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Half Moon Bay, CA to Morro Bay, CA

October 22, 2023Matt Leave a comment

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 →

Circumnavigation, Fishing fishing, sailboat, sailing

Drakes Bay, CA to San Fran, CA, to Half Moon Bay CA

October 19, 2023Matt Leave a comment

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 →

Circumnavigation sailboat, sailing

Eureka, CA to Drakes Bay, CA

October 4, 2023Matt 3 Comments

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 →

Circumnavigation california, sailing, sooner, whales

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

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Its that time of year again - Sooner put away and Its that time of year again - Sooner put away and I'm back driving boats, docks and spreadsheets for thr BC lodge
A random assortment of pictures from my month in S A random assortment of pictures from my month in San Blas

#sailing #sailboat
Sending it - Sooner chases Tally Ho in the San Bla Sending it - Sooner chases Tally Ho in the San Blas islands.

Photos by @sampsonboatco (I need to get a drone apparently)
This is a narrow passage through the underwater re This is a narrow passage through the underwater reefs between the islands that I sailed through. 

Its a bit nerve-wracking, being only around 50 foot wide so I was double reefed on the main and just with a tiny bit of headsail out to help steerage, so I wouldn't go too fast if I did hit something. 

Drone shots.by @sampsonboatco 

#sailing #sailboat
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