Maxi 95 and Our Adventures
1-SEP-2017, Matia Island, WA – Yesterday morning we motored just after sunlight from Port Roberts to Matia Island in the San Juans. We had spent two nights in Vancouver’s False Creek, where, as we have whenever we are anchored there, we dragged. The dragging isn’t serious. The bottom is sand. When the tide changes the … Continue reading “Vacation after Adventure; Sailing the Portland Pudgy”
Yesterday afternoon my Google Alert found a Portland Pudgy for sale in Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island, very near Seattle. It had been posted 33 minutes before. It was listed at $3400, is in new condition and came with a Bermuda sailing rig. I contacted the seller and bought it.
At the end of the day, I will place an order with John Gardner at Taylors Stoves and Heaters, and lost out on the Portland Pudgy.
Homer, AK, 12-Aug-2023 — lt’s dark here, it’s not night, the weather has changed, it’s blowing in Homer harbor. We’ve been up here four summers, and it’s difficult to say what typical Homer summer weather is. The first year, 2020 was the lovely year, the year we based everything on. The next year we went … Continue reading “Last Week”
Written before the excitement, which does nothing to change the larger directions we are all chasing.
Geographic Harbor, 58° 06.670N 154° 33.961W 12-AUG-2022 — the wind is still this Friday morning at 8am. The wind disappeared about 9 pm last night and hasn’t been heard from since. The two Park rangers, Mackenzie and Josh, came by in the late afternoon and hung out for a bit. The wind was gusting then. … Continue reading “Threshold theory wins?”
… Along with what failed. Since the beginning, owning Caro Babbo has been a preparation for going offshore. We’ve sailed the inside passage to Alaska three times, adding more difficulty each time. On the second trip, we crossed Hecate Strait to Haida Gwaii, on the third trip we sailed down the outside (Pacific Ocean side) … Continue reading “Bluewater Sailing: What we added, changed and want”
A few posts may out of order because we lost cellular service before I could post. East Anchor Cove, Unimak Island, the Aleutians, AK, US, 27-JUL-2020 — Jennifer is down with a Migraine today. Her CPAP has been giving her issues. We we think it might be mold. Not using it resulted in the migraine. … Continue reading “East Anchor Cove, A dead whale, overnight passage and a migraine”
44 41N 162 02 W. 7-JUL-2020 07:54 HST — Jennifer sleeps while I officially stand watch. It is foggy with little wind. Little wind has been the problem. The passage has been good one, fair weather with great winds for the first week or so. The first few days we sailed above hull speed for … Continue reading “Fishnet catches us.”
19-DEC-2019 – This was written last month. It is more depth on what broke than the most recent post. Manele Bay, Lana’i Island 11-Nov-2019 – We’ve been in Hawaii a month now. It is a stretch to remember what broke on the passage. Things continue to break as others are repaired. The major items that … Continue reading “What Broke This Year — in depth”
