Hot Sausalito

Guess what Erin's doing.... c'mon, she does it ALL THE TIME!

That Crazy Haida lookingdown into A Compartment on Bill

The Ships' cooks found rapiers in the back of Todd's car. They avasted the provisioning temporarily



One of our newest volunteers, Bill!

Here's most of the crew - discussing proper reefing procedures of a big gaff sail over chocolate chip pancakes, bacon and OJ

Soon to be Bosuns Mate, Shawn, plus Jes, in the galley

Finally dockside in Sausalito. A lift broke on the way here, so the short transit was a bit hectic. Here's Bosun Rich Sloat, 2nd Mate Bhodi Sherridan, and 1st Mate Jim Pearsson discussing the rest of the day's projects: bedding the new kevel that blew apart on the way to SF Bay from Morro Bay, rigging a new lift for the mainsl, scraping, sanding, priming and painting, caulking hatches and prisms.... and the list goes on.

Cook's tat

a belated St. Patricks!

I'm late with all the cute St. Patty's photos! Here's our beloved volunteer crew Natalie. Today (Easter) is her last day aboard and she will be missed. Natalie has been the biggest help EVER when it comes to helping the Education Coordinator! She loves to tell stories, sing songs and entertain in general. Plus she's a genuinely peppy and happy person. She never complains, and is always eager to help. The other day we had a group of kids on board for more than TWICE the regular sail time, and Natalie jumped in to fill up the time with her songs and stories. Natalie loves to make baggywrinkle. Most of the new baggywrinkle on Bill of Rights is her handiwork. She will be missed and we're trying to get her to leave her land life and join us long term...

A surprise shot of brig crew - Rachel, Shiny, Stacy and Elaine

Oh, and then there's Kim and Erin, who along with volunteers, have exhausted time and sanity trying to keep these sails together!!!!

Greetings from the middle of the South Bay

Looks like we're gonna be here for awhile... enjoy the view, and let's have dinner....

Redwood City, CA

New kick-butt crew on Bill of Rights: Shawn being trained aloft

boat dog "Bowditch"

Volunteer "Kit" in Nuki, getting ready to be hauled up on the brig's aft davits

tonights dinner: vegetarian sushi and egg drop soup! with sesame or green tea ice cream for dessert

dinner line on the brig: shawn, stacy, rachel, jesika, cap'n christopher

Battle Sail Weekend in Oakland!

This weekend, aboard schooner Bill of Rights, we changed positions.
Erin Doak, an experienced gunner and our current Bosun's Mate, took the
place of Rich Sloat as our Gunner. And Kim Carver is now her Gunner's
Mate! What fun! The girls tag-teamed the lyle gun and the swivel to
best defend our beloved schooner agains the dastardly brig that keeps
chasing us! Just for reference purposes, here's one of the brig's guns.
A 3 pound deck gun, with, as their gunner "Shiny" found out, a little
kick to it. We load the charges (gunpowder in tinfoil) prick the foil
through the touchhole, and lead a gunpowder trail up through the
touchhole, then light that with slowmatch (a line soaked in saltpeter
and set to burn slowly). Then we aim for the brig's transom! She's a
bit better at sharp turns, but we still stomp her good some days.

A fine example of proper use of a cabin for ultimate storage capacity.
The brig has bunks in it's main hold, and benches- all of which hold
stuff for their store, and food, and clothes, and gear.

Look at that forecourse fly! That dang brig came within 20 feet of our port side! And they STILL didn't shoot on time!

Expert gunner Erin Doak after firing off the Lyle Gun. You can practically smell the sulfur.

However badly we might try to sink her, she's still beautiful!

Oakland, CA

Saw this sailing near the marina...

The brig's crew bent on a different topsl. This brig goes through main topsls like our Bosun's Mate Erin goes through Starbucks coffee. This is a view from the Barnes & Noble in Jack London Square this morning.

Shiny and Myuh in Myuh's office, the engine room on the brig. He likes it so much here, he has a cot he can sleep in. Notice the Crocodile Hunter strapped into the exhaust..

We thought we might use the cot as a body bag, just like the old days. Please, Shiny... no stitch through the nose...

Brig cook Rachel did some nice artwork on Shiny's hand

Haida Bob with his usual radiant smile, greeting visitors

Bosun's Mate Erin working on Bill of Right's mainsl

Mate Jim and Bosun Rich sanding our main boom

Jack London Inn donated 2 hotel rooms to the boats for a week! Yippee! And today is my day off, so here I am, updating the site!

San Fran & Oak Town, Baby!

a brig sailing past San Fran

Captain Christopher Trudell of Schooner Bill of Rights

Volunteer and Chantey-Woman Natalie

Volunteer/Trader/Baggywrinkle-Maker Megan

Kim at the A-Compartment hatch

Natalie entertaining a young tourist

Shiny the bosuns mate, aloft on the brig again!

Shiny Aloft

In San Fran

Volunteer and experienced sailor from Morro Bay - Brian

Volunteer Greg - what a joy to have aboard!

We learned during this transit that tying the foresl boom preventer to the kevel is best done with the line leading from the kevel, outboard through the hawse, THEN to the boom.

Like this. Oh yeah - that's what was left of the foresl peak halyard hanging there too.

And here's Bhodi repairing that halyard

volunteer Dave Alvarado

All the transit crew (sans Kim)

Greg, Starr, Indy, Dave, Elf, Jim, "V", Joel, Erin, Brian, Bhodi, Cap, Rich

Kim on the foresl gaff at sunset last night

Morro Bay to San Fran transit Crew

Here's Erin teaching our new volunteer, Megan, how to belay a line

We stumbled upon this "art display" late the other night...

Jesse, Kim and Starr in the reflection of the prop

FRANKEN-SAIL!!!

Bhodi's new tattoo

Erin fixing up the liferings

Our beloved Elf!

Captain Christopher

Chief Mate Jim looking out at San Fran

2nd Mate (not 2nd rate!) Bhodi

Our sailing partner

Most of the Morro Bay-San Fran transit crew: Greg, Brian, Dave, "V", Indy, Elf, Erin, Bhodi

Plus our youngest transit crew - Joel! (golden gate bridge in background)

Joel shining the compass

Bosun Rich scraping the rails

Dave at the lister box generator (again!) will we ever get this thing to work?

Thats Cap through one of the biggest sail rips I've ever seen. Time for a Deep Reef.