Starting from Chula Vista, at the Southern end of San Diego bay made for a long passage to Ensenada. We left just before day break,...

The second half of Southern California started with a very easy short trip from Long Beach to Newport Beach, a few hours in calm weather....

Our weather luck holding, the 100 miles overnight passage to Santa Barbara was perfect. Gentle old lazy swell and calm seas. In the...

Berkeley marina to Pillar Point was an easy ride, and having left early enough we were docked and ready to go and explore the town by...

Looking at our next leg, towards Pillar Point, I realized that a number of competing imperatives made picking up a time to leave...

The passage down to Bodega from Noyo was a little long, but otherwise unremarkable. Bodega Spud's Marina is tucked in all the way deep in...

Leaving Eureka at day light, ready for a long day. The plan was to use the relatively good weather window to make our way South, with an...

As often, the chain of events isn't exactly straight forward: It all started when I noticed the bow AC running too long, but not heating....

As soon as Di left for Puerto Rico, I started jumping from bar to bar. Not the liquid refreshment establishments of course. The dangerous...

A long journey already done. A lot more to go, but with the great news that my remission is holding, I want to send a huge Thank You to...

You know the old fable: My grand-father made a beautiful axe, which has become a family heirloom transmitted down the generations. My Dad...

Back in Astoria. More importantly my medical check in France was "perfect" according to my Doctor. So I am back as myself, with only...

The Columbia River has long meant "safety" for us. It started back in the summer of 2019 when I was diagnosed with cancer and we rushed...

The weather window I was hoping for started closing, with our estimated arrival now being forecast only hours before a 40 knots gale...

Sequim Bay to Port Angeles was a quick and easy hop. We arrived early enough to check if the public docks downtown had been reinstalled:...

We timed our Deception Pass State Park departure to have almost no current in the pass. We had stayed an extra night at the dock to let...

Coming back from Stuart Island we took delivery of our new to us anchor, a Delta 40Kg sold to us by friends on a Nordhavn 43. While it is...

With ants in our pants to go cruising, now that our AC repairs, other upgrades and maintenance are done, we set off for a local cruise...

It all happened at once. The end of winter works. Spring showing its warmer rays. A look ahead at future cruising. On a bright Monday,...

During my stay in France Di and Princess got snowed in. Anacortes looked like a ski resort, to Princess' great pleasure. Di enjoyed it...