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The restoration of J/30 sailboat Rampage - hull number 87 between June 2008 and June 2009. Special thanks to Sintes Boatworks, Diversified Marine ...

Team Rafiki wins the first race, places 3 in race 2 to finish 1st overall day 1.

Scottie and Dave lose a Saints vs. Green Bay wager. Team Rafiki presents Green Bay shirts and a Cheese Head to be worn on race day 1. Rafiki finis...

Team Rafiki's first ever upwind mark rounding and spinnaker set. Ended the night with a solid 4th. Good going kids.

Team Rafiki is in first place by 5 points after day 1 of racing with a 1, 3.

Thanks for team Rafiki for the gifts!

This time of year we find the local dolphins getting quite active in the Gordon River. A couple of weeks ago, one shot right at us and gave us a bo...

Our "local" 49er sailing team of Erik and Trevor [www.StorckMooreSailing.com] sailed with us at the 35th Gulf Coast Sailing Club Regatta. Perhaps...

Generally Vee Jay tries to have a MOB drill during the season here in Naples .... This year it coincided with our end of season sail. The Alaskan ...

Man overboard is a serious condition and the NSYC wanted to show what is involved in a simple MOB recovery at their marina area.

Skipper Bill takes on fluid dynamics of keel templating.

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Best way to check a VHF marine antenna is to use a meter to see that it a good match for the VHF radio. The best frequency to check is Channel 16....

Vee Jay always like to watch the big boys play ... but rarely do we get into the action as Ranger sailed into the chase boat and spectator fleet. O...

During the last day of the Velsheda vs Ranger J Class Regatta in light winds Ranger blew apart its A spin during a jibe. What was remarkable was ho...

Crew decided they wanted to see the boys racing across the Atlantic. July 3, 2011, off Castle Hill, Newport. See TransatlanticRace.com for more d...

Building all Gal Spin Crew. This is first day out, decent wind, not race level, but it went well.

Racing summer 2011 with more races cancelled because of weather or abandoned because of weather than actually completed.

This is the Spin phrf star...

Always entertaining, a crew rotation race has the crew switching positions ... often into areas they are a bit untrained for. If you have a coupl...

Climbing mast here in Newport, with schooner passing and fuel barge. Paul basically climbs up mast while the winch handlers keep the safety lines t...

This was the 8th hurricane for a Vee Jay in Newport Harbor ... again without damage. 500lb mushroom anchor, chain to mooring ball, 1" plus pennant....

Off shore ... great wind ... for a J30.

Pretty much summarizes sailing J30 during the Wed. Night Spinnaker PHRF Series at the Newport Yacht Club. Strong wind at start, Schooner trying to...

20.7 mile race from Slidell to New Orleans in 1:47:26

Max speed 19.7 kts

The skipper wants the pole raised in eight seconds ... every time ... and at the last minute. This is how we do it. Staring VeeJayer Taylor

Naples this time of year is a great place to do a spinnaker training camp. Marco Island Yacht Club Fall regatta gave us 6 races and 13 total spin ...

Before we can guarantee to the skipper that the pole can be raised in 8 seconds [see separate video] we have to make sure everything is really read...

Busy time for the Naples Gulf Coast Sailing Club Spinnaker Training camp during the Winter Break. Starting off with a warm up spin run on Shock, a...

Fun times @ Boston Yacht Club

Fun times at Boston Yacht Club

Preparation for the 2010 J/30 NAs in Marblehead, MA