– Claire Insley Holmes
11/5and6we left oceanside with hotel del coranado on our minds. we plotted our course and departed oceanside at 7:30AM. motor sailed for a couple hours with no wind. dad caught a seagull while trolling. wind picked up real nice and we turned the motor off. 4 grey? whales were feeding right off the side of […]
11/3and4 we finally have wifi. we’re going to try and keep the updates separated from one port to the next. this is our departure from our home port of dana point harbor and arriving in oceanside harbor where my dad’s childhood friend mike bardin and his family reside. we stopped in for a day. these […]
the usual we explained to Piña that we are leaving and she decided she loves cruising guides new genuine owl light from bebi electronics in fiji. LED 2+ nautical miles masthead light. extremely bad-ass. took dad on the dinghy to fish at the sand bar add professional rigger to the resume. new stainless steel head […]
ok we’ve been slowly piecing our solar set up together since january. we bought the xantrex c40 charge controller, cable wires, and the 2 monster batteries when we bought our port-a-bote from some guy off craigslist. we bought our 140watt solar cynergy and MC4 cable connects in august. while my dad was out here visiting last […]
ok everyone. we haven’t been working on this boat everyday for the past 2 years for no reason. we are excited to inform everyone that we are departing for mexico in less than 2 weeks! we are aware of hurricane paul heading up the coast. it should clear out of there by mid to end […]
ok re-cap. we’re hustling. here’s just a glimpse of the list that we’re working on… .: solar panel is mounted, working on finishing the poles and bracing..: wire solar panel to batteries (oh man…).: new (used) main sail going on, rigging, reefing.: solar powered, sensored flood light installed in cock pit.: new steamer/ foredeck light […]
we’ve been working our buns off on the boat lately. sorry for lack of rapid posts. but i swear the next batch of posts are going to be bad ass. so this is the roller that was on the boat when i bought it. not much of nothin we’ve been talking about a new roller […]
7/23/12 the three of us had never been to catalina before (that includes Piña). we both got 4 days off of work and decided it was time to sail to catalina…i mean circumnavigate the whole island of catalina. here’s a little info on the island for you. it is rocky island just under 40 miles […]
7/18-7/21 navigation is crucial. it goes hand in hand with sailing. we’re not big on electronics and technology. but we know that we needed to get something compact and simple to help us find our way. last year i attempted to take a coastal navigation class through the coast guard auxiliary. i fell asleep every […]
just thought everyone should take a break from reading about boat projects and see what Piña has been up to lately! Piña was going crazy looking out the window the other morning and i had to peak and see what she was looking at. holy crap! a red eyed raptor staring straight back! (also check out […]
