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…
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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…
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…
August 22, 2009 Frederick Sound-Misty Fiords
All,It’s been a wonderful 2 ½ weeks since I sent the last update.As I finished the last report, we were on way back to Auke Bay for another “crew change”. My daughter, Stephanie, her husband, Jason, and kids, James, Jackson and Johnathan, left
August 7, 2009 Red Bluff and Tracy
As this adventure continues to unfold, I seem to write these a bit less often. I hope any of you that might be concerned about our safety are getting the “Spot” messages. I’m sending them each day that we move. I try to send one about n…
July 26, 2009 Tracy Arm
As I left off the last update, on the 18th, my brother, Paul, had just left and my son Zach and daughter-in-law, Stephanie were on the way.On the 19th, under cloudy skies and a bit of rain, we left Auke Bay for some fishing along the west coast of Doug…
