Does this keel make my butt look big?

Hey everybody,

It's been quite a fiasco attempting to get the boat weighed. During the first attempt in Sausalito, the boat could not get close enough to the crane due to depth. The second attempt went a little smoother with few depth issues. The boat was strapped up to the travel lift with all the appropriate weighing accoutrement , the boat lifted, and the bulb was still a few inches in the water with the travel lift two-blocked (I know, I know) . Apparently the number to be issued to us is in the 22k lbs range, and that is a good thing.

Next on the schedule is a boat/sail day this Saturday and 9:30 is boat time. Chris and Gary will not be there so I 'll call in a couple of locals to assist. Steve Rossi will be there to dig in and get acclimated to Big Blue. We're anxious to finally meet Steve face-to-face!

Thanks,
Kevin

Upcoming sail day

We have changed the May 30th date to June 6th! It remains largely a "locals day", but the So Cal crew is welcome to join if they choose.
The boat is getting hauled today to get weighed for measuring and it will be interesting to see how Alan's numbers compare to what the scale says.
At this point, I think the schedule is settled and thank you all for doing your best to work with our moving target.

Getting closer!
Kevin

Boat work day a success...

Yesterday, Sunday May 24th was our first Boat work day attended by the local crew. The boat is at it's new home at the Point San Pablo Yacht Club and Spa (you'll understand it when you see it), and it's actually very cool. It happens to be immediately next door to KKMI, which may turn out to be handy. Moving on, we took care of a boat-load of items including:
- All kites inspected and packed
- Spin halyards replaced w new
- Running rigging inspected and suspect/damaged items sent to Easom Rigging
- Winches completely dismantled, inspected, lubricated and reassembled
- Rig wiped down and inspected
- mast wiring corrected at deck light
- lifelines inspected
- foredeck organized, cleaned up
- stove removed
- running lights checked
- cruising cushions removed
- work list regenerated
I'm probably missing a couple of things, but it was a productive day for sure.
I will be updating you on our next gathering, and please give me a call if you have any questions or concerns.
Kevin

Coastal Cup Information

Hello all,

Please note that Coastal Cup Practice has been changed to Wednesday the 17th (now reflected on spreadsheet) in order to minimize the number of trips and related costs for the So California crew. Boat time will be 10:00 for locals and 11:00 AM for out-of-towners to allow for travel time.

The boat is located at the San Pablo Yacht Club, very close to KKMI - docked right out in front.
See site: http://www.pspyc.org/

For out-of-towners, Rob and/or Bob will arrange your overnight stay.

Kevin

Correction on Work day

Local's work day: Sunday, May 24th is correct.

Sorry for confusion.

Stay in Hawaii

The hotel chosen by the Barton's for our stay is the Ilikai (http://www.ilikaihotel.com), not the Hawaii Prince. If for any reason you do not wish to take advantage of your room offered, please let me know right away because the Barton's will be making reservations very soon.

Thanks again,
Kevin

This Weekend

Hello team,

Contacting you to update everyone on the schedule as it pertains to this weekend.
For the Bay Area team members, there is a boat work day scheduled for Saturday the 24th, and we are changing that to Sunday the 25th at 10:00 AM. If for any reason you are unable to make it, please let me know right away.


Thanks,
Kevin

Coastal Cup Waiver

A waiver form for Coastal Cup will be emailed to you shortly, and we are hoping that you will be able to print it out, sign, scan it and email it back to the senders address right away. IF for any reason you are unable to sign it, please mail it to:

Kevin Moon
282 Monroe Drive #2
Mountain View, CA 94040

If you are snail mailing, please let me know.

Thank you!

Wrapping up in So. Cal.

I heard from Rob today that Big Blue splashes on Monday or Tuesday, the rig goes in on Wednesday, and if indeed we stay on schedule, the delivery home starts on Friday. Can it be?
At the moment that's all I know, but encouraging news.
Looking forward to digging in and thanks to whomever (Rossi, I suspect) is making my posts functional....
Stay tuned for more info,
Kevin

Team Update - May 1st

Checking in with everyone to update the team with upcoming events.

The boat still resides at Dencho, and is considerably behind schedule, at least as it relates to the original schedule (version 3.20). However, the first scheduled boat days (for the Bay Area locals) are still May 24th and 30th, which has not changed.

I have not updated the above referenced version of the schedule because I need an update on boat progress. I will request this from Rob on Monday. If you need to review the last generated schedule, please take a look:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_UuLkCpvKNvEfcLiOJKpLA&inv=kevinhurleymoon@hotmail.com
[or click the link "Events Sched." on this page under "2009 Calendar"]

Stay tuned for a couple of changes to the schedule:
Updated boat completion date
Updated delivery to SF date
Probable change to the boat work day - currently listed as June 14th, which is fathers day.

That is all for now. Please contact me if there are any problems or concerns.

Kevin