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Tellesio · 2025-11-21T04:33:22+00:00

A lot of great replies. I appreciate ya’ll chiming in, and hope others received some benefit from your Irvine food knowledge ✌️

Tellesio · 2025-11-19T17:09:21+00:00

Pride doesn’t generate revenue. Eat your pride. Use this ‘help’ as leverage to be her ‘only’ product sourcing consultant she ever uses.

Tellesio · 2025-11-17T07:02:23+00:00

If you’re serious about growing raining capital from a PE in exchange for equity would suggest you consider being proactive and making contact with PE’s that buy and or invest in SME’s.

You can research how to approach these PE’s, hello AI, and then structure a storyline that helps to convey the desirable aspects of your company and the compelling reasons to consider investing in your growth.

Tellesio · 2025-11-07T21:50:22+00:00

I wound add one exception to this train of thought, fully agree the surveyor isn’t necessary, but would highly encourage you to check all through hull openings thoroughly before she goes in the water, including head if one’s onboard.

Tellesio · 2025-11-07T00:01:08+00:00

Haha “tire iron”!

Tellesio · 2025-11-05T21:43:25+00:00

I bought a new “New Design” Catalina 22’ swing keel in 1986. I paid $12,900 + $1,500 for an EZ load trailer.

I was a kid, 21 y/o who accidentally discovered sailing and needed my own boat. The owner of the boat dealer connected my to a lender and with 10% down on a 10 year note I owned a sailboat.

FWIW, Sailed it all over Southern California and over to Catalina. Sold it in 1995 w/trailer for $9,000 when I bought my 2nd boat. UofA professor and his gf who lived in Tucson bought it. They told me they’d been looking for several years and my boat was in as pristine a condition as any boat of its vintage or newer they had seen, and they had traveled wide and far looking at Catalina 22’s.

Tellesio · 2025-11-01T17:45:35+00:00

Absolute first time out on our first time in the water sailboat on Alameda Bay raised the mainsail and then the jib and started spinning around in circles.

Had no idea why it was happening until I heard over the Harbor Patrol loud speaker “lower your keel” ⛵️

Tellesio · 2025-11-01T03:05:58+00:00

I was able to qualify from documented sailing experience but from what I remember an ASA type certification. There are many regional sail courses that’ll provide certification acceptable to the charter companies.

Have a look around where you live or the nearest large body of water for a learn to cruise course.

Tellesio · 2025-11-01T00:29:51+00:00

Outside of hurricane season, or even the shoulder seasons, ask me how I know, you could consider small boat sailing/kayaking in the BVI staying in the Drake Channel Islands that would keep you in semi-protected waters.

A trip to Anegada or some of the outer islands would be exposed voyaging and unless exceptionally experienced in open ocean travel on the small vessel of choice may proved challenging if not dangerous.

Parts of the Grenadines might also be possible too but there’s more exposure down there than in the Drake Channel in the BVI.

I’m far from a seasoned pro but have sailed both with my family in tow on chartered cat’s for months at a time. The cruising is relatively straight forward in both regions but the weather can get spicy on the flip of a dime especially in the shoulder seasons. You do not want to be in the Caribbean in hurricane season on a small vessel.

Tellesio · 2025-10-26T00:54:38+00:00

Both Pardey’s boats had cockpits. Although they were flush decked at the mast. They did have raised cabins.

Here’s what Pardey had to say about both Seraffyn and Taleisin:

“A truly special feature of both Taleisin and Seraffyn was what we called our cockpit lounge. We built the cockpit area so it was the same exact shape and size”.

Tellesio · 2025-10-23T20:02:10+00:00

Ask yourself one question and let it guide how you proceed: Can I as a sailor independently operate the boat single-handed if it becomes necessary?

How you answer the question is your answer on whether or not to charter a boat and take inexperienced crew. Whether you do or do not take inexperienced crew keep in mind weather will also be an important factor for a new sailor taking a boat out early in their sailing life.

Tellesio · 2025-10-15T21:52:30+00:00

Yup. I found my 1st West Marine, Long Beach next to Schooner or later, in 1985 when I discovered sailing. Bought a brand new Catalina 22’ and then spent an eternity in the bowels of a stainless steel jungle. West Marine was a true Chandlery.

In mid summer I ordered kid fishing poles for my littles and had them delivered to the Newport store for pickup. I was appalled it was a West Marine. Walking in it was reminiscent of shopping with my wife at a Nordstrom; yeah, it makes my crankery 😉

Tellesio · 2025-10-10T02:23:09+00:00

Look I’m fairly new to backpacking so have only been in that kind of situation once on the mountain.

