| Spirit's Log book from purchase to turning left out of the Golden Gate Bridge | ||||||||||
| A companion document exists, years 1992 - 1996 of Spirit's maintenance and enhancement log | ||||||||||
| 1/5/1992 | Trip from Sausalito bringing Spirit to Brisbane | |||||||||
| Dave and Marcy Albert, Lewis and Barbara Knapp, Jim Callan, | ||||||||||
| Bernie Battaglin, Doug Chandler, Charlie Belsky | ||||||||||
| 1/11/1992 | Beer Can Race with Spinnaker | |||||||||
| Tom Wagen, Dave Mills | ||||||||||
| 1/18/1992 | Pancake Breakfast | |||||||||
| Larry and MaryAnn Dulmage | ||||||||||
| 1/19/1992 | Sea Trials | |||||||||
| Lewis, Barbara, and Lewis Knapp, Jim and Jo Callan | ||||||||||
| 2/1-2/92 | Dire Straits concert, didn't leave slip. | |||||||||
| Pancake and Champaign Brunch on Sunday | ||||||||||
| Jim and Jo Callan | ||||||||||
| 2/8/1992 | Beer Can Race, beat Dave Mills' 424 twice. Tested anchor | |||||||||
| Jim and Jo Callan, Lewis Knapp, Charlie Belsky, Doug Chandler, Ron ? | ||||||||||
| 2/23/1992 | Spinnaker Practice | |||||||||
| Lewis and Barbara Knapp, Doug Chandler and Teresa | ||||||||||
| 3/1/1992 | Met JO, Paula, and Pardner from Erik wooden Ketch, Viking in Marina | |||||||||
| 3/14-15/92 | Attended John Neil and Barbara Merritt's Offshore Cruising Seminar | |||||||||
| 3/21/1992 | Daysail with Lewis and Barbara Knapp | |||||||||
| 3/28/1992 | Took excess gear from Moonshot we couldn't use on Spirit to Pacific | |||||||||
| Marine Exchange consignment store | ||||||||||
| The only mistake was the mirror, would have been nice mounted on back of aft cabin door | ||||||||||
| Ended up taking back the 25# CQR anchor and selling it to Mike Davis directly | ||||||||||
| 3/29/1992 | We sailed with JO on Viking, he demonstrated his mizzen stay sail | |||||||||
| 4/4/1992 | Steve Herbert visits | |||||||||
| 4/5/1992 | Richard Schweiger visits | |||||||||
| (the man with the Golden Gate Bridge tattooed on his chest, from dock 5) | ||||||||||
| 4/10/1992 | Beer Can Race, 7th of 17 | |||||||||
| Jim and Jo Callan | ||||||||||
| Doug Chandler & Teresa (later to become Teresa Chandler) | ||||||||||
| 5/2-3/92 | Anchored in Richardson Bay | |||||||||
| 1st time off dock with just the 2 of us, 1st overnight Anchor | ||||||||||
| Other boats from SPYC in the anchorage | ||||||||||
| Traveler (Larry and MaryAnn), Del Cielo rafted with Spirit (Jeff and Jane Eastman), | ||||||||||
| Renegade (Keith and Marie) | ||||||||||
| 5/8/1992 | Beer Can Race, 9th of 19 | |||||||||
| Doug Chandler and Lewis Knapp | ||||||||||
| 5/9-10/92 | Anchor in Clipper Cove | |||||||||
| Salvage Dingy on Sunday, "Tendered Spirit" | ||||||||||
| Lewis Knapp | ||||||||||
| 5/15-17/92 | Worked on Boat in prep for upcoming Drakes Bay cruise | |||||||||
| Met Elaine and Peter Hecker from Power boat 50/50 with the 3 paraquete | ||||||||||
| Len, our old neighbor from dock 5 with the Erickson 32 stopped by | ||||||||||
| 5/22-25/92 | Drakes Bay Cruise with the Hans Christian group | |||||||||
| Jim and Jo Callan, Lewis and Barbara Knapp | ||||||||||
| 3 Time is the charm | ||||||||||
| The halibut that got away | ||||||||||
| Rock Crab feast | ||||||||||
| Beach Party | ||||||||||
| Great Run | ||||||||||
| Sea Lion chased me | ||||||||||
| Lewis takes home the 2 hp Suzuki engine and Anchor Light | ||||||||||
| Shaft Brake malfunctions on way in | ||||||||||
| Friday night anchored in Richardson Bay, we watched a sailboat catch on fire and burn up | ||||||||||
| 5/25 9:50 to 2:20 Drakes Bay to Golden Gate Bridge, 4:20 at the Brisbane channel entrance | ||||||||||
| 5/29/1992 | Steve does prep for varnish | |||||||||
| 5/30/1992 | Lewis and Barb help varnish | |||||||||
| 5/31/1992 | Jim and Jo help varnish | |||||||||
| 6/6-7/92 | Spent the weekend at the Albert Institute. Initiate plan to get a much larger | |||||||||
| sailboat to charter. Monday, found a 51' Tri - Esprit | ||||||||||
| 6/12/1992 | Beer Can Race, Bernie, Craig, Shelia, Doug, & Teresa | |||||||||
| 6/13-14/92 | Landed on nose and in the hospital. San in Spirit and watched movies on TV | |||||||||
| 6/20-22/92 | Weekend at home, Steve's Birthday | |||||||||
| 6/27/1992 | Doug and Teresa, Great Day Sail | |||||||||
| 6/30/1992 | Worked on projects | |||||||||
| 7/1/1992 | Afternoon sail around Treasure Island with Lucid folks, end of fiscal year. | |||||||||
| Erik Gilbert, Jay Mellman, Keith Thesing, Dan Cronin, Martin Mikelsons, | ||||||||||
