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From near-death to jail
I have often wondered, in passing, what happens if you wreck and are rescued in a foreign country before clearing customs. Now I know: you get arrested.
This story has already been making the rounds on nautical websites here in the Pacific Northwest, on Three Sheets among others. So far, though, all that [...]
The Great Tsunami of 2010
Actually, it’s early in the year to make a proclamation of that sort, so I may be tempting fate a bit… there could certainly be an actual Great Tsunami at some point later in the year in which case I’ll probably regret my sarcasm here. Let’s hope not, for reasons other than the potential [...]
Full StoryDecadent Living
My timing of the tides and currents through the San Juans en route to Seattle proved to be masterful and heroic in scale… yet deficient in one particular: Spieden Channel.
I’d worked out our trip from Sidney to Seattle precisely accounting for the tides and currents at Sidney, through Haro Straight, down San Juan Channel, and [...]
A Day of Rest
That’s what today was supposed to be, at least. And certainly, I’m going to hit the bunk right after writing this, because tomorrow’s busy schedule calls for an early departure and promises a day of, shall we say, interesting, sailing and navigating from start to finish.
To start, we will have to pick our way [...]
Christmas travel as sailing analog
So I’ve been missing sailing in between being busy and not having the weather for it, and with Christmas now intruding on our time (yes, yes, I’m a veritable Scrooge, I know) I didn’t figure we’d be getting in any sea time for a couple of months. But it turns out that the Christmas travel [...]
Full StoryNo Room at the Inn
I think I might have mentioned here before that Mandy and I have, through what luck I do not know, tickets to the Vancouver Winter Olympics coming up here in only a couple of months. Specifically, we’re going to the luge, an event to which neither of us have any particular connection, and which doesn’t [...]
Full StoryBetter Laid Plans
One of the things I hope that I am increasingly getting used to is the need for the prudent mariner to occasionally make dramatic and substantial deviations from plans in order to accomodate changing conditions or reduce unforeseen risk. This is sometimes difficult to distinguish from the need to run calculated risks, which also seems [...]
Full StoryBaby, it’s cold outside
And getting colder yet, just in time for our scheduled haul-out next week. The good news is the sunshine; it’s going to be dry enough for painting. The bad news is the cold; the paint we are planning on applying has a minimum ambient application temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit. The forecast, admittedly long-range at [...]
Full StoryIt never ends
I suppose it’s safe to assume that most other nautically-minded folks are also occupied today catching the “Deadliest Catch” marathon on Discovery Channel today. Since we happen to have access to a TV we are soaking it in while we have the chance. It’s a beautiful day out on Port Townsend and the wind has [...]
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