County Health Commissioners Require No-Handed Sailing
Due to the sudden surge in cases of COVID-19, Bay Area health commissioners have once again clamped down on sailing. Fortunately, they realized the risk only applies to sailors but not to sailboats. For the balance of the summer, sailboats will be allowed to go sailing as long as there are no sailors aboard. One of the first to comply was the Beneteau 35.7 Pain Killer, hailing from Alameda.
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This has raised concerns within the Singlehanded Sailing Society about a new, ‘No-Handed Sailing’ organization forming, which will compete with their events by boasting even fewer sandwiches, beer and T-shirts needed to keep the crew happy.
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government efficiency ++ well done
Got me
Love it, sign me up.
I bet DOBAR here in Hawaii will get with it!?
Aloha Friday, Kealakekua, hi
Thank you for this update John. It explains a lot. For you can imagine my surprise when I popped over to the marina this morning and found my boat slipping the dock lines and heading off on a sail without me.
Perfect!!??
Excellent!! We have a 70 foot Offshore, Paramour, and we are going to try that too!!
Should be so much easier!
Didn’t seem like April 1st…..
Sorry, is this a joke? Or did our health overlords actually ban even single-handed sailing (which is the only way I sail)?
Opportunity for Saildrone’s robotic sailboats
I’m going to assume this is in jest since I haven’t seen any announcements anywhere else
My boat is such a Maverick it wouldn’t surprise me if it was doing its own thing when I wasn’t around.
The article & photo captions were the funniest thing I’d read in a month. Superb reporting! Thanks for a good laugh!
I did have to check the date, expecting this to be April 1st. 😉
That’s different.
Ya got me, too. April Fool’s Day, Again?
OMG, don’t let Lori Lightfoot in Chicago see this!!!
What my boat has been doing for years….with me aboard. ?
That’s why we like to ride them, all feisty, independent, sometimes snarky yet always seeking freedom