Summer 2025 and Spring 2026

Boat Work and Life in La Cruz   Getting ready to work on the engine

New Heat Exchanger

Wrong size, Will it fit?

Stuffing Box after R&R

New Propeller, Stainless Steel Slipstream

In the slings after new bottom paint

Sandy Takes me up the mast

Fred

Marina View

Wings

Music at Oso's

Fun in the Galley

Technicians at EcoFix work on my car's computer  SAILING AT VALLARTA CUP 

Coming off the line

Racing

Sighting the competition

Happy Crew

Tequila

Vicki and Larry

They called themselves "The Foredeck Bitches"

Sailing down south 

Leading Swan Fun

Setting the Spinnaker

All Alone

Ahead at the finish in Tenacatita

Crew Departing

Sandy Relaxes

(to see this video try clicking on the heading and then maybe click "replay")

Oxxos Burned

Banderas Bay Regatta 2025

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Crew on the rail

vyc image-charity palmatier Starting, Richard on the bow

wingssail images-vicki westphal Downwind under Assymetrical

J1 headsail-Rafa works his usual position: on a slanting deck

Mark and Linda

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Crew: From the left, Arjan, Mark, Rafa, Vicki, Linda, Fred, Renee, Richard, Steve, Les (not shown: Shawn)

Racing Success

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Final training against Jazzy II Second Place on Day 1
Day 2 is our favorite race, light upwind and strategically challinging, but we know the course and we did great (and finished first by 20 minutes).

Our secret course

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wingssail images-tresa dean Celebration This was our best ever finish in the Banderas Bay Blast race (2) to Punta Mita. We demolished the fleet.

wingssail images-fredrick roswold Scavenger won their class, IOR boats forever

Now we had day three to do, the spinnaker run to Nuevo Vallarta and the wind howled at the start. We put up the big chute, put the pole to the head stay and had quite a ride. Hitting 12/7 knots which is the fastest we've gone since a delivery home from Victoria after Swiftsure in 1987.

Moving on in March

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HAUL OUT

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Wings Gets Hauled out

Pressure Wash

I've been wating to get the bent shaft replaced or straitned, and decided it was time to do it. The Old Prop Shaft

Adrian does most of my boat work

\ \ Job Done

One surprise was when I went to drive my care back from the boAt yard, no Keys. I lost them. I also copuld not find Judy's spare set. So I hired the guys at the key shop and they made me a new set.

Boat bottom finished, new prop shaft, and car keys (two sets). I'm Happy

 BANDERAS BAY REGATTA 

I've been sailing the Bandaeras Bay Regatta since 2015. This will be the tenth year. Alays good, always competitive. I have a good team, but we all miss Judy. 

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Going Sailing

Bare foot saiing

Rhonda Navigates

Crew Shot

Edwina Video-  wingssail images-  Fred, skipper, Rhonda Navigator, Richard Tactician and seven more great team members

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Rounding the Mark

During the Regatta Wings was involved in a serious collision with another boat. Approaching the windward mark on starboard but not able to make the mark, the other boat tacked to port right in front of Wings, despite several hails of "Starboard". With only seconds to act, I tried to duck to avoid the collision, but the other boat then tried to tack back, making the collision inevitable. In a protest meeting chaired by an international judge Wings was totally exonerated. Video shot by a race committee mark boat 

Vallarta Yacht Club Video

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Wings' mangled bow

DaMAge

Wings' table at the party

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SETTING OFF TO THE SEA OF CORTEZ 

There were lots of work to be done to fix Wings and change Wings' mode from race boat to cruiser, but we got it done with plenty of help from Wings' crew: Terry, Richard, David, Anna, Tim, and Rene

wingssail images-fredrick roswold  Fred is happy

Star Link, in preparation for the Sea of Cortez

Greg and Gloria come to see us off

Jim and Deb on BrainWaves sailed to Baja with us. Great fun

Fred and Rene

Rene

Sailing in the Sea of Cortez

We fixed lots of stuff underway, including rebuilding the watermaker

Rene in Colors

Rene

Anchored in La Paz