Left Coast Lifter

Here at work is the Left Coast Lifter. Left Coast a right wing epithet coined to characterize the voting habits of California, Oregon and Washington. We are reliably Liberal. Yesterday was a classic Indian summer day on the San Francisco Bay. This gigantic crane is preparing to hoist into position the last piece of the […]

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Total Displacement of Your Fate

I sailed into an unexpected robust 29 knot steady wind Saturday in San Francisco. By October the autumn pattern has taken hold and with it lighter winds. My wife and I sailed with another couple departing from the Sausalito Yacht Club. The gentleman owns a Hinkley 43. It displaces 25,000 lbs according to the numbers […]

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Water Wonder Dog World

  Lacey is a good dog. I tell her that. I say, “Lacey you are a good dog.” She’s deaf now. Can’t hear me, didn’t listen when she could unless I said, “Where’s the ball?” Then she heard me! She’s 14 years old now and sinks like a stone. She doesn’t have the energy to […]

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Sail Home, Be There, Happy

The canal in San   Rafael, California terminates near downtown just east of Highway 101. A bit further eastward sits the San Rafael Yacht Harbor. I worked on my wooden sloop- Maestro, a Golden Gate hull #18 in this boatyard. I worked on the boat for a few years and then by way of a thousand […]

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