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 …
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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…
July 18, 2009 Petersburg to Tracy Arm
I just bought a new position/condition reporting device that enables me to report Arcadia1’s position on a Google Earth shared website via satellite. It’s a pretty neat little device called “Spot”, you can check it out at findmespot.com.You sho…
July 14, 2009 Stevens Passage and Gambier
The wonders of Southeast Alaska continue to amaze us!My brother, Paul, joined ships company on the 8th of July. Phyl & Will, Sam Floyd, Paul and I spent the remainder of the 8th re-provisioning and fixing a couple of little things. Knowing we had t…
July 6th, 2009 Auke Bay and Tenakee
We’re on our way back to Juneau as I write this. We got a late start this afternoon, (more about that later), so we won’t get to Auke Bay Marina until the wee hours of July 6.We, (Sam Floyd, Phyllis, Will and I), left there on the afternoon of the …
July 2, 2009 Skagway to Juneau
This is the first of what I intend to be regular updates on our travels on our little ship, Arcadia 1. I promise! I will remember to take pictures and attach some as we go along.The purchase of Arcadia 1 was completed, on schedule on 20Jun09. Last Mond…
