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Talk about wind. There were gusts just before the race of 33 mph! We played it safe with the kite and still hit above 15.5 km/h or on my Garmin Fenix 6, 18.3 mph surfing a wave downwind. Sailed course A8 or St-Ap-Gt-Bp-Xp-Dp-Fin …..6.65

Kelp is your enemy, Kelp is your enemy. J70s hate kelp and dirty air. Well, a fun day on the water.

Race days that Santa Barbara Sailing club puts on is always fun. Not many regattas the SI will state "start at 12:30, race till 4pm." This race was fun for us because we got an honest bullet!

Sail Log

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2020 Personal Sail Log Summary

Date

Vessel Name/Type/Model

Course/Sea Miles

Coure

Total Sailed: 14.78 mi

Notes

Very windy. Winds close to 20 mi and gusts close to 30mi. We has one wave surf that got us up to 15+ nm/hr with just jib and main.

We made it around with no damage or harm.

Who sailed or my position on the vessel

1. Boat Owner/Skipper

   1. Me

2. Crew

   1. Jenn

   2. Mike F.

   3. Max

   4. Nicole

Weather

FZUS56 KLOX 011708
CWFLOX
Expires:202003012315;;331955

Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
908 AM PST Sun Mar 1 2020

Point Piedras Blancas to San Mateo Point CA out 60 NM including the
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary


PZZ650-012315-
East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA
including Santa Cruz Island-
908 AM PST Sun Mar 1 2020

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...W winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt. Combined seas 8 to
9 ft dominant period 10 seconds.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt with local gusts to 35 kt, becoming
15 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt after midnight. Strongest
western portion. Combined seas 9 to 11 ft dominant period 11 seconds,
subsiding to 6 to 8 ft dominant period 11 seconds after midnight.
Slight chance of showers in the evening.

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Sail Log

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Date

Feb. 29th 2020

Vessel Name/Type/Model

Course/Sea Miles

5 short windward/leewards

Got 4-4-3-4-1

The the first race we should have gotten a 2nd. I did not stear properly for the takedown for our team. The last race was awesome. Second around the first mark. Bunched up at the last mark. The mexican was ughly but very effective. Nothing like a first to finish a day. I hope my team remembers how it feels to win against good sailors.

Notes

Who sailed or my position on the vessel

1. Boat Owner/Skipper

   1. Me

2. Crew

   1. Jenn

   2. Mike F.

   3. Galin

Weather

FZUS56 KLOX 291118
CWFLOX
Expires:202002291800;;270350

Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
318 AM PST Sat Feb 29 2020

Point Piedras Blancas to San Mateo Point CA out 60 NM including the
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary


PZZ650-291800-
East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA
including Santa Cruz Island-
318 AM PST Sat Feb 29 2020

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 20 kt in the
afternoon, except 15 to 25 kt western portion. Combined seas 2 to 3
ft dominant period 12 seconds, building to 3 to 5 ft dominant period
12 seconds in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the morning.

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My loving mother, Marilyn Joyce Mepham Ghens, passed away after a long illness on Feb. 13, 2020 at Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara. I miss her so, her devotion to family, her love for animals and children, her sense of beauty. I treasure the memories of our times together.

A lifelong Catholic, Marilyn often attended mass at the Santa Barbara Mission. Born in 1940 in Long Beach, her family moved to Santa Barbara in 1951.

Her father, George Mepham (1906-2007), was a plumber who built a family home in Samarkand, where he lived with Marilyn's loving mother, Lucille (Panchiere) Mepham (1907-1993), a jazz pianist.

My Mom graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1958 where she was known for her love for the ocean, water skiing, and softball.

In college at San Jose State University, my Mom conceived me with classmate Warren Ghens. As chronicled in the book "The Girls Who Went Away," 80 percent of children of single mothers at that time were put up for adoption. At a maternity home, my Mom worked hard cleaning many a floor and swallowed her pride to make the case to keep me. My parents were briefly married. Mom lived most of her life in the family home with her parents; all three of them raised me.

Mom later graduated from UCSB in business economics and earned her law degree from Santa Barbara College of Law. Marilyn, an only child herself, stood by her own parents through their illnesses at the end of life. She was a loving woman.

I invite friends and family to join me for my Mom's graveside service at Santa Barbara Cemetery Association Mausoleum in the Pines on Thurs, Feb. 27, 11 a.m.

Sail Log

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Date

Feburary 23, 2020

Vessel Name/Type/Model

Escape J/70

Course/Sea Miles

H D5 St-Dp-Gt-Cp-Fin 4.89 nm

10.66 mi sailed

Notes

Who sailed or my position on the vessel

1. Boat Owner/Skipper

   1. Me

2. Crew

   1. Jenn

   2. Matt

   3. Issac

   4. Max

Weather

9 to 12 miles. SW

Sail Trace (Strava)

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Graveside service for my mother, Marilyn Joyce (Mepham) Ghens will be at:

My mother, Marilyn Ghens (maiden name: Mepham), passed away on February 13th this year. I am just going to keep this just a simple announcement.

I hope her pass associates and friends may reach out.

Mom, I miss you so much.