Summer Sailstice

So, Lisa and I took "A Vela", a Hunter 38 from Sausalito to Clipper Cove (separates Treasure Island from Yerba Buena) for the Summer Sailstice at 0700 Saturday morning. BTW, Kim might be working on their website next year. We did the SailTime-SF thing, which is why we've been killing ourselves to get the boat detailed over the last week (Lisa did 3x the work. It was a relatively small show, compared to Strictly Sail, but we had some good leads. Lisa hosted a cocktail party after the show which was a HUGE success.

Besides the SailTime leads, we made friends with Pam, Jim DeWitt's daughter. She is also interested in custom framing.

I glad-handed with the guy that taught my captain's class and my future boss at Club Nautique (they were giving sailboat rides all day). I also met a couple who had been sailing on Stockton Lake in Missouri the previous week. They sent sailing on the very first Slovenian sailboat produced in that country that was imported into the US. I told them I was very interested in the story to publish as an article in Sail Magazine. They have already contacted me saying they have passed my contact info onto the boat owners.

Sunday, Kim and I went to the NorCal Pirate Festival in Vallejo. It was pretty small compared to TexRenFest, but pretty cool. It's only their 3rd year. We got to chat with the models on PirateMod.com. Kim and I will be purchasing our t-shirts and pirate license online.

Sunday night, we had Chris & Karen over for Thai and to discuss our pending trip to the British Virgin Islands this Fall. It looks like we're glomming onto the vacation they won at the boat show. A week on Virgin Gorda, followed by a week on a 32 footer in the BVI. I'm hoping we make it to Anegada this time. In the mean time, sailing lessons will continue. Oh, Chris says he's got a friend who won a ketch in Sausalito in a lawsuit settlement.