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Hanging out in Eureka

September 27, 2023Matt Leave a comment

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 →

Circumnavigation eureka, sailing, sooner

Christmas Update

December 24, 2022Matt 6 Comments

Been a few weeks since I last updated, due to it being winter I haven’t really felt like doing anything boat or writing related, but here is a brief update. The marina where I’m at has a competition where they… Continue reading →

Maintenance liveaboard, sailboat, sailing, sooner

Sailing Sooner

November 14, 2022Matt 2 Comments

So at this point I’d taken Sooner out for her first big trip, but still hadn’t actually sailed her outside of the short test sail before purchase. One of the really nice things about being on a boat this time… Continue reading →

Maintenance rigging, sailing, sails, sooner

Rewiring Sooners AC Part 4

August 21, 2022Matt 1 Comment

Sorry about the gaps between posts – dealing with some personal stuff and it’s really hard to get motivated to write. Anyway, onto the post… So on my last post I had confidently declared ‘The last part of the AC… Continue reading →

Maintenance AC, electrical, sailing

Summer Update

November 26, 2021Matt 4 Comments

Well, end of summer update. Or autumn now I guess. Anyway, I’m not dead – just had very little boatwise to talk about after selling Gudge. I did go halves with Emma on a shark 24 called FRAWG, which is… Continue reading →

Other boat, sailboat, sailing

Decision made – back to Canada

April 22, 2020Matt 12 Comments

We hung out at Los Muertos for a week, waiting for weather. It’s a nice place, but us and the other eight or so boats in the bay were all rather on edge, waiting to hear what would happen. The… Continue reading →

Uncategorized covid, gudgeon, hunter 36, sailing

Crossing the Gulf of California to Los Muertos

April 17, 2020Matt 3 Comments

No matter which of the three options I chose from, I’d need to move the boat north to the La Paz area again. It’d be a better area to leave for Canada from, it’s the entrance to the sea of… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation gudgeon, hunter 36, la cruz, mexico, muertos, sailboat, sailing

Deciding what to do next

March 29, 2020Matt 8 Comments

Well, since my plans to cross to French Polynesia are basically not happening this year (their borders are closed, along with almost every other country in the south pacific) the thing now is to decide what to do next (lots… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation gudgeon, hunter 36, sailboat, sailing

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