Posts Tagged ‘solo transpac’
Suddenly Lighter
Posted on August 13th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
You met Ronnie Simpson in this space as a young, former Marine, medically retired following a shoot-up outside Fallujah, prepping for the Singlehanded Transpac. He ...
Normal to Not Be Normal
Posted on July 6th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Jeff Lebesch (left) and Adrian Johnson, first and second finishers in the Singlehanded Transpac. © Kathe Hashimoto Photography
No matter where you go in the world ...
Pacific: Beginnings and Endings
Posted on July 5th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Consummate veteran Skip Allen, who has won California-Hawaii races crewed, doublehanded, and solo, maintains that doublehanded is the hardest, harder even than singlehanded because when ...
Only in San Francisco
Posted on June 28th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Okay, most places where people sail, you wouldn’t see this mix of geography, seabreeze, and sailing types. Beyond that, the quiz of the day goes, ...
Solo Transpac – Simplicity Counts
Posted on June 19th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
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RPGs and the Big Ocean
Posted on June 15th 2010 - Kimball Livingston
Walking toward his ride for the solo Transpac, Ronnie Simpson slowed us down to point out that the mast of his 30-footer is taller than ...