| Bill York, Ted Gilcrest, Robert Mey | ||||||||||
| 7/2/1992 | Steve started scraping toe and rub rail. Steve met Trina, asked for quote to do varnish work | |||||||||
| 7/4-5/92 | Jim and Joanne Callan, Anchored in Sausalito. Drift fished from dinghy, no luck. | |||||||||
| Converged on Traveler with Renegade and Dancing Dragon. Suzuki dinghy motor | ||||||||||
| worked the entire weekend. Hard to start. Engine difficulties pointing at fuel filters. | ||||||||||
| Fireworks off Chrissie Field | ||||||||||
| 7/3/1992 | Steve and Marsha. Fireworks off Candlestick Park | |||||||||
| 7/11-12/92 | Steve in Michigan | |||||||||
| 7/18/1992 | Engine work | |||||||||
| 7/19/1992 | Redesigned holding tank system | |||||||||
| 7/24/1992 | Met Steve Cunningham at Yacht Club | |||||||||
| 7/25/1992 | Improved holding tank design | |||||||||
| 7/26/1992 | Jim and Jo Callan. Ed Callan and Fiancé, Liz. | |||||||||
| Daysail, engine worked great, shaft brake worked fine. Domino 9's | ||||||||||
| 8/1-2/92 | Spinnaker Yacht Club cruise out. Doug and Teresa. Spinnaker run over | |||||||||
| 8/8-9/92 | Work weekend in marina | |||||||||
| 8/14/1992 | August beer can race. Charlie, Doug, Teresa, Jim, Joanne. | |||||||||
| DNF - 2 of 11 finished, light wind | ||||||||||
| 8/15/1992 | Redid thermostat install due to leak | |||||||||
| 8/16/1992 | Made changes to jib downhaul | |||||||||
| 8/23/1992 | Steve and Marsha at anchor, Treasure Island, Clipper Cove | |||||||||
| 8/25/1992 | Tuesday night beer can race with Lucid crew. Brad, Jay, Ted, Cameron, Bob | |||||||||
| 3rd over line (of about 16) | ||||||||||
| 8/28/1992 | Jimmy Buffet Concert, Knapps, Callans, Alberts | |||||||||
| 8/29-30/92 | Work Weekend | |||||||||
| Doug and Teresa for dinner in Marina. Discussed several day offshore cruise | ||||||||||
| 9/12-13/92 | Marsha worked on boat, Steve spent the weekend in Flint. | |||||||||
| 9/26-27/1992 | Work Day, Daysail to test autopilot. Jim and Jo Callan | |||||||||
| Lewis and Barb Knap. Discussed Key West Charter | ||||||||||
| 10/3-4/92 | Angel Island raft up with SPYC. Our raft up was with The Catch, | |||||||||
| Pez Vela and Kona. Nothing Broke | ||||||||||
| 10/10-11/92 | Marsha and I, Clipper Cove, beautiful sunset and full moon. Great fun. | |||||||||
| Saturday, new bridge finally feels normal (I'm assuming I'm talking about my mouth here) | ||||||||||
| 10/14/1992 | Notable date, evening has turned cooler, potential end of Indian Summer | |||||||||
| 10-15-20/92 | Tomalas Bay Trip, See Log additions on following page * | |||||||||
| 10/23-26/92 | 4 nights in Cupertino | |||||||||
| 10/26/1992 | Steve works from Spirit | |||||||||
| 10/24-25/92 | Normal weekend in the marina. Friday night at the club, Larry and Maryanne, | |||||||||
| Dave and Colleen, Doug and Diane, John / Steve from Kona, Jerry and Amber, | ||||||||||
| (Koderle sp?) they are leaving tomorrow, etc. John Stein. | ||||||||||
| Saturday work on galley sink, projects. | ||||||||||
| Saturday night BBQ at the club. Marsha made potato leak clam soup. | ||||||||||
| Sunday, more projects, talk to various boaters. 5 mile run. Marsha made scones. | ||||||||||
| Peter and Elaine from 50/50 stopped by for cocktail hour. Marsha walked. | ||||||||||
| Marsha cleaned mildew out of locking seat (sp?) | ||||||||||
| 10/15-19/92 | Link to Offshore Plan | |||||||||
| This is pretty amazing plan we put together in advance of spending a night | ||||||||||
| offshore on our way up to Tamalas Bay for a few days | ||||||||||
| Once it got dark, Teresa started feeling a little sea sick, and that was | ||||||||||
| enough to cause us to revise our plan. We ended up making our way | ||||||||||
| to Drakes Bay in the Dark. This turned out to be a good test of Spirit's | ||||||||||
| Radar. Doug did most of the reading the screen in the nav station below | ||||||||||
| and calling up instructions to the helm, all the way into the anchorage. | ||||||||||
| We had a great time in Tamalas Bay, we flew the spinnaker down the channel | ||||||||||
| until we found the other boats we were joining, Traveler, Sheba Star, and Defiance. | ||||||||||
| 10/31/1992 | Halloween Party @ club | |||||||||
| Visit with 50/50 on the way up | ||||||||||
| Jerry the catfish farmer joins us | ||||||||||
| 11/1/1992 | Lazy day in the marina | |||||||||
| Helped Dean cut chain | ||||||||||
| Helped Jerry go up mast | ||||||||||
| Broke bit on impact wrench | ||||||||||
