After almost a week in Eureka. it was time to head out. Holley (my old boat neighbour captaining Maquinna Pt) had finished replacing her transmission so we were going to buddy boat – nothing quite as fun as sailing with… Continue reading
I wasn’t going to make this it’s own post but so much happened in the following passage (foreshadowing!) that I decided to separate out my stay. Basically we were there for a week, and although the town itself has seen… Continue reading
So before I wrote this I reread my entries from last time, when I hopped from Neah Bay to Astoria, Astoria to Coos Bay and then Coos to Eureka. It is pretty amazing how bad a time I was having,… Continue reading
As mentioned previously, it was Big Sailing Trip Mk II (this time with less Brexit/Covid). I planned to leave on Monday 28th – however I still hadn’t finished redoing my standing rigging (always leave redoing your rigging to the week… Continue reading
So it’s been a hot minute since I’ve written anything, and the main reason for that is that I decided to try to sail across the Pacific again because of the previous point, I had to do the stuff I… Continue reading
As the title says – after owning her for 7 years and living on her for 6 and a half, I no longer own Gudgeon. She was sold to a couple who are just starting their adventure and I think… Continue reading
So, since my last post I made a firm decision – I was going to sell Gudge, get my stuff shipped back to Canada, and then buy another boat back in BC at some point after the market has cooled… Continue reading
So just another quick update – I haven’t died and things are still chugging along. It’s looking more and more like I will end up heading back to Mexico next year, pick up the boat and sail her back to… Continue reading