The generator is now fixed. It is an unfortunate and complicated sequence of events that led to our problem. It is also miund-numbingly dull, and so even if I fully understood it, I would not relate it here.We are off again first t…
Baytowne
Tree house along the nature trail at the marina.Baytowne lagoon, lots of restaurants and shops but nothing important, like a West Marine. A fairway on one of the resort’s four golf courses.Sunset over the Baytowne Marina.Beatles tribute band, The Retur…
March 15, 2010 Barilles to Panama
After almost 10 months, this cruising thing is beginning to be what I always thought it could be. Phyl and I are aboard Arcadia I, at anchor in a beautiful protected cove off a tropical island in the las Perlas islands off Panama. We’ve been simply e…
February 8, 2010 Huatulco to Barilles
In my last update, Arcadia I was in Marina Chahue at Huatulco, Mexico. Danny Long had already headed home to Texas and my brother, Paul, and I were preparing to fly back to California for the Christmas Holiday. Paul and I left as planned on the 21st of…
Hogtown Bayou to Sandestin’s Baytowne Marina
Leaving Hogtown BayouEntring Baytowne Marina in Sandestin We had a very short trip to Baytowne Marina in Sandestin, it is about ten miles so we didn’t leave Hogtown Bayou until after 10AM. The weather was nice as his has been every day lately, about no…
Return to Japan…the adventure resumes!
The Captain & crew (you know who) are back on the ‘Pearl’ after what was a long and chilly winter spent in the Washington, DC area… can you say “record snowfalls”. So with the special visits to family & friends comple…
Return to Japan…the adventure resumes!
The Captain & crew (you know who) are back on the ‘Pearl’ after what was a long and chilly winter spent in the Washington, DC area… can you say “record snowfalls”. So with the special visits to family & friends comple…
December 20, 2009 La Paz to Huatulco
Danny Long, my brother Paul and I brought the boat down from La Paz over the past 10 days, in generally excellent weather and sea conditions. To continue the chronology where I left off:We had a company Christmas party on Friday, December 5th, and a Pa…
December 6, 2009 Bellingham to La Paz
As I left off with my missives, we had stopped at the CA-OR border to get some respite from lumpy seas. That was September 20th. Since that time, we’ve completed that passage, and another. The boat is now in La Paz. On Tuesday, Danny Long and I will …
September 20, 2009 Inside to Bellingham
My apologies to all for the extended interval between updates. Very little of the time since my last report has been spent cruising.As I left off, on August 22nd, we had just transited the Queen Charlotte strait, with our non stop transit from Alaska t…