| 11/7-8/1992 | Anchored in Sausalito with Traveler, Defiance, and 50/50 | |||||||||
| Fullish moon, great night | ||||||||||
| Tides favorable Saturday, opposite Sunday | ||||||||||
| 2 hr. 15 min. from dock to anchor | ||||||||||
| Good sailing on Saturday as a sloop | ||||||||||
| 11/14-15/1992 | Work Weekend | |||||||||
| 11/21/1992 | Worked on Marsha's Van in Marina parking lot | |||||||||
| Changed air filter | ||||||||||
| Jim, Jo, and Barbara for a live crab dinner in Marina | ||||||||||
| 11/26-30/1992 | Thur. Anchored in Clipper Cove on TI | |||||||||
| Thanksgiving dinner on Traveler with Larry and Maryanne Dulmage | ||||||||||
| and Peter and Elaine from 50/50 | ||||||||||
| Fri. Cleaned inside with pinesol, every inch | ||||||||||
| Served catfish chowder for lunch | ||||||||||
| Served standing rib for 8, Bill and Linda Madru from Defiance joined | ||||||||||
| Cooked rib on the new Force 10 grill | ||||||||||
| Should have had it in a pan? | ||||||||||
| Sat. Engine wouldn’t start after 2 days, one on house battery one, one on | ||||||||||
| house battery two. Solar panel finally got juice enough in bats to start. | ||||||||||
| Resolved to rig starter battery system | ||||||||||
| Pork and Sauerkraut dinner on 50/50 | ||||||||||
| Sun. Returned home with a cold | ||||||||||
| 12/4/1992 | Marsha starts new job at Blyth | |||||||||
| 12/18/1992 | Stayed overnight in marina after Marsha's new company's holiday party | |||||||||
| Met Don Oestreicher, Marsha's new boss | ||||||||||
| 12/20/1992 | Ran 11-1/2 miles, 100 minutes, 13.42 seconds | |||||||||
| 12/26-27/1992 | Jim and Jo Callan overnight at Pier 39 | |||||||||
| Cold water line in head sink came undone draining the port water tank | ||||||||||
| into the bilge | ||||||||||
| Dinner Saturday night at Pompei's Grotto | ||||||||||
| Plan to race winter series, 2nd Saturdays, Jan - March. | ||||||||||
| Install Starter Battery with Eliminator system | ||||||||||
| 12/31/1992 | New Year's Eve Party at the club after dinner at Charlie Brown's | |||||||||
| Drinks afterwards with Peter and Elaine on Spirit | ||||||||||
| 1/1/1993 | Drop Marsha off at SFO for a flight to London | |||||||||
| 1/9-10/93 | Winter race, 4th of 6 monohulls | |||||||||
| Tom Wagen and Doug Chandler | ||||||||||
| 1/11/1993 | Steve's Father Died, 5:30 am Eastern Standard Time at 74 | |||||||||
| 1/14/1993 | Dad's Funeral | |||||||||
| 1/16/1993 | Back on the boat from Michigan | |||||||||
| 1/22-29/93 | Steve in Tokyo | |||||||||
| 1/29-31/93 | Work weekend on Spirit | |||||||||
| 2/6/1993 | Doug and Diane's going away party, Bill Sullivan's (sp?) Birthday Party | |||||||||
| 2/13/1993 | Feb. Beer Can Race. DNF | |||||||||
| Jim and Jo Callan, Lewis and Barbara Knapp | ||||||||||
| Great day. Tore spinnaker dousing sock | ||||||||||
| Sail trimming in light air was a problem | ||||||||||
| Read up on sail trimming technical information | ||||||||||
| 2/14/1993 | Work day - Heart icon | |||||||||
| 2/24-28/1992 | Work Days | |||||||||
| 3/6-7/1993 | Work Days, Doug and Teresa for dinner | |||||||||
| 3/13/1993 | March race | |||||||||
| Dave and Marcy Albert | ||||||||||
| Jim and Jo Callan, Doug Chandler | ||||||||||
| We beat sister ship "Take It Easy" | ||||||||||
| 3/14/1993 | Party at Doug and Teresa's house | |||||||||
| 3/18/1993 | More electrical system debugging | |||||||||
| 3/19/1939 | Spoke with Larry at Ample Power | |||||||||
| Final debugging yielded answer, TB1-7, power, was hooked up to the | ||||||||||
| wrong contact on ignition | ||||||||||
| 3/20/1993 | WE helped Mark and Pam of the vessel Rachel serve as committee | |||||||||
| boat for the final SBYRA winter race | ||||||||||
| 3/21/1993 | Ran with Teddy and Molly in Golden Gate Park | |||||||||
| 3/27/1993 | Helped with San Leandro and Peninsula Yacht Clubs cruise in | |||||||||
| 3/28/1993 | Work day | |||||||||
| 4/3-4/1993 | Work Weekend | |||||||||
| Visitors Friday night: Ken and Melanie from Endeavour, Pam and Mark | ||||||||||
| from Rachel/Zilla, Elaine from 50/50. Mike Davis slept on Spirit Saturday night | ||||||||||
| 4/8-11/1993 | Thur. Work day. Put 1st coat of teak sealer on toe and rub rails, and | |||||||||
| polished boot stripe | ||||||||||
| Fri. Sailed to Sausalito against the tide, 12:00 - 4:15 | ||||||||||
| Friday night dinner for 12 on Spirit | ||||||||||
| Lewis, Lewis Jr., and Barbara Knapp and Vickie on Charter vessel Bre III | ||||||||||
| Larry and Maryanne Dulmage, Mark and Pam Thomas | ||||||||||
