georgebackhus on July 2nd, 2011

Brooks and Gatehouse, B & G or “Broken Gauges.” Whatever you may think of them, they still rate pretty high with cruising and racing sailors alike. We still have most of the original set installed on Moonshadow in 1986 and they continue to serve us well.

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georgebackhus on June 14th, 2011

A mailmanatee at a waterfront home along the New River

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georgebackhus on June 3rd, 2011

We’re back on board Moonshadow in Ft. Lauderdale after a few months at home in New Zealand.   We’ve spent the past few weeks getting everything ready to go and completely wiping out the “to do” and “to get” lists.  I’m sure this won’t be the case for very long!  The last item was a new Bimini [...]

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georgebackhus on December 15th, 2010

Here are some photos of the ARC Rally.

Moonshadow romps across Rodney Bay to be the 19th yacht to finish the ARC Trans-Atlantic Rally out of 233 starters.

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