wings and we went sailing a couple of weeks ago. Now her boyfriend Ben has arrived and we decided to go sailing again so he can see what it is like.We also invited Martina, my neighbor and her boyfriend Heiko, (but he declined). And we asked Rick from Eyes of the World and Ricardo (another Rick but he went by Ricardo) and Ricardo brought Caroline, so that made

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wingssail images-fredrick roswold The leaders wait for us to cross the water Catalina Liana and Mike Danielson celebrate her birthday with, what else? A hike. They love to hike the trail from Bocas de Tomatlan to Playa Las Animas, have some cold beveriges and lunch there and take a panga back to the cars at Bocas. They invited me. "It's an easy hike Fred, you can do it."&nbsp;So, one more

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wingssail images fredrick roswold I can sail again I can sail again. I know now.&nbsp;&nbsp;For the last three months I have been afraid of how it would feel to sail Wings without Judy, so I avoided that. The boat sat in the slip, unused, since coming back from Yelapa, in April I thought about sailing single handedly but I had said to her many times in the last 38 years; “I have no interest

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wingssail images fredrick roswold Young America Breaking I am going through a photo scanning project and right now I am working with a bunch of images from the America's Cup which I made when I covered that event in 2000 and 2003.&nbsp;On one rough day&nbsp;I witnessed the amazing destruction of New York Yacht club's boat Young America and I wrote a story (see below).I was on the photo boat

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wingssail images fredrick roswold Judy&nbsp; I started a project about two weeks ago which was probably ill advised: I’m going through old photo albums scanning the old photographs. Sounds dumb, huh? Well I had my reasons. But I say it was ill advised because it is painful. When you are going through an old photo album you keep running into land mines. Like, you turn a page and

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wingssail images-fredrick roswold Judy&nbsp; I told a person who wrote to me that my life was very blessed by having Judy for the time that we were together, “Yes, absolutely, I was blessed by having her for 40 years. But it was not enough.” Another person entered the conversation and replied, “It would never be ‘enough’. But one of you has to go first. And she gave you 100% of what

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