SDG Reunion

I took a quick trip to the bay area last weekend for a reunion. It was great to see all my old friends from SDG and as a bonuns I got to stay with Dan, Tuk & Kit.

Kit is growing so fast!!!

None of the pics I took at the reunion are any good, but here are a few of Kit :)

Tootsie!!

Well, Jessica was her name. That's what she was named by her breeder. We've changed her name to "Tootsie".
She's 10 months old and her birthday is just a few weeks before Romeo's. Romeo was born on 12/27, Jess was born on 12/18.


She's a real sweetheart, very quiet and calm. The total opposite of Romeo!!

Celtic Knot

It's been 15 years since we sold 'Kelika', our US-27 that we had in the bay area. I guess that was long enough to heal our sailboat wounds because we've gone and done it again.



Currently named 'Glory', this Ericson 27 became ours on Sept 26th. Her new name will be "Celtic Knot". If you don't know what a celtic knot is, here's a link to the wikipedia entry on the topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_knot .

Here are a few examples of celtic knot artwork.






I really wanted my Irish ancestory to be represented in the name and I came up with a lot of ideas but when I stumbled on "Celtic Knot" while browsing the web for things Celtic, I just kind of liked it. Other names high on the list were "Shamrock", "Asgard", "Leanhaun Shee", "Leannan", "Maeve Erin", "Paladin", and "Tara".

I also like "Goblin" and "Gunslinger" but those were vetoed.


The boat will be kept at the Everett Marina for now. I think I want to eventually get a berth at the Edmonds marina but there's a 12 to 18 month wait for that and I'm not even on the wait list yet. So far, I like Everett. It's an interesting place to sail from and the marina itself is very nice with good restaurants and services.