Tag: spinnaker

First time using (incorrectly) the spinnaker and getting the kicker working

by Matt | Apr 4, 2016 | Maintenance, Sailing | 4

This weekend it was nice out, so I decided to work on the spinnaker pole. It was a second hand one...

Getting ready for a 12 day trip

by Matt | Aug 20, 2015 | Maintenance | 0

Next week I head off for almost two weeks. I plan to go down to Tacoma/Seattle to see some friends, head up to the islands and bum around there for a week and then head back down to Seattle to pick up some portholes from Port...

I got a spinnaker!

by Matt | Jul 18, 2015 | Maintenance, Sailing | 2

Hooray! I picked it up and a spinnaker pole from the marine exchange store, together they were under 600 bucks which is pretty amazing. Getting the pole (which is almost 16 feet long) back home in my tiny toyota corolla...