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We meant to post before Thanksgiving, so we’ll start off by saying we hope that you had a great holiday. We are grateful to be on our voyage, and that we have wonderful friends and family to miss.. and yes we miss them! A friend shared Louie Schwartzberg’s TED talk about gratitude that I really…
The generator is delivering lemons and the lemonade here is delicious! We’re waiting for test results of an oil sample to come back and we’re passing the time in a beautiful place with great weather. The rigging re-installation was fun to watch. Tieton has a mast that is about 62 feet above the waterline, with…
San Diego has been delightful, especially with my sister Margaret’s visit! Kayaking around the protected Shelter Island basin has just been a joy. We continue enjoying doing our errands on our bikes and are almost completely provisioned for the next leg of our journey. Sunday we moved to the Silver Gate Yacht Club and have…
Laundry and blogging, what could be better? We arrived in San Diego after a motor from Dana Point that was uneventful until about an hour out, where we encountered a minefield of kelp and crabpots. I stood on the bow directing Herman through and fortunately we didn’t catch anything. As we got into the channel,…
From Santa Barbara we went directly to Pelican Bay on Santa Cruz Island, which is one of eight Channel Islands. The four northern islands, and their waters including Santa Cruz, are part of the National Parks System (NPS). I’d previously downloaded the NPS app and Channel Island location, so we were able to read up…
The leg from Monterey to San Simeon was a delightful sail and we were able to almost sail to our anchorage. We’re learning to work better together in somewhat stressful situations like docking and anchoring. Headsets help 😎 San Simeon is a deep water harbor, which has a nice pier that was built to accommodate…
A week ago, we left Santa Cruz on a windless day and motored four hours across Monterey Bay then around Pacific Grove and Cypress Point to Stillwater Cove Yacht Club, which is associated with the Pebble Beach Golf and Tennis Club. Our plan was to secure the boat at the club, then have my (Meredith’s)…
Half Moon Bay was a nice beginning to our California “meandering”. We stayed through dawn Monday morning on our way to Santa Cruz on a somewhat windless day. We now have a functional dinghy, after stowing it coming down the coast from Washington. Given that Tieton is named after the river and near by town…
We had a very enjoyable week at the Richmond Yacht Club. Mark Phillipps, who accompanied us on the first leg and Greg Mitchell, owner of Kahoots, which we delivered back from Hawaii last year are members. RYC is also a reciprocal club to the Poulsbo Yacht Club so we were able to stay a few…
Our first leg was so much better than we could have imagined. We motored for two days and sailed for four days, with fair winds! I’m so grateful to have experienced this trip with my son and two great guys. For the most part, the wind blessed us by allowing us to sail efficiently towards…
Sailing Tieton 