Channel Islands and San Diego
I forgot to post this last update but here is a photo of Sooner in the sunset I mentioned in the last post, taken by MQP. Look at them red over greens Santa Rosa was a cool place – I… Continue reading
Morro Bay CA to The Channel Islands, CA
Holy smokes, is this blog being updated? So I realised it’s been QUITE the while since I have, partly because Instagram is where I do a lot of posting and also because I went through a bad breakup (longtime readers… Continue reading
Half Moon Bay, CA to Morro Bay, CA
So we ended up hanging out at Half Moon Bay for quite a while – the anchorage was lovely and sheltered, the yacht club people were incredibly welcoming and friendly (shout out to Karen and Ben) and there was a… Continue reading
Drakes Bay, CA to San Fran, CA, to Half Moon Bay CA
I woke up early to leave Drake’s Bay – and found it covered in thick fog. Awesome. Actually it was awesome as I got to use my new foghorn for the first time! AND this time there was no Emma… Continue reading
Eureka, CA to Drakes Bay, CA
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
Hanging out in Eureka
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
Neah Bay, WA to Eureka, CA
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
Victoria to Neah Bay
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