We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
Finally good enough internet to upload and post videos!! Here’s some video we took of La Cruz, Mexico when we were there back in March of this year, prior to our crossing. Pay no attention to my horrible non-editing 🙂
Entries Tagged as 'Preparing for the trip'
La La La La Cruz, Mexico (where we lived this past March :) )
August 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · First Mates, Mexico, Preparing for the trip, shoe-cruising, The beginning
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
Mess of the Week
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Boat Work, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The beginning
This time it’s a toss up. In order for Matt to fix the icebox, we had to pull everything out of the quarterberth (our bedroom) and all the stuff we had stored beneath the bed (including all the stuff we had bought at Costco…) The boat looked like it had just sustained a hard weekend […]
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“If you’re not banging your head against something, you’re not doing it right.”
January 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · About Money, Boat Work, Fellow Cruisers, Funny, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip, The beginning, The Crew
Life on the boat has shifted into high gear this week (and we are planning to go SAILING tomorrow and not just work!!). PETE arrived on Tuesday night, immediately going into work mode as he tackled the windlass and then custom-designed and built a protective unit for our steering quadrant. JON arrived on Thursday also […]
Tags: Jon·Pete & Ray·Woman on a Boat
Mess of the Week
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Boat Work, Life on the Boat, Preparing for the trip
The result of Matt’s great efforts to design and build fridge storage for us. I’m so glad it was storming outside or else I never would have got to experience such an entertaining event as Matt cursing and fighting his way around plexiglass 🙂
Tags: Mess of the Week
Define “Crazy”
January 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Introspection, On Fear, Preparing for the trip, The beginning
For the first time in weeks, I’m up early – well, up at 8:30 which is much earlier than the 10:00+ routine we’ve been in this month. It’s raining outside and I believe it rained most of the night, and I am cozy in pj pants and Matt’s warm fleece, seated right in front of […]
Tags: Crazies and Wackos·doubts·Faith·fear·Introspection·passion & purpose·who i am
Hey Baby, what’s in your ditch bag?
January 18th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Boat Work, On Safety, Preparing for the trip, The beginning
Because I’m of relatively little use to Matt for the boat projects he’s currently working on (unless you count lounging around half-naked in an apron as “helping”), I’ve had to look into other ways I can prepare us for our imminent departure. One of the things every cruising boat needs is a “ditch bag.” This […]
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