Sailing

Tranquility - a Catalina 34
Tranquility (right) with her little sister Turning Point (left) in Poulsbo, December 2004. I'm almost visible between the piling and Turning Point's furled jib (that little splotch of red is my in my foulies!).	Tranquility first mate Jewels (left) and Turning Point first mate Erin listen intently to somebody in the other corner of Tranquility's salon.
Tranquility's crew soaks up the sun in Echo Bay, Sucia Island.	Tranquility at anchor in Reid Harbor, Stuart Island. Another perfect day in the San Juans.
Cruising in the San Juans - 2003
A pirate looks aloft. Enjoying San Juan Sailing's week-long "cruise 'n learn" getting my ASA bareboat certification as well as enjoying the glorious weather.
Snowbird - a Compaq 16
I saw a ComPac 16 at the local marina and just had to have one. Trouble is, they're made in Florida and I live in Washington. There seemed to be only 2 or 3 in the state, and they were not for sale. Finally, I saw one on the ComPac owners web site for sale in Colorado. I spent four days driving to Colorado and back to get it. Snowbird served as our daysailer from 2000 through 2004 when she made our first "open ocean" journey. We sailed from Anacortes across the Rosario Straight then north to Rosario on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands. There she provided the space for me and my beloved to write our marriage ceremony. Now that we are four (with two teenagers), we've moved to a bigger boat (Tranquility above), meaning that Snowbird has moved on her next owner.	A ten-year-old's view of his father sailing (hence the missing top of the head). Taken from the cuddy of Snowbird.
Golden Vanity - a home-built 40 foot trimaran From the Hilo, Hawaii newspaper in mid-1969, the caption reads: Talking over sailing experiences, Tim Powell and his 10-year-old son, Christopher, sit in the main salon of the Golden Vanity, a 40-foot trimaran now berthed in Kawaihai. The craft has been on an extended cruise of six months from her home port of Santa Cruz, California.