Wednesday, May 18, 2016

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Which finish line is correct for this weird shorten course scenario?
Monday, December 22, 2014

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View from San Diego's San Salvador ship re-creation at Spanish Landing.
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

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If the Marshall Islands castway, Jose Alejandra,travel as described, his route would have looked something like this.
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Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Boating History, 1942: War-Time Regulations Applicable to Boats

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Within an old (1942) copy of Chapman's Seamanship textbook was a summary of special rules that pleasure boaters had to follow after the ...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

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It would be great to find some very old copies of Chapman's "Seamanship", especially something affordable from 1922 through th...
Monday, November 04, 2013

Sailing at Lake Pleasant; view from the mark set boat, 2 November

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Several Vipers were part of the action at Lake Pleasant this past weekend. A J/80 looks good in the sunlight. Trimaran "Moonsoon...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

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Following are some thoughts about Heron Lake in far northern New Mexico. For many New Mexicans, Heron, the largest no-wake lake in the regio...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

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A bit of silliness sparked by a discussion of a conceptual regional map of the United States of America. Some commenters zeroed in the unusu...
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Monday, July 01, 2013

The opposite of water is fire... thoughts on the deaths of brave wildland firefighters.

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As many of our friends know, our son, Gerald, is off fighting wild fires as part of a Coronado National Forest crew in southern Arizona. He ...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

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Santana 20 no. 475, "Ghost", sunset at Elephant Butte Lake in southern New Mexico. Unfortunately, with the lake being reduced to ...
Thursday, June 06, 2013

Saving Sailing Redux: Should racers and cruisers sing kum ba ya together?

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A question asked elsewhere was whether getting racers and cruisers together might help "save sailing". Hmmm. I wrote: Some sail...
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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Random musings about safety and the Artemis tragedy

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The Aegean and Low-Speed Chase losses and deaths were the result of tragic errors of prudent navigation and judgment, with no implications f...
Saturday, May 11, 2013

The trophy dilemma for small sailing clubs

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For smaller sailing and yacht clubs, traditional metal pickle dish and cup have become so expensive as to just not make sense for racing awa...
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Monday, May 06, 2013

A Little Too Late... We miss an opportunity to taste a local tradition

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While driving to Colorado to do race management for the Fiesta Regatta at Chatfield, Carol Anne and I decided to stop in Las Vegas, NM, for ...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

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Star boat "Stargazer" enjoys a breeze at Elephant Butte Lake, 20 April 2013 Columbia 26 "Imagine" with Spirit 65 and...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Safefy Reminders/Recordatorios de Seguridad y Salud

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To the tips from the Ute Lake sign, I would add at least Reminders/Recordatorios: Keep your speed and wake safe Mantenga velocidad y e...

Elephant Butte Lake Race Area

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This is a current example of the course/race area map we use for sailboat racing at Elephant Butte Lake.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

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Some people have suggested the idea of attaching a dinghy astern of a race committee signal boat in order to give it some protection from ra...
Thursday, February 07, 2013

Mid-winter visit to the Heron Lake Marina

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Last Sunday morning, 3 February 2013, I visited the marina at Heron Lake in the mountain country of northern New Mexico. The marina was fl...
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Saturday, January 12, 2013

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Rio Grande Yacht Club Race Committee thoughts for 2013 For racing, the duties of the race committee are to run a fair and fun race program:...
Monday, December 24, 2012

Notice to Mariners: More penalties for trash dumping

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Environmental restrictions for boaters will tighten up with the coming of the New Year 2013, and from two different directions. Racing sai...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

South Monticello Point -- where Elephant Butte Lake ends

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Elephant Butte Lake in southern New Mexico was once the state's largest lake, with a capacity of more than two million acre feet and se...
Sunday, December 09, 2012

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View forward as we head down Elephant Butte Lake on Saturday afternoon. View aft back toward Rock Canyon. We enjoyed a nice variety o...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Lake Pleasant FS Regatta 3, Saturday Oct. 20, 2012, I. Beautiful Boats

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4176. Thistles 1347 and 3761 with J/80 221 Sloop Dogg . 4177. Fleet start information rail on starboard bow of race committee boat; This...
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