Maxi 95 and Our Adventures
…or why to publish about James and Kimi’s experience. On December 23rd, 2019, sailing from Fanning Island to Hawaii, the sailing catamaran Zingaro, crewed by James and Kimi, had its starboard hull break loose from the bridge deck. After safely arriving in Kona, with assistance of the Coast Guard, James sent out a blog post … Continue reading “Public Personality, Zingaro, and Journalism”
[Updated] Stony Brook Hospital†, Stony Brook, NY, 27-DEC-2019 – My friends, if I may call them that, James and Kimi on the sailing catamaran Zingaro made it safely to Kona after basically having their boat break up. I’ve written about their Youtube channel and struck up a long distance friendship with James. Youtube channels are … Continue reading “Zingaro makes it to Kona on Hawai’i, damaged. James and Kimi safe.”
After a few minutes of repeated mentions of Dennis, I asked, ‘‘Who is Dennis?’’
‘‘Dennis Conner, everyone loves Dennis.’’
I responded, ‘‘I lived in San Diego when he lost it.’’
He parried, ‘‘Won four, lost two.’’
Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico, 5-Feb-2023 – The long and the short of it is that Celica is parked in a dirt parking lot across from a group of restaurants outside of the town proper in Todo Santos Mexico. Jennifer and I are on a trip from Port Townsend to Todos Santos to visit our friends … Continue reading “Waiting for (car) parts in Todos Santos Mexico.”
Port Townsend, WA, 23-DEC-2022 – A phrase from years ago, which was repeated to me with annoying frequency, was that sailing was safer than driving a car. I’d never really given it any thought. Back home, in Mount Sinai Harbor, every year or two a drunk would fall into the water at the Mount Sinai … Continue reading “Safety of Life at Sea – SOLAS – Death of a friend”
20º45.87’N 83º 35.47’W 23-MAY-2022 – Reading the Lat and Long, most people will know we’re south of Hawaii, fewer people will know we’re west of Long Island Sound – Looking us up on a map will tell you we’re not many miles from Cuba. Jennifer and I are together on a Leopard 46 catamaran, Desert … Continue reading “100 Hard 737 Landings”
30-MAR-2022, Phoenix Arizona, USA – The preparation and crush to prepare for this summer sailing starts. It is no different than last year. The amount of work I expect that will need to be done before Caro Babbo can go in the water is much less than last year. But the number of non-boating tasks … Continue reading “Summer 2022 prep starts NOW.”
This is the last post of my time with James Everson on Zingaro. The series starts here. Port Townsend Washington, 10 February 2020 – “I’m flying out tomorrow. You can stay on if you’d like…” There were a number of sentences that followed, but that’s the only one that really matters. The Greeks, or someone … Continue reading “I get voted off the island, twice”
Paardenbaai, Aruba, 4-FEB-2022 – Yes, I’m still here. There is a frustration with blogging in a world that is changing. If I can get the words down in a specific moment in time, then I can edit them at my leisure. I didn’t get this written last night when the world was at a momentary … Continue reading “Stuck in Aruba with the busted boat blues again”
Renaissance Marina, Aruba, 20-Jan-2022 – The parts were in Miami last we heard. From there they should have gone onto a ship and then come to Aruba. Directly? We don’t know. How many stops along the way? We don’t know. How long might the parts sit in customs? We don’t know. I’m on an Oyster … Continue reading “Waiting for parts in Exotic Locations”
