Today was the first day in a looooonng time that I spent alone on Salsa Verde. I needed to fix and upgrade some stuff. I changed one battery, I cleaned the engine compartment, I finally installed the new spinnaker halyard that Joey and Marise gave me, I installed home made lazy jacks (for next week’s single hand regatta!!!) and I figured out a simple “auto helm” system… I also tried to install the table top “u shaped rails” under the cockpit, but then I ran into some tecknical problems… So I decided to go watch the Christmas Parade that was going on in Julington Creek! Power boats all decorated with Christmas lights and music, riding slowly in circles inside the “bay”…. It was really funny, they do this every year apparently. Later, to make my evening even more special, I watched fireworks from the galley while eating my chef Boyardee Ravioli What a day! I hope the Gators won…

Sorry for the mess: Lines drying in the sun!

Hello!

Nate has been sketching a lot of different logos for our future shirts… We brainstormed about it last Friday and he did some modifications while he was trying to teach me all I have to know about photoshop! Well, the first thing I learned is that this is a complicated software… Anyway, I’m really thankful for his great work and time. So here’s the latest logo drawing that he did. We are planning on redoing the wave pattern, to make it a little more splashing, but we want to keep it simple. Please let us know what you think!

*** SOLD ON DEC 22nd… Thank you!!!

This is a beautiful used symmetrical spinnaker that was on my J/30. It is 0.75 oz cloth still in good conditions. There are a few patches (some professionally sewn and other stick-on) but no holes. It is blue, green and white with a line of flags in the center. The white area has some blue stains (see picture). It comes in a yellow launching bag.

Dimensions: Leech 34’ and Foot 22.5’.

The sail is stored in my house in Gainesville, but I travel to Jacksonville often, so if you needed we could arrange to meet anywhere in between. Otherwise I can ship it anywhere, but not sure how much that would cost yet. Don’t hesitate to contact me with your questions!

Thanks!
magalie@salsaverde.org

So I just received my PHRF certificate in the mail yesterday… To my surprise, I got a rating of 135!!! I was expecting 141, like any other J/30 around here. But no… -3 for a SPL of 12.5 and -3 for a 163% genoa. It’s class legal, but it cost a lot in PHRF apparently!
So guys, we’ll just have to work harder!!!
Bring it on

• 12 baby new potatoes, halved
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 cups flat-leaf parsley leaves
• 1 cup dill leaves
• ¼ cup (60ml) olive oil
• sea salt and cracked black pepper

Steam or boil the potatoes until tender. While the potatoes are cooking, place the mustard, lemon juice, parsley, dill, oil, salt and pepper in a food processor and process until finely chopped. Toss the hot potatoes in the salsa verde and serve with roasted garlic baked chicken. Serves 4.

Hi guys,
I did not advertise the site publicly yet cause it’s not quite ready… and I’m still debating on which template I should use! There’s one called “this just in 2.2″ (white background) and there’s also “girl 3.1″ (black background). The main difference is that the last one only allows for one header picture, whereas the first one allows a different header for HOME, PAGES, CATEGORIES, and COMMENTS.
All curent headers are just pictures I threw out there, each is customable of course.

Please give me your feedbacks!

I’ll leave the white one on for 2 days, then I’ll upload the black one.

Thanks for your help!
Mag

PS: here’s a screen shot of the black template and the white one

Salsa Verde is my sailboat, she is a J/30 from 1982. I’ve been wanting to make this website for a little while, but the lack of skills and time was pulling me back. This week-end, there is no race, no practice, I’m staying home in my pijama and I’ll put this together to the best I can!