Preparing for a trip to the Farallon Islands, which is a 30 mile open ocean sail, we wanted to make sure all the navigation lights were working in case of the need for nightime operations. Alas, the masthead light was out, so the only solution? Shana up the mast in the bosun’s chair. 57feet is a long way when you’re sitting in a canvas seat. Once she got up there, she found the problem pretty quickly…there was no bulb. So back down and a quick trip to Svendsen’s and back up the mast with the new bulb and success! Now the lights work AND we have some pictures of Shana and Charisma from a great new angle. The finale of the day was a nice dinner on board with Jon and Heather. 
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Shanti Sighting!
While we were cruising about, we thought we saw Shanti come out the G8, but what was up with all of the extra (and wrong) numbers on the Main???? It was great to see Shanti and crew, but it would have been better if we were all on the same boat. 🙂
Sunday Sailing with Tom and Marily
We took Charisma out for a little stroll out the Gate on Sunday. Light northerly winds kept us warm until late afternoon when the chilly westerlies took over. Tom took the helm, Marily worked the traveller (and lunch!), Shana worked the jib sheets, and Bob pointed us in the proper direction (go that way!). 
