They say sailing is just doing boat maintenance in exotic locations. I haven't gotten to the exotic locations part, but I can definitely confirm the boat maintenance part. We've completed a lot of projects and maintenance as things broke while on the move since leaving Seattle. It's been a busy month. I can see the …
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So we have a wind generator. It came with Pulsar when we bought her. We were told, "it doesn't work" and "you should throw it away." We never tried to fix it because it was low on the totem pole of priorities. On our trip to San Francisco, Graham was running wires and found a …
Morning in a new place is always awesome.
We made it to San Francisco Bay and are anchored in front of Sausalito! The first big passage for the family achieved! It’s kind of crazy to think: We were in Seattle, then Canada, then Port Angeles, we had crew, we rounded capes, we saw whales!!!, saw some pretty big seas (12ft waves), lots of …
We are entering San Francisco Bay and so far the fog has obscured the bridge.
Captain’s log. Graham on watch. We left Fort Bragg in the fog at 1:30 on our way to San Francisco. Currently 6-9 foot waves at 6-7 second period and still foggy. The occasional 12 comes through and is over my head standing on the deck, pretty awesome. Crew is sleeping/resting after crossing the bar, waves …
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Sat Aug 24 2019 22:27:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) I’m on watch and we are in the fog again. Shouldn’t surprise anyone considering how close to land we are. Fog makes the ocean feel narrow and closed. It’s thick enough that I can’t see very far even in the dark. The bioluminescence is particularly bright …
We spent the last day with our first crew member checking out the Coastal Redwoods yesterday. We rented a car and drove from Ft. Bragg, along the Avenue of Giants, and through Humboldt Redwoods State Park to Eureka. The amazingly tall trees did not disappoint. Then after some tasty beer and dinner at Lost Coast …
Yesterday we toured Ft Bragg a bit. The downtown area is pretty neat. There is a train, museum, and beaches. We rode the Skunk Train and saw the model train museum which is a model of the railroad and train of the area during the logging days. Then we went out to Noyo Headland and …
Tue Aug 20 2019 05:32:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) I have relieved Graham for my first sunrise watch of the trip. There is still fog. Tom the Younger is currently getting ready to join me. During Graham’s watch we rounded Cape Mendocino. He said it was smooth and easy. Even the wave action cooperated and …
S/V Pulsar 