| Elaine and Peter Hecker | ||||||||||
| Sat. Cooked fresh ham, listened to double handed Faralon Islands race | ||||||||||
| read books. Dinner on Traveler: Thatchers, Mike Davis and John of Kona | ||||||||||
| join in. John Stein and PJ join later, on The Catch. | ||||||||||
| Sun. morning brunch on The Catch | ||||||||||
| Dave Mills rafts up just in time. | ||||||||||
| Race back to Brisbane with Take It Easy | ||||||||||
| Dave womps us to the city front, we catch up and beat him on the way home | ||||||||||
| Great sailing day. Moved the traveler. Noticed possible reason engine | ||||||||||
| appears to be getting harder to start. The glow plugs are taking amps | ||||||||||
| intermittedly, could be a bad connection somewhere | ||||||||||
| 4/16/1993 | Peter and Elaine from 50/50 joined us for dinner, | |||||||||
| introduced us to Jagermeister | ||||||||||
| 4/17/1993 | Stormy day, 30 knots from the south in the marina | |||||||||
| Spinnaker YC cruise in | ||||||||||
| 4/18/1993 | Sunny afternoon. I dove for Larry Dulmage's glasses on dock 1 successfully | |||||||||
| Worked on book project most of weekend | ||||||||||
| 4/22-24/1993 | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: Mahia San Lucas Hotel, Sun Tours | |||||||||
| Thur. Check in, warm up snorkel in ocean, drinks by the pool, tour town | ||||||||||
| dinner at Salidas | ||||||||||
| Fri. Practice run, 25 minutes on beach / 20 minutes through town | ||||||||||
| Snorkel at Santa Maria Cove, Lobster dinner at the Trailer Park | ||||||||||
| Sat. Run 7:47s, 3.1 miles = 5 K, total time 23:09 | ||||||||||
| Skin Diving, snorkeling at Lois Beach, Lunch at a local place | ||||||||||
| Evening sunset sail, booze cruise off point. Dinner at the Shrimp Bucket | ||||||||||
| Sun. 9 minute run on beach, breakfast at hotel, lunch at the Giggling Marlin | ||||||||||
| All the hassle of getting there, all the anticipation, 7 days would be better | ||||||||||
| Then we could also have gone fishing and scuba diving | ||||||||||
| 5/1/1993 | Marsha heads to London | |||||||||
| 5/3/1993 | Steve heads to Palma de Mallorca, Spain with Peter Hecker's boondoggle | |||||||||
| 5/8/1993 | Marsha returns from London | |||||||||
| 5/11/1993 | Steve returns from Europe | |||||||||
| 5/14/1993 | Steve and Marsha run race off of Margin Call | |||||||||
| 5/15-16/1993 | SPYC Cruise out to Sausalito Cruising Club, tour of bay model | |||||||||
| Great sail back, Mizzen stitching came out, mizzen halyard stuck | ||||||||||
| need to go up | ||||||||||
| 5/22/1992 | Work day: Experiment with Mast Mate | |||||||||
| 5/23/1993 | Tim Gaun and Debbie Dean, Doug and Teresa for a day sail | |||||||||
| 5/28-30/1993 | Half Moon Bay trip, Lewis Knapp, Jim Callan, Jo as of 5/29 | |||||||||
| 5 hour spinnaker run back, including city front, Barcos, Barcos, Barcos | ||||||||||
| Trolled fishing line, no luck. Take it easy rammed into and destroyed Marker 1 | ||||||||||
| 6/5-6/1993 | Work weekend, dinner with JO and Paula O'Banon on Sunday | |||||||||
| (Pardner too) | ||||||||||
| 6/12-13/93 | Anchored at Clipper Cove, sloop sail, worked on boat | |||||||||
| Installed GPS, rubbed out rails on topside | ||||||||||
| Mike Davis and PJ, Ken and Melanie with son Ryan stopped by for a drink | ||||||||||
| 6/17/1993 | Sails / Sales meeting with people from work (Lucid Inc.) | |||||||||
| Simon Clephan, Laurie Aguire, Ron Avilas, Shirda Bowman, John Novak, | ||||||||||
| John Burdaken, Robert Mey, Eric Gilbert, John Dearmon, Beverly Godfrey | ||||||||||
| 6/19-20/1993 | San Leandro weekend, topped off diesel fuel | |||||||||
| Jim and Jo Callan, Spinnaker run there, dinner at Horatios | ||||||||||
| Breakfast at El Toritos, beat back home | ||||||||||
| 6/24-27/1993 | Work weekend | |||||||||
| 7/2-9/1993 | Steve in Tokyo | |||||||||
| 7/11-18/1993 | Steve in Wash DC and Flint, Marsha in England | |||||||||
| 7/24-25/1993 | Clipper Cove anchor out, 50/50 was there | |||||||||
| had to clear seawater intake for engine cooling water while underway | ||||||||||
| 11/20/1993 | Day sail with Tom Wagen | |||||||||
| 11/24-28/94 | Marsha in England, Steve in Tokyo | |||||||||
| Steve closes big deal with INS, flies home, then flies to Europe | ||||||||||
| to spend Marsha's birthday and Thanksgiving with Marsha in Paris | ||||||||||
| 12/23/93-1/1/94 | Sail up to San Francisco for a 10 day stay in the city, gained 5 pounds | |||||||||
