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Return to Japan…the adventure resumes!

The  Captain & crew (you know who) are back on the ‘Pearl’ after what was a long and chilly winter spent in the Washington, DC area… can you say “record snowfalls”. So with the special visits to family & friends comple…

December 20, 2009 La Paz to Huatulco

Danny Long, my brother Paul and I brought the boat down from La Paz over the past 10 days, in generally excellent weather and sea conditions. To continue the chronology where I left off:We had a company Christmas party on Friday, December 5th, and a Pa…

December 6, 2009 Bellingham to La Paz

As I left off with my missives, we had stopped at the CA-OR border to get some respite from lumpy seas. That was September 20th. Since that time, we’ve completed that passage, and another. The boat is now in La Paz. On Tuesday, Danny Long and I will …

September 20, 2009 Inside to Bellingham

My apologies to all for the extended interval between updates. Very little of the time since my last report has been spent cruising.As I left off, on August 22nd, we had just transited the Queen Charlotte strait, with our non stop transit from Alaska t…

August 22, 2009 Frederick Sound-Misty Fiords

All,It’s been a wonderful 2 ½ weeks since I sent the last update.As I finished the last report, we were on way back to Auke Bay for another “crew change”. My daughter, Stephanie, her husband, Jason, and kids, James, Jackson and Johnathan, left

August 7, 2009 Red Bluff and Tracy

As this adventure continues to unfold, I seem to write these a bit less often. I hope any of you that might be concerned about our safety are getting the “Spot” messages. I’m sending them each day that we move. I try to send one about n…

July 26, 2009 Tracy Arm

As I left off the last update, on the 18th, my brother, Paul, had just left and my son Zach and daughter-in-law, Stephanie were on the way.On the 19th, under cloudy skies and a bit of rain, we left Auke Bay for some fishing along the west coast of Doug…

July 18, 2009 Petersburg to Tracy Arm

I just bought a new position/condition reporting device that enables me to report Arcadia1’s position on a Google Earth shared website via satellite. It’s a pretty neat little device called “Spot”, you can check it out at findmespot.com.You sho…

April 11, 2010 – On our way to Loreto

On Easter morning we ran south about 15 miles to the eastern shore of Conception, an area called Bahia Coyote, in which there are lots of anchorages. We chose the northern most, called Santispac. It turned out to be well protected from the winds whic…

Cascais to Lagos (via Sines)

Cascais to Lagos via Sines (pron…Cinch)
Mad Sunday spent some time in Cascais and so did we – and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.  Our favourite Piri Piri chicken restaurant, as recommended by a friend, was frequented on three occasions.&nb…