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April 14, 2010 Panama back to La Paz

This posting reflects a change in the cruising pattern for Arcadia I. For the first time since we’ve owned her, we’re heading consistently North! After we bought Arcadia I last June, we cruised around SE Alaska for the summer. …

April 15, 2010 – Running North Past Loreto

We anchored in front of Loreto. Conditions were perfect, even Earl had no qualms about leaving his boat at anchor. We left our dingy in the small boat harbor, which is really for small boats, like pangas and boats under 28 feet. Another boater helpe…

2nd attempt to cross the Pacific

The generator is now fixed. It is an unfortunate and complicated sequence of events  that led to our problem. It is also miund-numbingly dull, and so even if I fully understood it, I would not relate it here.We are off again first t…

March 15, 2010 Barilles to Panama

After almost 10 months, this cruising thing is beginning to be what I always thought it could be. Phyl and I are aboard Arcadia I, at anchor in a beautiful protected cove off a tropical island in the las Perlas islands off Panama. We’ve been simply e…

February 8, 2010 Huatulco to Barilles

In my last update, Arcadia I was in Marina Chahue at Huatulco, Mexico. Danny Long had already headed home to Texas and my brother, Paul, and I were preparing to fly back to California for the Christmas Holiday. Paul and I left as planned on the 21st of…

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…

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…