Weather Helmed

an adventure in renewing the spirit and living the dream…on a sailboat

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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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Landlubbers

January 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · First Mates

For those of you who know us, it will come as no surprise that Matt and I desperately needed to get up to the mountains (and snow!!) one last time before we became fully committed to boat life. Except for the anticipated brutal journey down the California coast to Mexico, we don’t anticipate seeing winter […]

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