| 5/13-6/26/94 | Hauled out in Anderson's Marina, major work, new rigging, paint spars, more | |||||||||
| 7/16-17/1994 | Clipper Cove, Steve and Marsha | |||||||||
| 8/6/1994 | Day sail with work people | |||||||||
| Mizuno and Mina from INS, Stig (Jonathan Stigleman) Jerry Schwartz | ||||||||||
| 9/3-5/94 | Cruise to Half Moon Bay, Jim and Jo Callan crewed for first day | |||||||||
| Boarded by Coast Guard on our way into HMB | ||||||||||
| Steve and Sheila Tomas from the cutter rigged Pearson 424 Ziba joined us | ||||||||||
| shortly after anchoring, and for dinner, and the next evening as well | ||||||||||
| fun couple. Radar and GPS worked great. Inflatable and 6 HP Johnson | ||||||||||
| worked well. Fish finder worked well for Jim's rock fish | ||||||||||
| 9/17-18/94 | Lewis and Barbara Knapp, anchored overnight across from the Taj Mahal | |||||||||
| boat in Richardson Bay | ||||||||||
| 10/9/1994 | Mizuno, Ogata, Hiakawa, Sato, Sitoki, Stig for and INS sail | |||||||||
| Good day for the spinnaker, Stig went wild with the squirt guns | ||||||||||
| It made me think I need 2 new larger ones | ||||||||||
| 10/23/1994 | Day sail with Larry and Laurie Dean and Gail and Harry Griffin (neighbors) | |||||||||
| 10/29-30/1993 | Jim and Jo Callan anchored overnight at Richardson Bay | |||||||||
| Spinnaker run | ||||||||||
| 2/4/1995 | Winter Race with Lewis and Lewis jr, and Vicky | |||||||||
| 2/18/1995 | Moved out of Brisbane Marina, motored to Sausalito | |||||||||
| 2/19/1995 | 5 hour trip to Half Moon Bay, under gate at 9:00 | |||||||||
| temporarily in slip C-28, soon to move to B-16 in Half Moon Bay marina | ||||||||||
| 3/1/1995 | Spirit moved to slip B-16 | |||||||||
| 3/19/1995 | Jim and Jo Callan failed salmon fishing attempt | |||||||||
| Seas to rough to get out, confused by storms | ||||||||||
| Anchored in the harbor, chowder, crab netting | ||||||||||
| 4/22/1995 | Tested Cruising Spinnaker. Beautiful conditions, rolley at entrance, | |||||||||
| not too bad 3/4 mile out. Cruising spinnaker good to 15 knots, | ||||||||||
| before white caps. Wind picked up to 22 knots between 3:30 - 4:00 | ||||||||||
| back down to 15 knots at 4:30. Anchored in the harbor | ||||||||||
| 4/23/1995 | Used mast mate to go to main spreader to fix burgee halyard and | |||||||||
| spreader light that got beat up by the cruising spinnaker | ||||||||||
| 5/7-8/1995 | Work weekend, cleaned and recaulked deck stanchions, replaced bolts | |||||||||
| 5/12/1995 | Qualix Group (new job after Lucid folded. INS deal bought 6 months time | |||||||||
| but not enough market opportunity to keep VCs happy, pulled plug) | ||||||||||
| sales training dinner | ||||||||||
| Rick Thau, Jean Kovacs, Arlington Glaze, Barbara Coll, Chip Downing, | ||||||||||
| Mike Siffon, Joe Eckman, Bob Bean, Mark Kappas, Luigi Fuvero, | ||||||||||
| Ron Steffen. Tried cooking a hole salmon on Force 10 grill, couldn’t get | ||||||||||
| it hot enough so finished it off in the oven. Fun party. | ||||||||||
| 5/19/1995 | Marsha's work party. Nicky Mason, Rob Nelson, Wey Burstein, John Haan | |||||||||
| and Virginia, Sameh Tawfik | ||||||||||
| 5/20/1995 | Work day | |||||||||
| 6/18/1995 | Daysail with Jim and Jo Callan, shot pictures of Ziba, good sail | |||||||||
| Steve got ill on windward leg | ||||||||||
| 7/2/1995 | Tom, Kelly, Christen, and Preston Wagen joined us for dinner | |||||||||
| Cindy bit one of the boys | ||||||||||
| 7/21/1995 | Qualix Party for International Training. Lisa Cadungdug, Vui Le, TK, Chris | |||||||||
| Eberhardt, Robert Thai, Francisco _____ (Panama), Peter Castle (S. | ||||||||||
| Africa), Stephanie Lam and Adrian _________ (Malaysia). | ||||||||||
| Burgers at the dock. A sea gull flying overhead dropped it's load on Vui | ||||||||||
| and Stephanie, they later ended up getting married. | ||||||||||
| 7/22/1995 | Anchored in HMB harbor, partied with Steve and Sheila Tomas | |||||||||
| 8/19-20/1995 | Dinner on Ziba in HMB harbor, Steve and Sheila Tomas, Sheila's Aunt and | |||||||||
| Uncle. Brought shelf unit to storage shed and patio furniture to dock. Got | ||||||||||
| first offer for home in Cupertino but they backed out at the counter sitting | ||||||||||
| not liking architectural control of Home Owner's Association | ||||||||||
| Sunday is the first Open House for townhome in Cupertino | ||||||||||
| 9/17/1995 | Moved Spirit from HMB back to the bay, Oyster Point Marina | |||||||||
| Great summer on the ocean side | ||||||||||
