Upon coming back from Utah in June, we started our preparations for getting the boat into full cruising mode. We had, and still have, the plan of leaving Texas waters to Florida and beyond after the2021 holidays. One quick way to get everything ready was to participate in the Harvest Moon Regatta once more. We were thinking that it would […]
Our New Year’s Resolution was to keep up a weekly blog schedule to document our adventures, both the celebrations and challenges. In doing so, we’ve written a lot about our recent adventures and the many upgrades/maintenance performed on Nymeria. What we haven’t done is give you all the details and specs on the boat itself. We’ve updated the ONA website […]
Sailboat racing is an interesting sport. Things move really slowly, until they don’t. A few weeks ago, Shannon and I went out on Nemesis, a race boat that we often race on, for some spinnaker practice. This was in preparation for the Bay Cup I race, an annual two part race out in Galveston bay. We’ve done this race on […]
There are not many moments in sailing better than when you hoist the sails and shut off the motor. On the other hand, the moment the engine shuts off and you didn’t want it to, that’s another story. One day in March, Shannon and I were out on just another weekend day sail. The weather wasn’t perfect, but we wanted […]
After living on our Valiant 32 for roughly 120 hours, we were happy to take her out on our first shake-down cruise. Our agenda was simple: Make it through the channels into Galveston Bay, complete the renaming ceremony, and then go sailing! Since we had been planning on taking her out all week, our excitement and anxiety had been building. When the […]
