Morpheus was designed by Carl Schumacher, built by Davie Norris Boatbuilders in New Zealand and launched in 2002. She spent her first 18 months cruising the South Pacific before reaching her home port of San Francisco. Since that time, Morpheus has been raced and cruised extensively. This blog will document her ongoing adventures.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Another race week in the books!!!
The boats were that close!!
Classic photo on last night, mudslides calling!!
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So..yesterdays race
Humm....well it started in 4 to 5 knots of wind and we had an awful start. Stalled the boat to hold a lane to weather then changed our mind and tried to drive thru to leeward of two boats and were left sitting under two boats with no speed at the gun.
No surprise we rounded the top mark last and enjoyed plenty of clear air on the next leg. We gained plenty, rounded ahead of one boat and then went back upwind. Played the left (towards the island) for pressure and better current and passed two or three more.
On the final leg we played the right downwind (towards the island) and perhaps we did not have as much current but as we came into the line we enjoyed a ten degree shift in our direction and some good pressure. Passed another group and celebrated our seventh!!!
Some better wind forecast for today, let's hope for two good races and a jump up the standings....
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Ballards - Thursday Night & Not a Customer in Sight??
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Island Tour - Paynes Dock
Chris is out fishing with skipper now, and they will be picking Deb up later to watch the racing (if there is any)
BTW - I hope its the economy, but this place feels very very empty this year. Champlins for example has empty spots at the dock. I feer that there may be something else at work here. So many boats are mass produced one designs that we see everywhere we sail. The boat show aspect is almost totally lacking, and that makes the event seem less special than it has in the past. I suspect that STC needs to come up with some new ideas in order to make this a "must do" event for some of the custom boat programs.
More later from the boat!
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Two Sevens
Good day and a happy boat!!
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RE: Day 3
Where's the sunshine?
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From: jim@jdgregory.com [mailto:jim@jdgregory.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:16 AM
To: Morpheus Blog; Krag, Jeffrey (JSKG); Bubbles
Subject: Day 3
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
RE: In postponement
Some things sound familiar! I'm gonna have a mud slide tonight to feel
like I am there!
like I am there!
Jeff Krag
Chevron Products Company
Global Refining
Refinery Business Manager, Diversified Products Division
324 West El Segundo Blvd. El Segundo Ca, 90245
Tel 310 615 5813 ES Fax 310 615 3406 ES
Cell 310-647-7048
mailto:jskg@chevron.com
A Chevron Company
-----Original Message-----
From: jim@jdgregory.com [mailto:jim@jdgregory.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:56 AM
To: Morpheus Blog; Bubbles; Shirley Gregory; Krag, Jeffrey (JSKG)
Subject: In postponement
Good 2nd race in about 18 knots of wind. 5th??
Now in postponement after two starts that ended with boats over early
and rc hoisting AP at the start?? Why not just recall the boats over
and let us race?? And why the postponement rather than a general
recall???
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In postponement
Now in postponement after two starts that ended with boats over early and rc hoisting AP at the start?? Why not just recall the boats over and let us race?? And why the postponement rather than a general recall???
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1st race
Good start, wrong side 1st leg, next two legs good, bad hoist lost 4 boats
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Classic Photo
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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