abrainard

I am available to crew for Sept 2015-Nov 2016 Andrew Brainard abrainard01@gmail.com 021-246-7423 I'd love to sail most RNZYS Wednesdays, some other weekdays, and some weekends I would most like to do the Wed races as a consistent crew, and occasionally will be able to do some weekend harbour races. I’ve love to do some of the longer coastal and I’d be really keen to do some more offshore races. I’m an experienced racer. Almost all of it in keel boats. Lots of around the harbour stuff, quite a few coastal races, and a pair of PacCups (San Fran to Hawa

This is a great thread, we have questions about sailing/cruising with even little'r kids. Our little Pukeko (Jade, 8 months) seems to be taking to sailing quite well. She sleeps as well on the hook as she does at home, and under sail, she entertains herself below, takes naps, and only occasionally needs a full person's worth of attention. I'm curious what other people's rules about life jackets are for infants. We have a nice 4-15kg life-jacket that she mostly doesn't mind wearing. We have always been using it when she is on deck off the hook, in the dingy, and plan on putting it on he

Pukeko and fam are hope for a little easy multi-day cruise around Waiheke and maybe up to Kawau to inaugurate her purchase. We'll see if we liked it as much as our first cruise to and from Izzi.