It’s Spring and the 2017 cruising season is finally here. Hooray! We’ve been in South San Francisco for the past few months, completing maintenance tasks and prepping the boat for another summer of living aboard. Most of the work was cosmet…
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2016-37: Bodega, Golden gate, San Francisco, to Redwood City
Sunday, October 23, 2016: Hopefully, the completion of our Anacortes to San Francisco CruiseThis morning we departed Bodega Bay in the near early morning darkness. We’re bound for the Golden Gate at around 2PM near slack tide. Then it…
2016-36: Eureka to Bodega Bay
Friday, October 21, 2016: Change of PlansThe NOAA Marine Forecast early this morning called for Small Craft Warnings. Most of the wind and wind waves will occur from noon to midnight tonight south of Point Arena. So we have delayed ou…
2016-35: Crescent City to Eureka
Tuesday-Wednesday, October 18-19, 2016: Road TripCrew Dick Squire drove from his Malibu home to San Luis Obispo this morning. Alex joined him for the road trip back to Crescent City. Last week when the big storms blew into the Pacific…
2016-34: Tied to the Dock in Crescent City
Thursday, October 13, 2016: The Wild Blue is here in Crescent City tied to the dock. We have doubled the stern, bow, and tied two spring and a redundant mid-line secured to the City dock. A lagoon 43 and Nordhavn 64 are also tied up here al…
2016-33 Coos Bay to Crescent City
October 12, 2016 6AM:It’s a fine morning out here in the Pacific just a few miles west of Bandon, Oregon. We woke up our boat neighbors as we motored out of Coos this morning at 3:50AM. Outside the ocean was, and continues to be, f-l-a-t. &…
2016-32: Newport to Coos Bay
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 7AM:Crossed the Yaquina River Bar and on our way to Coos Bay. It’s a 10-hour run today so we expect to be in Coos Bay by 5PM or so. Today’s weather report is two parts:From Newport to Florence, Oregon:TUE…NE WIND…
2016-31: Tillamook Bay to Newport
Monday, October 10, 2016 7AM:This morning we left Tillamook with about three dozen of other small sports-fishers. The Tillamook River bar was tame, Tillamook Coast Guard deemed it unrestricted, and since this is Columbus Day, the boat people were…
2016-30: La Push, Washington to Tillamook, Oregon
Sunday, October 9, 2016: Existing La Push1AM Update:At midnight we exited La Push with the assistance of very bright LED floodlights. It seemed like daylight in places but the ocean surface was nicely illuminated. It took about ten minutes …
2016-29: Preparing to Leave La Push
Saturday, October 8, 2016 – 6PM:As previously reported, the weather can be fickle as it was today. 15 to 25 knot winds kept us in port. However tonight a 4-day good weather window looks to be starting. So we decided to make a hop down…
