Not Long Ago People Found a Moment for Sunshine and Sailing
As sailors adjusted their habits, a few tucked in a sail in last week’s sunshine.
The Richmond Yacht Club wasn’t blowing starting guns for the first Wednesday evening beer can race of the year. Instead, the sailors were flattening the curve when they’d rather be flattening their sails, practicing social distancing instead of their starting technique. Just the same, it was a sublime day for crisp spring sailing and kayaking, while maintaining at least 6 feet of separation, of course!
© 2020 Susan Burden
© 2020 Susan Burden
© 2020 Susan Burden
© 2020 Susan Burden
© 2020 Susan Burden
Good memories. Sunny sailing is on the horizon.
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Thank you Tom and Susan for letting us see (and vicariously experience) one of our local sailing arenas from the comfort of our dwellings while Sheltering In Place.
F660 is Nautigal, A Myron Spaulding design built by Anderson & Christofani in San Francisco for my late father, Ben Blum and launched in 1939. It’s great to still see her out on the bay.
Mark send me a contact email — I’d love to correspond with you. I’ve owned Nautigal for a couple years now, but sailed with the previous owner Jeff Stokes for many years. As you know Nautigal is a great boat (1938 on the document) and best of all it is two years older then me. Robby Robinson, [email protected]
Mark V Blum, I’m a collector with a penchant for ephemera. I’m about to travel and can’t find it right now, but I have an empty champagne bottle signed by various people on the label for the launch of the “Nautigal” in 1939.