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Catching up with sailor Andy Schwenk & our first splash of the summer
I got a note from my high school pal Pam last week that her brother, sailing legend Andy Schwenk, was going to be joining Rick Raduziner — owner of the Santa Cruz 27, Lickety Split — to compete in the 2024 Santa Cruz 27 National Championships at Lake Tahoe July...
Good Jibes #82: Andy Schwenk on Surviving a Scare
**Trigger warning: This episode contains details of Andy’s infection. This week’s host, John Arndt, is joined by Andy Schwenk to chat about lessons from 54.5 trips between the Bay Area and Hawaii. Andy is a longtime Express 37 sailor, Bay Area marine surveyor, and...
Andy Schwenk Shares His Medevac Story
August was a trying month for Point Richmond sailor Andy Schwenk. Andy was returning to California aboard his Express 37 Spindrift V after completing the 2022 Pacific Cup, finishing first in his class. Little did he know that a small ankle-scrape sustained at the end...
I think we need a smaller boat…
Often when I am discussing the local sailing scene people comment that their boat isn’t big enough or fast enough to compete, but if they got a larger boat how would they ever find crew? I try to explain to them that their boat doesn’t have to be big or even a new...