A Fairwell wish?

Went down to the marina this morning to sail on Lithium. Walked over
to Zoe's old slip to find this floating in her place.

Zoe is now in Seattle and in true Tbird fashion she is ready to go and
is racing in her first race with her new owner this morning.

Good luck Zoe!!!!

Bye Bye Zoe!

Zoe left this morning, heading to Seattle with her new owner Nic. Fair
winds and calm seas Zoe!

Last Sail on Zoe

Allana, Adam and I took Zoe out for her last sail around English Bay this past Saturday. In typical Tbird fashion we experienced excellent wind, cold wind, rain and periods of less rain :-) Zoe has served me very well and she will be missed on English Bay. Good luck to Nic and his adventures with Zoe in the Puget Sound!

Rick

Zoe Wins 2009 RVYC Hot Rum Winter Series

For those interested, Zoe wrapped up a very successful, if poorly attended RVYC Hot Rum Series with an overall first place in her division. Many thanks to Dave, Adam, Edward,Eric, and others for attending over the winter months.

This was also the last racing series Zoe will be attending in the Greater Vancouver sailing area. Zoe was sold on February 23 and will be making her way to the United States to race with a great fleet of Thunderbirds on Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Thanks again to all who have assisted me over the last 4 years in taking Zoe from a barnacle infested "has been" to a race winning Thunderbird once again. I have thoroughly enjoyed the ride and look forward to racing with you all in the future.

Yet another light wind Hot Rum day

Boat is rigged, half the bottom scrubbed. Patiently awaiting the
arrival of crew so we can enjoy another great day on the bay!

Zoe gets a new Tack Shackle!

After months of worrying about dropping the little shackle bits, I
finally went to the marine store. Thanks to Edward for lending me a
temporary shackle and to Dave and Adam for not losing it!

The new one should do Zoe for many years to come.

First Afterwork Sail of 2009

After three weeks of snow and two weeks of fog the sun finally
returned to Vancouver. About an hour later, Dave sent me a text
message asking if I would like to skip work and go sailing. Several
messages and a couple of hours later, sun deprived Adam, Dave and
Denise joined me for our first outing on the bay (after work) for
2009. We had a great time even though the wind has not yet returned!
Thanks for the prompting Dave!