Mile Out Private offshore club
The Cal T/4 sailboat in her marina slip at sunrise

Captain and vessel

Trip and the
twenty-four-foot plan.

One captain. One Cal T/4. One extremely specific assignment.

Meet Captain Trip

He is not part of your date.

Trip is responsible for the boat, the route, the weather call, the safety briefing, and the return to civilization. He is not an audience, photographer, collaborator, relationship counselor, or approving government official.

His professional contribution is competence followed by tactful distance. He will explain the vessel, establish the operating boundaries, take the boat offshore, and develop a sudden, sustained interest in the horizon.

Trip's word is finalWeather, navigation, vessel, and safety decisions.

Trip respects privacyWithin the real operating limits of a small sailboat.

Trip may end the voyageIf conduct, conditions, or common sense require it.

Period Jensen Marine advertisement for the Cal T/4 sailboat

Period advertising. The confidence level was typical of the era.

The Cal T/4

A real racing design with an improbable second career.

The Cal T/4 is a 24-foot Quarter Ton design by Bill Lapworth, built by Jensen Marine. It was introduced as a fast, responsive racer with a surprisingly complete interior. It is now being asked to support a new category of adult decision-making.

Length
24 feet
Design
Cal T/4 Quarter Ton racer
Designer
Bill Lapworth
Builder
Jensen Marine
Interior
Two-cabin arrangement in the original literature
Current assignment
Highly specialized private charter

Final passenger limits, equipment, operating area, and charter configuration will be stated in the voyage agreement.

Documentary evidence

The boat exists and has left the dock before.

These are photographs of the actual Cal T/4, not a visualization of what substantial funding might someday purchase.

The Cal T/4 moored at the marina
At the marina, awaiting instructions.
The Cal T/4 beneath marina masts at sunset
Evening inspection.
Cockpit and auxiliary outboard of the Cal T/4
Cockpit and auxiliary propulsion.
Offshore view from the bow of the Cal T/4
The view one is supposed to be looking at.

Trip is preparing

You can begin the paperwork.

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