MauiSails - Barry's Corner

Still hanging back.

Sun, 25 May 2008 21:46:00 +0200 CEST

1978 January - 1978 January | New Years was crazy. At that time, New Zealand had pub laws that said closing was 10:00 P.M. on weekdays and 11:00 on Saturday nights. There was an exception for New Years to allow them to stay open to 12:30. The Duke was packed and there were...

Had to go farther back.

Fri, 23 May 2008 21:39:00 +0200 CEST

1977 December - 1978 January | I had to go back farther. Last week I got an e-mail from an old friend. He said he had been on Google looking for things from his past, when he came across ‘Barry’s Corner’. He was stoked to find me after thirty years an...

Step back for a minute again.

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:59:00 +0200 CEST

1984 October - 1984 October | I want to go back to 1983 because I have some good pictures of things that even today are pretty far out there. I just found these pictures in a box and think that they are actually pretty relevant to what we are all trying to do now, if for ...

More wing things.

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:00:00 +0200 CEST

1984 October - 1984 October | The collection of wing masts and odd rigs and boats had also grown. Every player had a new toy. Peter Bridgman, a sailmaker from Italy, showed up with a truck full of hard wings all sponsored by a clothing company. Gary Efferding was there from Fl...

The wild wings of Weymouth

Sat, 19 May 2007 07:45:00 +0200 CEST

1984 September - 1984 October | We were so ready for Weymouth this time. We had everything AND the kitchen sink. This was going to be big single event effort. We would ship the Wings and all the gear by baggage in custom bags with heavy foam. The Wings were sixteen feet long and...

Getting more into speed.

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:32:00 +0100 CET

1984 August - 1984 September | When we got done with the trip to Honk Kong, we began to make plans to bring the rest of the year into line. The two big issues for travel would be ISPO in Munich in September, and Weymouth in October. ISPO (International Sports Products Or...

The summer of 1984

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:27:00 +0100 CET

1984 July - 1984 August | The summer of 1984 was beautiful in all respects. There was lots of work to do, we were sailing every day, and were feeling the beginnings of the total travel work life. It’s crazy to start from never going anywhere to being on the road for ...

Return to reality.

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:13:00 +0100 CET

1984 April - 1984 July | When we returned to Maui, we were still pretty blissfully unaware that we had blown it so bad. The Lee Spider was still waiting to be seen, the Surf magazine article was a ways off, and we were re-grouping in Wing-world after doing nothing for...

Another European adventure.

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:31:00 +0100 CET

1984 April - 1984 April | Our speed trial effort was partially sponsored by the town government of Sete. We were put up in one of the fine hotels in the town, and knew it was going to be a big show. The day we flew in, the airlines lost our gear in Paris, and we ...

The beginning of being behind.

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:14:00 +0100 CET

1984 April - 1984 April | Now we had done it. It was a Pandora’s Box of stupid moves followed by “Well? What do we do now?” With a simple stroke of foolish bravura, we were behind and didn’t even know it. The real market was about to find ou...