MauiSails - Barry's Corner

Speed in Oz

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:07:00 +0200

1984 December - 2009 December | The Global speed chase goes to Oz As the publicity aspect of Speed Sailing began to ramp up, we were told to prepare for the trials at Woodman’s Point, just south of Perth, West Australia. The local weather pattern was perfect for ...

Once in a lifetime something like this might happen.

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:22:00 +0100

2009 January - 2009 January | Equatorial Equinox1977The Seminole was a thirty-eight foot Atkins designed double ended cutter, sure footed and steady on, and not fast to weather. But to weather we would go, because we were on our way to Ahe’ in the Tuamotu Archipelego to mee...

In the time before sailing

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:24:00 +0100

2009 January - 2009 January | As a small boy, I had no idea was going to live a life centered on the sea and sailing. My maternal grandparents were solid land people, and lived on the same land for twenty-five years before I was around them. Normally I knew only ...

Still hanging back.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...