Doo Dah Pics!

[firebolt]

I took way too many pictures but did end up capturing some nice shots of some of the Doo Dah action...
I pared it down from 650 pictures (really!) to just over 200 and only included a FEW of my Firebolt family.
We had a great time - thanks to EVERYONE involved in making it such a great adventure.
Bummer that our boat is still at the Stockton Sailing Club broken down.

Here is a link to the pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jen.f.holden/DeltaDooDahDeux?feat=directlink

If you'd like me to directly email you any pics just let me know (jen@holden.org).

Jen Holden

[HapaMom]

Nice pics, Jen.  You really took a lot of pictures! :)  The dinghy race seems like it was a lot of fun.  Sorry we missed it.

Byung
Hapa Girl

[admin]

Awesome pix Jen. Thanks for taking so many pictures of us sailing with our spinnaker up.

If it's any consolation, we didn't make it back to the Bay either. Jonathan is hauling out in Vallejo today.

Christine Weaver, Doodette
Stink Eye, Laser 28

[HapaDad]

Uh Oh, do we have a common Laser 28 problem?

Jen - did the saildrive finally give up the fight?


Greg
Hapa Girl

[admin]

Our issue is the Saildrive. Jonathan is going to try to save it, but it's old and corroded. Apparently the current problem is with the transmission.

[Brian F]

Jen,

Great pictures!  If you don't print number 29 and put it up proudly on your wall, then shame on you!  (It's socute!

(Pictures 55 and 100 are pretty good too....)

Brian Forster
No Agenda

[LaDonna]

Yes, thanks for sharing, Jen!

[firebolt]

Christine - sorry to hear about Stink Eye's trouble...our boat is just now passing Red Rock - Mike just called - almost home!!
Took several days since we had to wait for parts from Canada - but after 3 fuel filters were replaced and the fuel tank cleaned out it seems to be running great!

Thanks Brian - I had to check what pic 29 was - you're right - it needs to go up! 

Jen

[firebolt]

Firebolt's home and running well.  Smells pretty dieselly down below since I bled the system a few times while figuring things out.  We motored from Stockton to Pittsburg Thursday, then I motored from Pittsburg to Benicia Saturday, and back to Richmond (sailed most of the way) today.

Thanks to Rob from Silent Sun and Ben from Georgia for their help diagnosing and fixing.  And to my dad for helping with the repairs and delivery.

Is Stinkeye going to get an outboard well?

-Mike

[HapaDad]

Great that you got back.  Did anyone else see this "houseboat"?  We passed it on the bash near Benecia. Looks to be a 2 story, maybe 2000 Sq ft contemporary home - on a barge.

Maybe play "dueling banjos" in the background while you're watching:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CWqiSAaq18

[admin]

Hi Mike -

Jonathan's intention is to build an outboard well next time he hauls out. The silver lining to all this is that since he hauled out at Vallejo BW, Stink Eye's now got a nice slippery spray-on bottom job at very good rate.

He got the boat back to SF finally yesterday. San Pablo Bay was fine; the Slot was howling! He was doing 6.5 knots on a partially furled, and now tattered, jib only.

[LaDonna]

  Did anyone else see this "houseboat"? 

Actually, someone just mentioned the other day that while we were gone, a floating home was being taken from Richardson Bay to the Delta. Has to be one in the same. Looks pretty snazzy!

[iliohale]

That houseboat was sitting outside of Clipper YH in Sausalito for the last 6 months.