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Hey Kids! This is better than TV!!!

February 23rd, 2010 · 8 Comments · Famous Firsts, Funny, Learning to Sail, Life on the Boat, The beginning

Ok, so not quite, but this sailing stuff is at least more interesting than Jersey Shore, right?!?!?!? Anyway:  I thought I’d share a few of our “firsts” for those who love us and so I can remember them next month when, I hope, we’ll already be old hats at all this stuff 🙂 (HAHAHA) – […]

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An undesirable encounter (or Balls to the Walls)

February 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Funny, Life on the Boat, Oh Crap., Our Route, The beginning

At 3:37AM (I know because we have a clock velcroed to the ceiling of the quarterberth) I awoke to an awful sound.  A dull, heavy, rolling thudthudthudthudthud echoing through the water.  “Matt!” I whispered.  “Did you hear that?” and then the dread of every cruiser – “I think our anchor might be dragging.”  Seconds later, […]

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Hanging out in Catalina

February 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Our Route, The beginning, The Crew

After another day or so of motoring and floating around the (currently) aptly named Pacific, we motored into Two Harbors at Santa Catalina Island.  We initially tried to anchor outside of Cherry Cove, which brought back fun memories of a college Intervarsity Retreat, but ended up in Little Fisherman’s Cove, a short dinghy ride away […]

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Santa Barbara to Santa Cruz to Catalina

February 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · First Mates, Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning, The Crew

Because Pete and Ray didn’t have much time left with us and the wind wasn’t cooperating for a fast trip to, well, anywhere we wanted to go, we decided to head from Santa Barbara over to Santa Cruz island just across the channel.  We ended up motoring most of the way, but it was a […]

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Sea Sunset

February 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Beautiful, Our Route, The beginning

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This sailing stuff is easy!

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning

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Leaving San Francisco!

February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Our Route, The beginning

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We’re Off!!*

February 10th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Our Route, Preparing for the trip, The beginning

Hopefully, by the time most of you read this, we will be far away from Emeryville, completely FREE of our slip, and making 6-8 knots downwind, beginning our grand adventure. If this miracle happens, I probably won’t post for a few days – well, no guarantees – because we are going to try and sail […]

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Sooooooooooooo close

February 8th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Boat Work, Oh Crap., Preparing for the trip, The beginning

We are this close to finally pulling out of the slip, away from the dock, out under the Golden Gate and into the big blue sea.  But, today, as we were heading over to Berkeley to fill up on diesel fuel, our engine started overheating *again*.  We thought the problem had been fixed a while […]

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Some days

February 4th, 2010 · No Comments · About Money, Boat Work, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The beginning, This sucks

Some days I cannot believe I’m actually LIVING on a sailboat – me, who spent her childhood flying around and driving around, but rarely setting foot on a boat and only hanging out on a sailboat ONCE during my first 25 years of life.  And some days (like today), I cannot believe how much being […]

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