S/V Pulsar

On the move overnight...

Short hop over the Aquatic Park Cove for a bit. Super cool being anchored right off downtown SF.

Each day we continue on our journey to full time cruising. Today was another glimpse of what we are moving towards as we worked, swam during lunch, baked beer bread in the solar oven, and watched the sunset and the full moon rise. A lovely Friday the 13th. 💕

I left the boat midday @ 60% battery life and came back several hours later @ 99.7%. So it hit full at some point and then drained a tiny bit after the sun went down. Super happy! I finally got the charge controllers, wiring, etc for the solar panels finished last night and it’s all …

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Adventure: ad•ven•ture, noun - an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. Synonyms include: escapade, deed, feat, trial, and experience. The last two days of walking around San Francisco I am reminded why we adventure. Excitement, learn new things, fun and thrills. We often adventure for a specific experience. To do or or see …

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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 …

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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 …

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We are entering San Francisco Bay and so far the fog has obscured the bridge.