Life at sea...

Duck Dodge 2009

Wed, 13 May 2009 10:39:50 -0700

The first duck dodge of 2009, and it was great weather... sunny warm(ish). I had a great crew too. It took a couple tacks for everyone to get used to the boat and other crew. but once we did it was great. We had a full boat and almost left a crew member at the dock, capt dave ( http://www.saili

life on a boat

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:43:16 -0700

I love living on my boat, and on lake union. It is great, no awesome. Central to most of Seattle and a great view for quick sails... Today was the third time w/in 5 days that i took the boat out. and i am getting a lot better with docking the boat. I have singles handed docking several times.

Sunday Sail

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:07:48 -0700

It is always great to get away from the dock. It always amazes me how much different it is being on a boat and being on a boat in the middle of the lake. Sunday was no different. The weather was rainy and calm when people started to gather. I was worried about building winds and inexperienced

light winds... and then some..

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:16:34 -0800

It was a beautiful day sunny, fairly warm, and light winds. Then the winds jumped... from 5 knts to 25 knts! It was exciting. Luckily I didn’t have the sails up, because I was in the middle of cooking a birthday dinner for Allie & Regina. The boat was handling great, and we even end puttin