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Failed Attempt at Point Conception

6 September 2012

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            We haven’t talked much about our trip around Point Conception or our first failed attempt. We left Morro Bay for Port San Luis Obispo and had a fairly nice sail down. We arrived at night, as usual, but were able to navigate through the mooring fields and find the […]

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Navy Boats in San Diego

26 June 2012

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In Dana Point, you can’t turn around without having some, admittedly very well mannered, harbor cop crawling all up in your nethers. Again, they were hella nice, but I’m a grown up girl and comfortable with the idea of being responsible for my own actions. Tell me the rules and I’m good to go. I […]

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Steering Shakedown

19 May 2012

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Steering Shakedown

No matter how well it goes, after any major repair, you’ve got to go out and give things a test run. See what stays fixed, what new things break, and how many other things decide it’s all of a sudden time to pack it in and take a vacation. I don’t like to be ruled […]

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Old Town San Diego

19 May 2012

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Old Town San Diego

This was supposed to be a picture of pigeon parking. Just up the street from the dinghy dock, we spied a smallish flock of pigeons in various states of repose, scattered liberally amongst the blue lines marking off a handicapped parking space. They were supremely uninterested in us, which of course made them irresistible. It […]

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Replace Your Hydraulic Steering Lines in Ten Steps or More

17 May 2012

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Replace Your Hydraulic Steering Lines in Ten Steps or More

Old boats are a lot like old cars, in that the minute you’ve fixed one thing on them, something else decides it’s time to take a permanent vacation. And so it is that our minor hydraulic steering leak went from trickling status to OMG she’s bleeding out. We’ve been trying to isolate the leak for […]

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Trip Down to Oceanside

12 May 2012

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Trip Down to Oceanside

Today  started off rather inauspiciously with a cold, grey overcast that betrayed no hint  of the gorgeous day we had yesterday,  but by the time we stowed everything that needed stowing, the sun was starting to peek through. After we filled our freshwater tanks and pumped out the holding tank,  El Sol had Señor Overcast […]

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Storm’s Coming

12 May 2012

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Storm’s Coming

I love these SoCal storms–a little bit of wind, a smattering of rain, gorgeous skies, and I’m not freezing my arse off. Hypothermia isn’t my preferred method of weight loss.  The guy at the harbor office didn’t even know we had weather coming in. I could get used to this. We rigged up the tarp […]

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Squeaky Birds in the Bilge

12 May 2012

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Squeaky Birds in the Bilge

We’ve got a bilge that’s impenetrably dark and seriously, deep enough to hide bodies in. For real. We haven’t actually field tested this particularly handy feature. Yet. Still, it’s nice to know we could take on a crapload of water and it would mostly just spiral down into the uncharted territory of the deepest parts […]

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Sail Ho!

12 March 2012

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Sail Ho!

One of the funny quirks about living aboard is the compulsion you develop for situational awareness. First thing in the morning, even before you pee, you’ve got to stick your head out the companionway and have a little look-see session with the wind and the waves. What’s the weather doing? Which direction is the boat facing? […]

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