Green Rosetta Voyages and Other Trivia

The Sausalito Waterfront Pickers jamming at List Marine 6/08             Pick up the new staysail from Hogin Sails in the morning, watch and help Kevin do a minor service on the diesel engine in the afternoon, pick up Silviu from the airport in the evening. 6/09             Sailing with Silviu. Hope he likes it; he can wear an an offshore PFD and stay tethered if he’s nervous. Return Silviu to the airport in the evening. 6/29 - 7/1     Tentatively planned boat weekend. Visit from Oded? < Previous Article    Next Article >

Frank and Jane brought us some "Miner's Lettuce" harvested wild from their yard, which became part of our dinner. Yum. 5/05 - 5/06     No special plans, no planned visitors 5/24               Pick up David and Anna to join us on the boat for their second visit (See  The Canadian Invasion  ) 5/25               Do something with our sailing buddies Frank and Jane, including David and Anna 5/26               Jack London Square with David an Anna, overnight 5/27               Ayala cove for an Angel Island visit, return to MBYH for overnight 5/28               No special plans, maybe a day sail with David and Anna   < Previous Article       Next Article >

Green Rosetta at anchor in Paradise Cove. We had rowed the dinghy to a friends' boat for lunch and had a rare opportunity to have a picture of our own boat. Rare, I guess, unless you own a drone. 4/15 - 4/20     Jim staying on the boat while attending the RSA conference in San Francisco 4/21 - 4/22     Jim and Helga staying on the boat while attending the Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show < Previous Article    Next Article >

Nevada celebrates its birthday, with special attention to its history Dan, Helga, Ken, and I usually spend Nevada Day together, more or less, with 5,000 of our friends in Carson City celebrating the state's birthday. We usually settle in for breakfast at Mom & Pop's Diner, with the first part of the parade going by right outside the window as we lay in a base for the day's festivities. After breakfast, we walk up Carson Street and then head over to the Old Globe, and stake our claim to one of the few tables out in front of the bar. We stay there most of the day, greeting old friends and new, since everyone in the post-parade crowd usually drifts through the Old Globe at some point. This year, we were up for a change. It could be that last year, the Old Globe removed the tables and chairs from the space in front of the bar, robbing us of our usual spot. It could be that after 20 years of the same ritual, it was getting old. It could also be that I had ju...

At the wheel, and happy 3/10 - 3/11     No special plans, no visitors. 3/24 - 3/25     Boat maintenance, maybe some sailing 3/27               Another try at Ayala cove 3/28 -3/29      No special plans, no visitors. 3/30               Doing something with our sailing buddies Frank and Jane 3/31 - 4/01     No special plans, no visitors <Previous Article    Next Article >