Dear F&F, Friday it blew 35 knots from the SW, today is Sunday and we awoke to \”Santa Ana\’s\” from the East at 20 knots. Tomorrow is predicted to be gorgeous. So if the weather pemits, we shall leave for Santa Cruz Island tomorrow morning. Monday October 8th. We will turn our internet on \”forward\” …
Leaving for Santa Cruz Island 10-8-07…..Wx Permitting Read More »
Dear F&F, Well \”life on the hard\” is never much fun, so begins our tale. We are living on the boat at Ventura Harbor Boat Yard. The first day we arrived, Scott ran into a former dental patient up here visiting his Mom. We renewed many old acquaintences as we have been at this \”yard\” …
Dear F&F, Let it be known that at 0633 local time, we left the California Yacht Club. We are currently in flat seas, motoring at 8.3 knots (10 mph for you non sailors) and expect to be in Ventura by 1pm local time. Current Position is: 33 deg 59.03 min North 118 deg 43.41 min …
Scott & Cindy aboard s/v \”Beach House\”…..We\’re Off!……… Read More »
Dear F&F, Its 8:30 pm on Saturday night and Cindy and I have just \”cut the cord\” figuratively speaking. We stowed the dock cord and the hose, so you know we\’re ready to go. We\’ll be leaving the dock around 6am on Sunday the 23rd. Thats just 9 hours from now. We\’ll update our travels …
Its been a long time………Gettin\’ from here to there!……. Read More »
F&F, Tomorrow should be the last day of doing \”stuff\”. We have some packing and cleaning and storing to do, but we\’re pretty close to ready to go! S&C
We\’re in the last stages of major projects which we hope to finish by the end of the week. The big email to all our Friends and Family will be out soon………..stay and keep in touch. Scott and Cindy
For all our Friends and Family who are checking in…..We have about one month to go to begin our voyage. Our first stop will be to Ventura to haul the boat out of the water and paint our bottom. New underwater lights will be installed as well……KIT, Scott and Cindy
Hello F&F, We arrived here at 4th of July Cove at the Isthmus of Catalina. The wind was a bit much for bow and stern anchor \”fire\” drills with too many boats around at Big Geiger, discretion being the better part of valor, we picked up a mooring here. We see many friends the place …
90 days to go, lots to get ready before we finally cast off.
Hi guys, we left at around 11:15 this morning, finally got off the dock. Cindy saw a shark while Scott was asleep off watch and Scott saw a Humpback Whale while Cindy was asleep off watch. We are here with one other sailboat and two small power boats. Arrived at 5 pm. Cindy is cooking …