This weekend I am taking part in my second race on Gudge – The Northern Century race. This is basically a double-handed 100 nautical mile race through (or around) the San Juan islands. My friend Phil (skippering his new boat… Continue reading
Over the last couple of weeks I managed to get a ton of sailing in – first a 3 day trip to Orcas to actually hang out with my friend Elyseseeeese and her boyfriend (normally I turn up, hang out… Continue reading
I guess my titles are becoming more and more literal. Soon it’s gonna devolve down to ‘I did a Thing and then another Thing’. Anyway. My original plan was to head to Orcas island on Friday 1st July. This is… Continue reading
So it was just a long weekend here, and I decided to take the opportunity to take off an extra two days, turning it into a 5 day weekend! And, I can’t remember if I mentioned this but I plan… Continue reading
This weekend was Halloween, and my friend Elyess had invited me over to Orcas to a couple of parties, and in addition, I had shipped a bunch of stuff from Amazon to her so I went to pick it up… Continue reading
I’d been in rough weather on the boat before, but safely at anchor. I’d not been out in more than around 20 knots actual, until Sunday. Saturday was a fine day, so I decided to go and anchor out somewhere.… Continue reading
This weekend I went to Bellingham, it was my friend Elyese’s school reunion and it sounded like a good excuse for a sail, so I said I’d pick her up from Orcas island and head to Bellingham. Click on the… Continue reading
Hooray! I picked it up and a spinnaker pole from the marine exchange store, together they were under 600 bucks which is pretty amazing. Getting the pole (which is almost 16 feet long) back home in my tiny toyota… Continue reading