| 9/26-10/14/1995 | Steve in Europe | |||||||||
| 10/27/1995 | 22156 Rae Lane, Cupertino sold, gone are the termites:-) | |||||||||
| 10/29/1995 | Test sail of new furling jib. Need more experience docking. | |||||||||
| 11/18-19/1995 | Lewis and Barbara Knapp, and Jim and Jo Callan crashed on Spirit after | |||||||||
| Left Handed Sagittarian Wives birthday party | ||||||||||
| Dave and Marcy Albert, Ed Dunphy (Janet was too sick to make it) and | ||||||||||
| Cindy | ||||||||||
| 11/21-26/1995 | No boating, house sitting at the Albert Institute | |||||||||
| Thanksgiving with Lewis and Barbara, Steve and Sheila Tomas joined | ||||||||||
| Friday, Steve hurt neck in swimming pool. Dinner with Steve and Sheila, | ||||||||||
| Jim and Jo Callan, and Dave and Marcy Albert at Café Cruz | ||||||||||
| 12/9/1995 | Tom and Kelly Wagen, and Steve and Sheila Tomas visit | |||||||||
| Dinner at Mexico Typico | ||||||||||
| 12/17/1995 | Ritchie from California Custom Canvas stopped by to measure for | |||||||||
| new hard dodger. Met next door neighbor (2 slips), Ward | ||||||||||
| 12/31/1995 | Went out for test sail of new sails with Knapps and Callans. They stayed | |||||||||
| overnight on 30th after David and Marcy Albert's wedding. Great sail | ||||||||||
| 20 knot winds, almost 70 degrees and sunny | ||||||||||
| 1/19/1996 | Attended general meeting at SPYC to hear Jerry and Ann Kadock talk | |||||||||
| about their 3-1/2 years of cruising from here to Cypress | ||||||||||
| 1/28/1996 | Sailed to the dock of California Custom Canvas in Point Richmond | |||||||||
| Ritchie and Judy Breaks | ||||||||||
| 2/1/1996 | Steve crewed on JO's Trimaran, Cherokee. Delivered from Delta | |||||||||
| across Suisun Bay to Vallejo Marina. Other crew was Greg from | ||||||||||
| Cyto Culture. Also met Randal, Cyto Culture's proprietor | ||||||||||
| (the company that first brought Soy Diesel to the bay area boating scene) | ||||||||||
| 2/3/1996 | Prime Rib dinner at the hotel MAC, Clos Du Bois Marlstone good red wine | |||||||||
| 2/10/1996 | Still in Point Richmond, probably will be for a couple more weeks. | |||||||||
| Worked on Solar Panel Stanchion mounts. Plan to drive to HMB on Sunday | ||||||||||
| to see Simon and Lori Elphic's boat and drop in on Steve and Sheila | ||||||||||
| to deliver the Pearson 424 Owner's information | ||||||||||
| 2/16/1996 | Richie's Crab Feed at the San Pablo Yacht Club. Everyone was there | |||||||||
| 2/25/1996 | Finished with California Custom Canvas, sailed back to Oyster Point Marina | |||||||||
| Attended pig roast party at Ritchie and Judith Breaks' home | ||||||||||
| Met the owner of Richmond Boat Works | ||||||||||
| 3/2-3/1996 | Bedded fiber channels, assembled and fabricated adjustable stanchion | |||||||||
| solar panel mounts. Did the initial wiring for solar and wind power | ||||||||||
| 3/9-10/1996 | Replaced cockpit drain through aft cabin closet. Installed new battery | |||||||||
| charger. Debugging electrical wiring. | ||||||||||
| 3/16-17/1996 | Met with Don Melcher of HF Radio and Sara Lynn. Debugged (not finished) | |||||||||
| electrical system. Purchased new lines for Main and Mizzen and dipped ends. | ||||||||||
| Discovered battery #2 is bad | ||||||||||
| 3/23/1996 | Moved from Oyster Point Marina back to Brisbane Marina, same phone | |||||||||
| number. Worked on taxes. | ||||||||||
| 3/24/1996 | Eric and Victoria Gilbert visited to help out. They started the engine sound | |||||||||
| proofing project | ||||||||||
| 3/30/1996 | Don and Sara Lynn helped us finish the SSB Radio installation | |||||||||
| 4/6/1996 | Anchored in Richardson Bay. Lewis, Barbara, Lewis Jr. Knapp and Vickie | |||||||||
| for dinner. They anchored a chartered sailboat near by. | ||||||||||
| Steve and Sheila Tomas also anchored near by | ||||||||||
| 4/7/1996 | Jerry Williams rafted with Surprise | |||||||||
| Breakfast on Lewis' boat, Steve forgot eggs in shower | ||||||||||
| On sail back, jib sheet got wrapped on the prop | ||||||||||
| Steve dove to get line unwrapped after "Ticket to Ride" Don Melcher's new | ||||||||||
| boat (ex Kokomo) toed Spirit back to shallow water in the lee of Angel Island | ||||||||||
| The wind gust once we got past the lee of Angel Island overpowered | ||||||||||
| the new furling 130% Genoa, we weren’t used to that much sail | ||||||||||
| 4/12-13/1996 | Turned boat around with help from marina, Mark Chappell and Joe Tynick | |||||||||
