Rosie G has logged more than 3000 miles since launch
Rosie G's voyage from San Francisco Bay to the south pacific is featured in the January 2025 edition of Latitude 38. Rosie G is a 40ft. scow-bowed, junk-rig designed by Jim Antrim, and built at Berkeley Marine Center. Here are some quotes from the article:
It's been a little more than a year since Rosie G, with her crew (Jim Antrim, 72, Françoise Ramsey, 65, and Barry Spannier, 77) sailed out the gate with perfect light wind conditions...
The balance and steering are so easy, the motion is predictable and gentle; we set the "sail" and pretty much didn't touch much until we had to jibe after 1,500 miles.
No reefing was necessary until about 20 knots downwind, when the speed steadied at around half true wind. And the surfing ... it went for hours on end, solid feel, with no rolling. A big foaming crest formed at the bow, then she picked up on it and the wave moved back to around the mast position. A quarter wave didn't develop, and at the transom it looked like a flat stream of bubbles as wide as the boat. Little fountains sprayed off the front of the outboard rudder. We would sit on the bow and marvel at the acceleration for hours.