The house is in full packing mode now, with decent progress being made on all quarters. Trying to condense the house to one storage unit and move onto the boat. It’s finally happening. We’ve been splitting the days into boats … Continue reading →
I took a day off to ski last Thursday, the boat project is going along nicely. So I drop into the boat yard Friday and to my amazement the boat has been painted the wrong color. Of course, no one … Continue reading →
Going to the boat yard is always a mad dash. You make the appointment to go in, at some point you get in, then you sit around a while and then the work starts and can move really quickly. I’ve … Continue reading →
I read somewhere that running a cruising boat is like running a small city. I agree with this assessment. With covid time delaying our departure by a year, we’ve had another season of local sailing and mostly has been trouble … Continue reading →
Wow, three years without a post. I guess that’s pretty normal for these sorts of blogs. The good news is that we’ve been cruising, racing and updating the boat. We’ve gotten pretty good and being “big-boat” owners I think, and … Continue reading →
Wet, wet, wet, windy, windy, windy. etc. We’ve been hankering to get some weekend sailing in and a destination was calling our name, and being valentine’s weekend and all, we figured a nice trip to Gig Harbor would be the … Continue reading →
MANUEL BANDEIRA http://www.antoniomiranda.com.br/poesia_ingles/manuel_bandeira.html I AM GOING AWAY TO PASARGADA I am going away to Pasargada There I am friend of the king There I have the woman I want On the bed that I shall choose I am going away … Continue reading →
Thursday night racing has been so awesome this year. The winds, the crew and the weather have been perfect. We’ve learned a ton about the boat. I was lucky enough to get a snap of our boat from our friend’s … Continue reading →
I’ve probably said it before, but it’s always top of mind during maintenance projects: if you’re going to own a boat you better love boat work, and not just in a theoretical sense but in a visceral, in your bones … Continue reading →
Well, there’s a trip report from our last trip, around the central and south sound for five days that’s far more exciting, and that trip report is coming, but I should post about the oil change. Oil change no big … Continue reading →