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) – […]
Entries Tagged as 'The beginning'
Hey Kids! This is better than TV!!!
February 23rd, 2010 · 8 Comments · Famous Firsts, Funny, Learning to Sail, Life on the Boat, The beginning
Tags: accomplishments·How to Cruise·Pete & Ray·Woman on a Boat
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, […]
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 […]
Tags: Pete & Ray
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 […]
Sea Sunset
February 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Beautiful, Our Route, The beginning
Tags: first 3 days·sunsets
This sailing stuff is easy!
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning
Tags: first 3 days·Woman on a Boat
Leaving San Francisco!
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Our Route, The beginning
Tags: first 3 days·San Francisco
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 […]
Tags: friendships·San Francisco·thankful·winter·Woman on a Boat
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 […]
Tags: frustrations·Woman on a Boat
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 […]
Tags: Woman on a Boat