Weather Helmed

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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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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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