| in preparation for Monitor Windvane install. Decided mast steps for the main | ||||||||||
| was a good idea for the next haulout. Started cleaning out the aft lazerette | ||||||||||
| Then went to the Albert Institute, met up with Knapps and Callans for | ||||||||||
| Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Drove back up the coast. Dropped off | ||||||||||
| 50K income tax payment in a mailbox in Half Moon Bay. | ||||||||||
| 4/16/1996 | Tom Wagen stopped by for firewall info, sucked 205's on boat. | |||||||||
| Kokomo 2 returned. | ||||||||||
| 4/19/1996 | Marsha bought a Windows 95 laptop computer for the Nav Station | |||||||||
| We attended the boat show with HF on Board's VIP passes | ||||||||||
| Don is a true wirehead, we bought a Terminal Node Controller (TNC - sea | ||||||||||
| going modem) from Don and a 10' Zodiac dinghy from Tim's Zodiac | ||||||||||
| After lunch in Burlingame at La Pinata with Porky the parrot, | ||||||||||
| Jane Brodie stated they spent about $1,100 a month cruising and had | ||||||||||
| way too many gadgets for what they needed. Could have stayed longer | ||||||||||
| but out of money | ||||||||||
| SPYC afterwards | ||||||||||
| 4/20/1996 | Sold West 8'-6" dingy to the Elphics for $350. Cleaned up and packaged it. | |||||||||
| Bought new Schafer Jib Fairleads. Installed other spare winch from Moonshot | ||||||||||
| as helper for furling line. Lubricated all zippers on cassette cases and jackets | ||||||||||
| Dipped the ends of the rest of the new rigging lines | ||||||||||
| 4/22/1996 | Simon and Lori Elphic picked up the dingy, Cindy Too | |||||||||
| 4/26-27/1996 | Served as duty officers at SPYC (means we were bartenders) | |||||||||
| 4/28/1996 | Jim and Jo Callan, Eric and Victoria Gilbert - Daysail | |||||||||
| Tested Stay Sail Stay, Tested Wind Vane | ||||||||||
| 5/2/1996 | Opening Day. Work Weekend. Happy hour on Pinasch with | |||||||||
| Sandy and Joe Tynick | ||||||||||
| 5/25/1996 | Had Spirit's best hank on jib cut to a 95% furling working jib, installed it | |||||||||
| Sailed to Clipper Cove to anchor, new working jib worked great | ||||||||||
| Good SF Bay summer jib | ||||||||||
| 5/26/1996 | 10:00 pm, woke up by near by boat telling us we were dragging anchor | |||||||||
| Re-anchored closer in 30 knots of wind | ||||||||||
| Synergy came by; they recognized Spirit from the South Pacific | ||||||||||
| from about 8 years ago | ||||||||||
| 5/27/1996 | Put 1-1/2 turns on lower shrouds. Rigging balanced. | |||||||||
| Great dinghy, good sail home | ||||||||||
| 5/30/1996 | John Moore of Allied Marine spent 2-1/2 hours on board taking off the | |||||||||
| engine's heat exchanger, oil cooler, water pump, starter, and solenoid | ||||||||||
| to be rebuilt or replaced. This starts the engine up to snuff project | ||||||||||
| 6/1-2/1996 | Sorted plan for cassette tapes (music). Sorted engine spares hatch. | |||||||||
| Don Melcher of HF on Board stopped by to drop off the TNC and DSP | ||||||||||
| 6/8-9/1996 | Worked on engine and headliner projects | |||||||||
| Partied on Neener Neener Neener with Jean and Pete Ryan | ||||||||||
| Brad and Louise Mason of Altaira and PJ and John of Serenity | ||||||||||
| 6/12/1996 | Bio Bor diesel fuel 1oz per 40 gallon | |||||||||
| Diesel Guard, 1 qt for 250 gallons | ||||||||||
| Don Shannon of Diesel Fuel Filtering, use both | ||||||||||
| 6/13/1996 | Post Tool. Looked for an angled socket, re: John Moore of Allied Marine | |||||||||
| 6/22-23/1996 | Nav Station Work Weekend | |||||||||
| 6/29-30/1996 | Sorted out fuses and light bulbs in the morning, then sailed to anchor at | |||||||||
| Clipper Cove. Beautiful warm and windy | ||||||||||
| Dinner on Pinasch with Joe and Sandy, and Bob and Kim Haworth from | ||||||||||
| Dancing Dragon | ||||||||||
| Showed of the new Bimini system back in the marina | ||||||||||
| 7/5-7/1996 | Shipping for TV, tools, cam corder case | |||||||||
| Moved engine spares and other stuff to the hatch in back of the forward | ||||||||||
| water tank. Assembled and rigged wind generator | ||||||||||
| Reniged on Jim and Jo, and Larry and Maryanne, no fireworks for the 4th | ||||||||||
| Cleaned apartment | ||||||||||
| 7/12/1996 | David Shinn Arrives 12:20 am(12th). Orientation on Spirit. Load flea market | |||||||||
| stuff in van, tour Brisbane, lunch in Burlingame. Unrigged wind generator. | ||||||||||
| Gear up for July Bear Can Race. Jim and Lewis as crew, late, missed | ||||||||||
