On Sunday, June 24 Alex’s college roommates arrived in Sitka. Willie, Joe, Mike and Alex all graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1970-71. Willie Benedetti was a poultry major and now operates his own poultry business. Willie-Bird Turkeys i…
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#26 – Willie Lands a Huge Salmon
Willie Benedetti of Willie-Bird Turkeys is a pretty good fisherman. Today he landed a pretty good sized fish. More on the story later, but here’s the photo and video, for now.Willie and Joe make sure the big King Salmon doesn’t fall overboa…
Time to fish
It rained hard all morning so the idea of kayaking around the inlet was not so appealing. We couldn’t head to the next anchorage until after noon. We had an area of water to traverse that can be whirly and swirly with upwellings and rapids unless you…
M/V Fat Bottom Girl 2012-07-01 22:00:00
A Day of Adventure!!As planned, we departed Ft. Pierce at 4:00AM. We experienced a mild boil at the inlet entrance, but after that we had perfect calm seas. It’s a little intimidating pulling out into complete darkness and solely rely…
Summer in New England
No its not the North Channel its New England baby!Yes we are still alive! Its been a month since our arrival back to our homeport and a year and a half since we have been landlaubers, so whats it like you ask? Being back in New England is n…
Summer in New England
No its not the North Channel its New England baby!Yes we are still alive! Its been a month since our arrival back to our homeport and a year and a half since we have been landlaubers, so whats it like you ask? Being back in New England is n…
The best humus joint in Israel and maybe the worst bus terminal
Shalom,
It has been a really nice few days so I was in a really good mood when I sat down to finish this email. Then our "neighbors" off across the dock next to Eve’s boat turned on their music loud enough to blast us o…
Malta
1ST July 2012
The date for our annual Staff Meeting was fast approaching. This year we decided on Malta as our venue and had booked rooms for all the staff at the beautiful Hilton Hotel at Portomaso. So, after only one overnight at anchor off Syr…
Malta
1ST July 2012
The date for our annual Staff Meeting was fast approaching. This year we decided on Malta as our venue and had booked rooms for all the staff at the beautiful Hilton Hotel at Portomaso. So, after only one overnight at anchor off Syr…
Travels of YOUNG AMERICA 2012-07-01 15:10:00
Bonjour, Buon giorno, Guten Tag, and Hey…
For the past three weeks, Fred and I have been sort of acting like water bugs, skimming along the surface of about 4000 KM. worth of Europe. This blog will reflect that. Out of over 1000 photos taken,&n…