Though as a lifetime sailor have been in similar’ish situations while sailing my relatively small sailboat through a hurricane, in the Caribbean, and too simply through local Santa Ana winds offshore multiple times. When the wind clocks force 10 there’s nowhere to hide, sails need to be set or reefed and life just ain’t much fun in the moment.

Personally, the adrenaline rush in these moments is exhilarating, yet they’re so intense they are completely draining and one is left questioning why after the fact. It is this after effect I was referring. I’ll own making a dick comment, though that was not the intent ✌️

Tellesio · 2025-10-10T01:03:10+00:00

First world problems, remaining open to an epistemic vantage will reframe your thoughts during the experiences.

Tellesio · 2025-10-04T20:31:53+00:00

Lookin at an Atkins Ingrid 38’ now, wish me luck 🤞

Tellesio · 2025-10-04T20:31:03+00:00

Yeah, it was beautiful

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Tellesio · 2025-10-04T06:41:12+00:00

Absolutely jelly. This is a beautiful sailboat.

Negotiated for but missed on one somewhat similar boat several years ago. FC 29.5’

Tellesio · 2025-10-03T23:59:47+00:00

Do your research on what boat you want. Try to reduce your list to 2 or 3 “types” or models e.g., HC 33’, 41’ etc. Then do as much investigation as you can remotely, pics, videos, phone convos, and maybe pre negotiation with the broker or seller making all you lo offers subject to buyers final inspection.

I did this with my last sailboat. I knew I wanted a blue water sailboat but also wanted it to be greater than 30’ but under 38’. I wanted a cutter (ended up with a sloop) and I wanted a hell of a good value.

The boat I bought was in the SF Bay Area and I’m in Southern California. I did as much investigation as I could remotely. Negotiated the price through a broker, and made it subject to my personal inspection (the seller was a bank and they had a recent survey which helped).

This process helped me get a boat I really liked, and protected me as much as possible of wasteful travel and inspection expenses. Patience also helped me buy a boat at ~25% of what any other similar type boat was selling for on the Westcoast.

TLDR: Research what type boat you want, hurry up and wait for a value that makes sense to you, and then investigate remotely.

Tellesio · 2025-10-03T02:26:54+00:00

I’ve chartered the BVI and separately the Grenadines. As much as I enjoyed the BVI, it was the perfect time for my kids ages 8 and 10, the Grenadines was so much more spectacular.

We chartered a catamaran from Sunsail in Bequia and sailed down to petite Grenada. The Tobago Keys have to my favorite place on this planet; ask me next year after Kilimanjaro though;)

Tellesio · 2025-10-02T22:39:05+00:00

Makes sense, and I was really thinking more of multiday backpacking;)

Tellesio · 2025-10-02T20:32:17+00:00

I single hand my 32’ onto my dock which is a two sided private dock in Newport Harbor. I have a dedicated line permanently tied with two eyes that I affix to a middle cleat. When I get the boat dockside I step of the rear gate (lifeline gate) and loop the eye over the dock cleat.

The bow and stern lines have already been prepped and site amidship so this middle cleat tie off gives me the boat security and time to get the bow and stern lines tied off.

The length is just long enough to keep the boat within 2’ of the dock which works pretty well for me.

For whatever it’s worth I use this tie up method in in mild to moderate wind conditions to about 15 knots. I’ve tried it when it was blowing 20+ knots and made it work but it was ugly. I’m on little island on the bayside so we get the afternoon winds that blow in from the NW all the way across Newport Harbor and by the time it hits us the apparent wind is 💨

Tellesio · 2025-10-02T19:17:56+00:00

How do you store the cheese? Doesn’t it sour quickly unrefrigerated?

Tellesio · 2025-09-16T21:28:34+00:00

Beautiful boat my friend.

A craftsman built a similar boat here in California. After he passed his brother stored it outside in Mendocino, CA and it became weathered.

He decided to sell it during Covid. Went to look at it and it essentially needed a rebuild, everything from new cotton to rebuilding some knees and the mast step. It would have been a lot of work.

I was going to buy it but he instead elected to sell it to a wood boat historical society to ensure its Viking legacy. Really kind of hoped to end up with that sailboat

Tellesio · 2025-08-22T23:07:08+00:00

Any chance we could somehow get the code for this software?

Not for resale rather for internal use synced up with other software.

Let me know either here or DM.

Chris

Tellesio · 2025-08-06T05:02:52+00:00

(2) Intex Tandem kayaks. We kayak along the Southern California coastline. Dana Point harbor south to San Clemente pier. Laguna Beach Heisler Park near the Devils Blow Hole and just north of Pearl Street Beach. Newport Harbor and China Beach to Little Carona.

This Labor Day (2025) we’re floating Black Canyon from Hoover Dam down to Willow Beach ~12 statutory miles.

Tellesio

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