Love Cathy and Blake
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
Merry xmas you bunch of scallywags!
Merry Xmas (video)Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Merry Christmas Everyone!!
We leave Santa Barbara today and head to Santa Catalina Island for Xmas. We will then head to San Diego and will be in Ensenada between Xmas and New Years. Love to you all and we will add pictures down the line somewhere.
Love Cathy and Blake
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
Merry xmas you bunch of scallywags!
Merry Xmas (video)
Love Cathy and Blake
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
Merry xmas you bunch of scallywags!
Merry Xmas (video)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Crossing the Columbia River Bar and headin south toSan Francisco
Captain Joe helps us get south of all the bad storms. It took 3 nights and 4 days to get to San Francisco
Columbia River Bar
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse at the Columbia River Bar
Dolphins at the bow!
Full Moon on the trip south to San Francisco
Sunset to the west and moon rise to the east at the same time. Beautiful
6:30 am December 5 going under the Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Columbia River Bar
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse at the Columbia River Bar
Dolphins at the bow!
Full Moon on the trip south to San Francisco
Sunset to the west and moon rise to the east at the same time. Beautiful
6:30 am December 5 going under the Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
dolphin video
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Pirate Girl cleans up - almost!!
When we last left Pirate Girl things were looking pretty grim. But pirate girl didn't let gecko get to her for long, and she was out and about in no time full of swashbuckling spirit!!
"My new drink of choice" says Pirate Girl
Visiting the Cannery Pier Hotel in Astoria
Pirate Girl goes for a spa treatment
About to get her legs done
Visiting the museum (things are looking up for Pirate Girl aren't they)
She gets invited to another boat for appetizers and wine - will she stick to pop?
Let me at that grub
I mean, this looks divine
Pirate girls's new friend Barb
Uh oh, looks like Pirate girl fell off the wagon - I think that Barb is a bad influence!
Pirate Girl and Barb at the Triangle
Pirate girl cuts loose with a little sword action
Hey The guys are back!!
Pirate girls' new guy Randy. He poaches poachers for a living. Her kind of guy
Things goes just a little off the rail at the triangle. So much for high society; this is waaay more fun....
"My new drink of choice" says Pirate Girl
Visiting the Cannery Pier Hotel in Astoria
Pirate Girl goes for a spa treatment
About to get her legs done
Visiting the museum (things are looking up for Pirate Girl aren't they)
She gets invited to another boat for appetizers and wine - will she stick to pop?
Let me at that grub
I mean, this looks divine
Pirate girls's new friend Barb
Uh oh, looks like Pirate girl fell off the wagon - I think that Barb is a bad influence!
Pirate Girl and Barb at the Triangle
Pirate girl cuts loose with a little sword action
Hey The guys are back!!
Pirate girls' new guy Randy. He poaches poachers for a living. Her kind of guy
Things goes just a little off the rail at the triangle. So much for high society; this is waaay more fun....
We are not far enough south yet!!
We woke up this morning to frost on the docks and it was quickly decided we needed to get going further south!!
We are leaving Vallejo this morning and heading over to Pier 39 right downtown San Francisco to spend the day. We are meeting up with a friend of mine (we hiked the West Coast trail together) and she lives near Golden Gate park. We also are picking up a new crew member, a young fella we met in Astoria who is hitching a ride south with us. I hope pirate girl behaves and doesn't make him walk the plank or anything!!
We will head toward Santa Barbara tomorrow and if it is still cold, we will continue on to San Diego. We will keep you posted!!
Frost on the dock!!
We are leaving Vallejo this morning and heading over to Pier 39 right downtown San Francisco to spend the day. We are meeting up with a friend of mine (we hiked the West Coast trail together) and she lives near Golden Gate park. We also are picking up a new crew member, a young fella we met in Astoria who is hitching a ride south with us. I hope pirate girl behaves and doesn't make him walk the plank or anything!!
We will head toward Santa Barbara tomorrow and if it is still cold, we will continue on to San Diego. We will keep you posted!!
