Anacortes, WA - We arrived in Anacortes on Aug. 24 in the rain, after checking into the U.S. at Friday Harbor on San Juan Island the day before. The plan is to sail to Mexico this fall where it's warmer and cheaper. The U.S. dollar is at par with the Canadian dollar for the first time in a long time (ever?) and that makes Canada expensive for us.
The first leg of our trip south will be from here to San Francisco. We have found two sailors to help us make that trip and after their arrival on Aug. 31, we will leave out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. If necessary, we'll wait at Cape Flattery for a weather window before turning south and heading down the coast. The trip should take 7-10 days.
While we were in Anacortes, BMW/Oracle's next America's Cup entry was launched.
The weather has turned cold suddenly and it's time to get outta here!
Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills. ~Ambrose Bierce
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Back in the Saddle Again
LUND - Steve and I rendezvoued in Vancouver on Tuesday, August 5, and arrived back in Lund two days later. Our adventures while we were in the states consisted of: forgotten passports, speeding ticket, stolen laptop computer, recovered laptop computer, filing a police report and fraud alert, cutting the grass, renting a U-Haul truck and storage locker and moving stuff from one place to another, attending my nephew's (gorgeous, romantic) wedding, visiting with family at their new houses, seeing my new 6 month old great nephew, but that's not what this blog is about. So, on to bigger and better tales....
Steve brought back a shiny new windlass which he has installed and it is now working properly. We'll be heading south for Nanaimo today to pick up a package of boat stuff, then to Anacortes, WA for more stuff. Then to points further south. Stay tuned!
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