| start, had fun. Engine seemed to be working well. 1/2 way between 180 | ||||||||||
| degrees and the next mark up. | ||||||||||
| 7/13/1996 | Up early, head to Flea Market. Sold a bunch, net $150. Remorse over | |||||||||
| selling Moonshot's TV and 30' of 3/8" chain. Oh Well. | ||||||||||
| Sausalito for lunch, ran into Glen and Jerry Gollihur by Taj Mahal boat | ||||||||||
| preparing to crew for a 38' Hunter sailboat to Half Moon Bay | ||||||||||
| Back to boat, cleaned up in prep for a barbeque at SPYC with Dulmages. | ||||||||||
| Stearns, others. 301 Double in Double out darts and liars dice. David | ||||||||||
| was good! | ||||||||||
| 7/14/1966 | Stowed spare rigging and towing warp, rearranged aft lazerette. David and | |||||||||
| I got the bicycles working and rode to the gravel pit in Brisbane. | ||||||||||
| They stow well on Spirit bungeed to the mast pulpit. | ||||||||||
| Stowed sea anchor | ||||||||||
| Lots of harmonic convergence occurring | ||||||||||
| 7/18/1996 | Nathan Chappell arrives, plane is late | |||||||||
| 7/19/1996 | David, Nathan and Steve tour Alcatraz Island | |||||||||
| 7/20-21-1996 | Sail to Treasure Island, acquire army blanket, Nathan does donuts | |||||||||
| driving the dingy. Sail back to Brisbane, swim in marina - hot day | ||||||||||
| 7/22/1996 | Mailed race pack and went to Montera Beach, Nathan spends money | |||||||||
| 7/23/1996 | David flies home | |||||||||
| 7/24-25/1996 | Stocked up on and played with video games with Nathan | |||||||||
| 7/26/1996 | Nathan flies home | |||||||||
| 7/27-28/1996 | Catch up with life. Thermostat and shelf under aft companionway | |||||||||
| 8/2/1996 | Steve off to China, speaking tour of Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, | |||||||||
| Peking, then Bangkock Thailand. Comes back ill after eating snakes | ||||||||||
| and pigeons. | ||||||||||
| 8/18/1996 | Spirit sails to Richmond Boat Works. Spent time with Ritchie and Judith | |||||||||
| Breaks. 10 Idaho Street, Point Richmond. | ||||||||||
| 8/30/1996 | Van gets broken into, stereo and my briefcase with Mac laptop stolen. | |||||||||
| Marsha's last day of work. | ||||||||||
| 9/1/1996 | Back to Brisbane, gave 30 days notice to marina and apartment | |||||||||
| 9/7-13/1996 | Marsha flies to Florida to visit family, last time to see mom. | |||||||||
| 9/15/1996 | Kegger party at dock us going away party, Miller beer because | |||||||||
| Anchor Steam wouldn't work. Grilled chicken and hot dogs | ||||||||||
| Simon and Terry Clephan, Simon and Lori Elphic, Larry and Lorie Dean, | ||||||||||
| Gail and Harry Griffin, Eric and Victoria Gilbert, Tom and Kelly Wagen, | ||||||||||
| JO and Paula O'Banon, Gabe Gross and Natasha, Jim and Jo Callan, | ||||||||||
| Lewis and Barbara Knapp, March Albert, Joy and John Segal, Bill and | ||||||||||
| Linda Madru, Larry and Maryanne Dulmage, Steve John with wife and | ||||||||||
| daughter, Rich Evans, Sam and Marilyn Dehaven, Peter Hecker, Ken | ||||||||||
| from Endeavor, Dave Mills, Diane Nelson, Jane Eastman, Rick Neilson, | ||||||||||
| Sama Tawfic, Julia and Jim Yeh, and Doug and Teresa Chandler | ||||||||||
| 9/16/1996 | Price Club run for 25 boxes of white wine, Stoli, Scotch, etc. to stock | |||||||||
| hatches under table and under pans in the galley | ||||||||||
| 9/21/1996 | Steve passes ham radio test, No Code Technician | |||||||||
| 9/28/1996 | Sold Marsha's van to Diedra McQuillan's babysitter | |||||||||
| 9/30/1996 | Finished moving out of and cleaning apartment before Michael Cortez | |||||||||
| moved in | ||||||||||
| 9/1-30/96 | Recorded over 50 movies from Cinemax on video tape | |||||||||
| 10/1/1996 | Steve's last day of work at Qualix, strong finish, Qualix announced HA+ | |||||||||
| for immediate delivery. Roger Heule is very happy I left, he got my job | ||||||||||
| 9/30-10/4/1996 | Reducing, stowing, storing, provisioning | |||||||||
| 10/3-4-1996 | Recoated outside teak with Starbrite Tropical sealer | |||||||||
| 10/4/1996 | Donated Steve's Mazda RX7 to Altzheimers Charity | |||||||||
| 10/4/1996 | Marsha cleaned fridge | |||||||||
| 10/5/1996 | Left the dock at 10:05. The shove off party consisted of Joe and Sandy | |||||||||
| Tynick, Brad and Louise Mason, and Keith and Marie of Explorer | ||||||||||
| Steve drops the new Qualix HA+ datasheet over the starboard | ||||||||||
| rail as we pass under the Golden Gate Bridge:-) | ||||||||||