The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson
Sailing Yacht Truce
Only one hundred and twelve miles sailed yesterday. The wind has been quite light from astern and that’s the best we could do. The good news, the distance made good is all in the right direction towards Hilo. Light winds from astern mean plenty of rolling. Truce and I are now well accomplished in the... Continue Reading →
All hell broke loose at midnight. Huge blasts of air followed by calm. Seas coming from different directions and the night as black as pitch. This went on for 3 hours and I just sailed out of it the best I could. This is similar to what happened a few evenings ago. Today we are... Continue Reading →
Last night was an easy sail, main and jib reduced and we went easy through the night. From six this morning until midday the wind was boisterous and the seas very confused, made for an uncomfortable ride for a few hours. The morning overcast cleared early afternoon and it became quite warm in the sun,... Continue Reading →
Last night the wind held steady and Truce sailed herself beautifully through the night. I didn’t touch a thing and we were bang on course this morning. As often happens the sun came up and the wind died. I gybed to the east for a couple of hours and picked up some wind before heading... Continue Reading →
Last night I was watching the wind die down over a period of about an hour. I had been running with the main double reefed and the staysail in strong winds. After a while I put out half the jib and everything seemed comfortable. I had a feeling that something was not right but couldn’t... Continue Reading →
Last night was an up and down sort of affair. The wind was blowing between fifteen and twenty-five knots. So, one hour we had too much sail and a few minutes later not enough. We were sailing too fast in the stronger winds and eventually ended up with a double reefed main, staysail and the... Continue Reading →
The alarm woke me at five this morning. The brain said get up, the body said just thirty minutes more. The brain won. I put the kettle on for a cuppa and had a look outside, flat calm in Sausalito anchorage and the sky starting to lighten in the east. By five thirty the anchor... Continue Reading →
The weather forecast guys got it right, the cold front passed through last night with some good winds and rain behind. I stayed up until three when the wind started dying down. I wasn’t worried about Truce dragging anchor, it was the other boats around, some of them almost wrecks, that I wanted to watch... Continue Reading →
This morning I did the daily routine, riding the rubber duck ashore. I had a nice walk up the waterfront and stopped by at the Sausalito house boat community. There are some very large houseboats built on substantial barges. The community looks very well organised, neat tidy and well maintained. Judging the the cars parked... Continue Reading →
Another quiet day at Sausalito anchorage – just a bit more wind and cooler since yesterday. There is a cold front approaching on Thursday and everybody is getting excited at the prospect of rain – apparently quite rare this time of year. Quite impressive watching the cloud coming off the ocean and building above Sausalito... Continue Reading →
The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson 