ASA 102, “Performance Sailing” by Dave Goeke Conditions in the San Francisco Bay as anyone reading this knows are unusually challenging. It is not like sailing in San Diego or the Chesapeake. ASA 102, or ‘Performance Sailing’, is a new course offering from American Sailing designed to help students learn technical details of sail trim […]
Over my years of sailing, I have slowly added to the number of things that I habitually take with me when I go on the water. The other day, I thought it might be fun to catalog everything I haul on board. I was a little surprised at what I discovered: My complete list includes […]
The Holy Grail for sailing clubs like Spinnaker Sailing is a boat that is fun to sail, fast, responsive, durable and relatively simple to operate. It needs to be roomy and comfortable enough for a beginning sailing class but also sophisticated enough to be attractive to experienced sailors. And it doesn’t hurt if the boat […]
The Catalina 27 gets a bad rap from some sailing purists. But that’s not fair. The boat is the most widely produced keelboat of all time for a reason. Actually for quite a number of reasons: simplicity, versatility, sailing qualities and comfort being a few. For Spinnaker Sailing members and students, the Catalina 27 is a great […]
By Patrick Twohy Spinnaker’s fleet of sailboats is growing. The latest addition is the club’s fifth Catalina 28. Rather than a stretched Catalina 27, this Gerry Douglas-designed vessel was designed from scratch as a speedy, more modern, more polished-looking boat. In many ways, the Catalina 28 is mini version of the bigger boats you can […]
I’m a bit of a knot head. I find knots fascinating. The most efficient ones are both useful and beautiful. A bit of filament, a bit of friction and voila — you have something that didn’t exist before. Security. A connection. A fabric, even. If humans are the tool-making animal, knots were probably among […]