Maxi 95 and Our Adventures
Catalina, CA, 26-SEP-2019 — ”I met these two Swedish men on the island who said to me, ‘We’re looking for a woman named Natalie who runs these adventure races,’ ” said the woman that Jennifer and I first saw walking up the winding dirt road from Two Harbors to the cliff overlook where we all stood.
We said to her, ”And that would be you?”
Continue reading “Natalie, Unintended consequences, Law? and someplace everyone has heard of.”Two weeks ago:
29-AUG-2019 – Today is the first day Jennifer and I are not sea sick and scared. Overcoming being frightened is just a matter of realizing that we can do this. We have trained, practiced and prepared. It is very little different than coastal sailing other than there is no heading in when we’re tired of this.
Other differences of note are a single point of sail (leaving the sails untouched) for more than 24 hours at a time. We’ve gotten used to large rollers with waves atop them, and found that on starless, moonless lights the only orientation one has are the instruments.
Continue reading “Where we are now and some perspective.”Aquatic Park, NPS, San Francisco, 5-SEP-2019 – A quick note to let everyone know we’re okay.
We arrived in San Fran, Tuesday afternoon after a night Bodega Bay, resting.
I have a few posts to make and much to write.
As beginners, we did fine. We learned a tremendous amount, which has changed our thinking on a number of things.
Jennifer found it a terrifying experience and is rethinking everything. This will have a large effect on our forward plans. We are (or seem to be) resolved to sail down to San Diego.
The experience for me was very interesting. It is important to trust the equipment and the boat that so much time, effort, money and thought was put into. It will work.
Continue reading “Quick Note”
