LandfallVoyages

Past the Point

The boat is finally, FINALLY past Point Conception! After wayyyyy too many delays, getting stuck where we didn’t want to be, broken this and that, bad weather, social obligations, waiting and waiting and waiting, Landfall sailed around the point in nearly perfect conditions last night. OFF TO THE ISLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My New Drunk Friends

We have these new boat neighbors, really nice guys. We like them a lot in spite of the fact that they’re always drunk. I’m not saying that they drink often, we’re talking buzzed in the morning and drunk at night. Tequila with breakfast never hurt anyone, right? They have many fine stories. Out of last […]

Shit Tank Shenanigans

When you tell someone that you’re sailing around the world, the picture that pops up in their heads is invariably a lot more glamorous than the down and dirty, day-in-and-day-out reality proves to be. And by down and dirty I mean that sooner or later you’re gonna be crunched up like a contortionist, playing hide […]

Getting the Shaft

Diesels are not at all like their  gasoline brethren. A finely tuned gas-fed engine sort of purrs under its breath and hums high-pitched songs of far off places to the road beneath its wheels. A diesel is not so refined. They growl and jitter and the songs they sing are not captured by the ear […]

Neon Cotton Candy Electropunk Sunsets

Our friend John Somics is a Burning Man kind of artist who views the whole world as his palette. He’s a master carpenter who, after losing the tips of his index and ring fingers, had the tip of his undamaged middle finger shaved off to match because he didn’t want to look like he was […]

Adventure is just over the horizon

I Love Moorings

Not the Moorings yacht charter folks, I don’t know anything about them. I love having the boat out on a mooring as opposed to tied up to a dock. At the dock, nice people walk by, look in a little sometimes, say hi sometimes, want to talk boats, ask nice questions, compliment us on our […]

San Luis ObispNO County

We’ve been gone from here for seven months. I assumed, since I am imperfect, that my perception of life on the Central Coast might be askew and that with a new perspective my opinion might change. As it turns out I was wrong in thinking that I might be wrong. (Do two wrongs make me […]

I swear, we didn’t sail off the edge of the Earth

It would appear we’ve been somewhat remiss in updating–rest assured, we did not fall victim to West Coast pirates; we did not take an unscheduled tour of Davy Jones’ locker; and we have not been press ganged into a century-long stint before the mast on board the Flying Dutchman. It’s been just completely, utterly, hella […]

Santa Cruz

We left Half Moon Bay after a couple of days to recover. The weather looked OK. Not good, just OK but we’ve been feeling some urgency to get souther before winter fully sets in. Out of Half Moon Bay we again had the wind and the swells behind us but the waves were very close […]