Sailing & Boating Advice

The many stories from the life of Captain Fred Greenfield, past, present and future.

Captain Fred explains why its wise to listen to all viewpoints when making a decision… including his, in this brief aside.

I had already bought (during Escrow) a Newport 30 sailboat and a 12 foot inflatable.  I replaced the gas engine in the Newport with a small diesel,  a month later I was an official entry in the Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas Sailboat race.   I am now officially retired at the age of [...]

In 1967 I started Progressive Yacht Hardware Intnl.(PYHI).  A company that made plastic parts (portholes, deck plates, windows and hatches for sailboats and powerboats).  The boat building boom made me and a lot of other entrepenaurs rich.  For years, the money rolled in and I found ways to spread the wealth.  Formula Racing cars, Restoring [...]

I built racing multihull sailboats for a while with a marine architect for a partner.    I joined AYRS (Amatuer Yacht Research Society)  and once a month met with the Southern California multi hull gang.  (Buddy Epson, Dr. Hugo Meyers, Jay Cantola, Bill Rogers, John Carlson, Dave Bradley and a host of others)   We were [...]

I have built so many boats and caused so many boats to be built I struggle to remember  them all.  I  can’t  remember where they went.  I never scrapped one, or sunk one, or left one on the rocks.   Where did they go?
I remember the experimental ones and how much work it was to create [...]