Morpheus Sailing – Page 98 – Morpheus was designed by Carl Schumacher, built by Davie Norris Boatbuilders in New Zealand and launched in 2002. She spent her first 18 months cruising the South Pacific before reaching her home port of San Francisco. Since that time, Morpheus has been raced and cruised extensively. This blog will document her ongoing adventures.

Ground Hog Day

13 Jun 201314 Jun 2015

Early signs of breeze

Looks like we may get some wind for racing on time today. For the past two days we've had absolutely nothing until about 1pm. Now at 1030 we've got enough to move.…

Dinner at a hilltop farm in Italy

11 Jun 201314 Jun 2015

We enjoyed a great dinner this evening with our Australian friends from Brisbane. Jim Gregory

Mediterranian…

Should have stayed at the dock today

11 Jun 201315 Oct 2022

The breeze filled in today at about six to eight knots. We got in one race. Unfortunately, our spectacular start turned ou to be a bit too good as we were…

Photo op

11 Jun 201314 Jun 2015

Zoom in. The boats are out there!

Horse Back Riding this am!

11 Jun 201314 Jun 2015

Woot! When's riding early this am. Rode a pretty little 1/2 Lusatano mare, 3y/o, named Rebecca. Went through Vineyards, Forrest's, fields and flowers. So fun.

Going out to the 1st start

11 Jun 201314 Jun 2015

Here we go! After a great am of riding, Di and I have found the prefect place to watch the racing!

Here we go again…

11 Jun 201314 Jun 2015

More cloud cover this morning which may delay the sea breeze. 6 to 8 knots forecast for mid afternoon. Jim Gregory

Two races

Beautiful flat water, 8 to 10 knots of wind. Guessing that we finished 18 an 30??Good starts and speed. Lost where you always lose. At the corners. But it was not…

Postponed Again

10 Jun 201314 Jun 2015

Our forecast shows no wind greater than six knots for the week. Ugh. Jim Gregory