Frost on the dock!!
Yes, that's right; frost!!
We measured 17 degrees F this morning brrr!!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Hello Everyone
Well we left the Columbia river on December 2 nd at 10:00 am and headed out 20 miles to avoid all of the crab traps and get into a calmer sea and the headed south east for San Francisco. The Nordic V needs three crew on board in order to be a relaxing and restful experience. My idea of Cruising is to be relaxing and enjoyable so we decided that it was in our best interests to find another crew member. We talked to a few new found friends and came up with no one that wanted to go south so I hired a charter boat guy ( Captain Joe; picture to follow), The cost of the extra hand was certainly worth it to us. We were out on the high seas for three nights and were under the Golden Gate bridge at 6:50 am December 5th with Freighters, Tugs in tow, Pilot boats, fishing boats, and more, Wow all of this after only seeing 6 ships in 4 days a bit of a sensory overload for sure. The trip to San Francisco from Astoria was a great training experience on all the things we need to consider for serious off shore travel. All of the books in the world can not get anyone 100 % ready because every boat is different. We did very well and did not lose,break,or damage anything at all. Well our Captain Joe was a great asset to the trip. The seas were swells from the north west 6 to 10 feet and the winds were 5 to 20 from the north west and the east. We had a chance to experience the doldrums as well. We motor sailed and motored all the way. A picture is worth a thousand words and Cathy will be adding pictures soon. We are up in the Napa river at a small place called Vallejo and are going up the river with the Nordic to the Napa valley and will stay in Napa overnight. Our plans are to wait here until tuesday the 8 th and hook up with a friend on his sailboat ( Princess ) and Buddy boat south. Don is 71 years old and has sailed around the world a few times, lost his wife a few years ago and decided to go a third time, Don is a great guy and a real life book of knowledge.
Well that will be all for now and anyone interested in crewing let us know. 250 202 0102 will work till Mexico and then we will have a new number for anything important at all.
We just heard the weather for San Fran area and they are calling for snow tonight in the hills so we want to go south even more now.
Till later keep warm.
Well we left the Columbia river on December 2 nd at 10:00 am and headed out 20 miles to avoid all of the crab traps and get into a calmer sea and the headed south east for San Francisco. The Nordic V needs three crew on board in order to be a relaxing and restful experience. My idea of Cruising is to be relaxing and enjoyable so we decided that it was in our best interests to find another crew member. We talked to a few new found friends and came up with no one that wanted to go south so I hired a charter boat guy ( Captain Joe; picture to follow), The cost of the extra hand was certainly worth it to us. We were out on the high seas for three nights and were under the Golden Gate bridge at 6:50 am December 5th with Freighters, Tugs in tow, Pilot boats, fishing boats, and more, Wow all of this after only seeing 6 ships in 4 days a bit of a sensory overload for sure. The trip to San Francisco from Astoria was a great training experience on all the things we need to consider for serious off shore travel. All of the books in the world can not get anyone 100 % ready because every boat is different. We did very well and did not lose,break,or damage anything at all. Well our Captain Joe was a great asset to the trip. The seas were swells from the north west 6 to 10 feet and the winds were 5 to 20 from the north west and the east. We had a chance to experience the doldrums as well. We motor sailed and motored all the way. A picture is worth a thousand words and Cathy will be adding pictures soon. We are up in the Napa river at a small place called Vallejo and are going up the river with the Nordic to the Napa valley and will stay in Napa overnight. Our plans are to wait here until tuesday the 8 th and hook up with a friend on his sailboat ( Princess ) and Buddy boat south. Don is 71 years old and has sailed around the world a few times, lost his wife a few years ago and decided to go a third time, Don is a great guy and a real life book of knowledge.
Well that will be all for now and anyone interested in crewing let us know. 250 202 0102 will work till Mexico and then we will have a new number for anything important at all.
We just heard the weather for San Fran area and they are calling for snow tonight in the hills so we want to go south even more now.
Till later keep warm.
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