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Author Archives: Will
4th of July fireworks over Swimmer’s Cove in San Francisco
Sara and I watched the fireworks over Swimmer’s Cove in San Francisco. It was very foggy and totally surreal to have the night sky glowing different colours.
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SF YRA’s Half-Moon Bay ocean race on John’s FT10 “Savage Beauty”
John, Dan, Josh and I sailed John’s FT10 “Savage Beauty” from San Francisco Bay to Half-Moon Bay in the YRA’s annual race. This is typically a wild downwind ride in the 15-25+knots of wind that blows from the north down … Continue reading
Friday evening beer-can racing on a Flying Tiger 10m
Captain John invited Sara and I to join him and the rest of his crew for a friday-night beer can race aboard his Flying Tiger 10m, sailed from South Beach Marina just south of the Bay Bridge in SF. The … Continue reading
Racing a Farrier F-27 on SF Bay
Chris and Scott invited me to join them onboard Chris’ Farrier F-27 for race 3 of the interclub inside-the-bay race sponsored by Oakland Yacht Club. Six different fleets raced, each with an average of six or seven boats, on a … Continue reading
24-Hour Mountain Bike Relay Race in Spokane, WA
My friend Monilee is a world-class mountain biker. I’m not. Her husband Fraser has done epic races like Trans-Rockies and Trans-Alps. I haven’t been to the gym in more than three months. The two of them own six bikes, have … Continue reading
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Vallejo Season Opener
Dylan and Roshie invited Sara and me to join them for the historic Vallejo Season Opener race on their ultralight custom Dogpatch 26, “Moonshine”. We love the Vallejo race – it was the first race we sailed on Velella, our … Continue reading
St. Peter’s Basilica and Vatican Museum
During the first two weeks in Italy I slowly devoured a great book called “Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter’s”. It’s really well written; it explores not only the construction of the Basilica but also the many … Continue reading
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Exploring Naples and Pompei, Italy
Ben and Allison, Joe and Sarah, Amy, and Sara and I took off for a day trip to Naples. We spent the morning exploring the ancient city of Pompei, covered in hot volcanic ash thousands of years ago and perfectly … Continue reading
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John’s 60th birthday celebration in Fondi, Italy
Our first week in Italy was quiet and relaxing. Thirty other people joined us for the second week; we rented four different houses in Fondi, halfway between Rome and Naples. It wasn’t quiet!
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Summitting dangerous Mt. Fondi (496m) in Fondi, Italy
My brother Ben and cousin Bryan are a little too large to go mountain climbing. So we went mountain climbing. There was a lot of complaining. Much whimpering. Some swearing. It started out easy enough. But got steeper. But we … Continue reading
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