http://withoutletters.com Minimus Sailng Team Weblog Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:56:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I said that I was going to give it to you straight... I wanted to let people know that if you haven't ben able to contact me over the phone recently it's not just you. My service provider has cut off my service. Times are tough at Minimus Sailing ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/11/12/tough-times/ There is so much ocean racing going on at the moment: the Volvo Ocean Race, record breaking season, and the IACC boats finally back at it again. But by far the most difficult and exciting race of the past four years began yesterday morning, the venerable Vendee Globe. I ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/11/10/and-theyre-off/ A few weeks ago I got a call from Jim Brown at work. He was calling to give me the good news that Empire life were coming on board as sponsor, contributing $2500 toward the campaign. Super good news! This past Friday I had a chance to ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/11/07/empire-life-comes-on-board-as-supporter/ It seems kind of crazy that with all of the amazing ocean racing going on that I am posting a video from the one unsuccessful boat in the past month. But this is AWESOME! It totally appeals to the wannabe DJ in me and sailors will appreciate the ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/11/04/speedboat-goodness/ Over the past month, I've been working with Kingston sail loft on making a new main and jib for the boat. These are super important sails that will be putting on some significant miles in the coming months. We want them to be fast, reliable, and easy to ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/11/03/new-sails-for-the-boys-and-girls-club-of-canada/ So last week the Canadian Yachting Association sent out an email to announce that they have organized a screening of the new Disney movie Morning Light. No less than 15 people forwarded that email to me, so there is no shortage of enthusiasm in the sailing communittee, that's for ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/10/20/morning-light-screening/ So I was at a barn party a few weeks ago, and my buddy Steve Black, K7waterfront, was there and we got talking about blogging and news reports and he turned to me and Said: “You haven’t posted anything since July, that just not good enough”. He was totally ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/10/07/just-not-good-enough/ Hi All, Greg and I got into Bermuda on Thursday afternoon and we are pretty much recovered from the race at this point. I'm sorry it has taken me this long to post anything, but sleeping, eating and working out a few things on the boat has taken precidence ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/06/22/chillin-in-bermuda/ Today was a very busy day getting the boat ready for the start. We had a bit of a scare as we were trying to fix a problem with the cigarette lighter on the boat that we use to charge all of the stuff that takes regular power. After ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/06/13/set/ On Monday this week the Boys and Girls Club of Kingston held a send off event for Greg and I and it really was a special event for me. Hard to play the hardened sailor when you have such a cute group of kids send you off... Here is a ... http://withoutletters.com/2008/06/12/boys-and-girls-club-send-off/