But first: I’m a firm believer in DIY. Not just because it usually cost less (but takes way more time) but because I know how the job was done. I understand...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Voyage 2024, Wildlife Tags: anxiety, boat yard, chickens, Flicka 20, hiva oa, jokes, marquesas, Pacific Ocean, prop, sail drive, sailing stories, Sampaguita, tradesman
Disregard the following paragraph. Apparently, I am wrong. I apologize. I emailed with a broker and they said I did not need to import. They were not interested in selling the...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life, Video, Voyage 2024 Tags: anchorage, catamaran, hiva oa, monohull, rain clouds, rolly
A day in the life of Sampaguita in Hiva Oa, Marquesas. April 23, 2024.
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Video, Voyage 2024 Tags: anchorage, army, Flicka 20, haulout, hiva oa, MMS, musical chairs, Navy, ramp, ship French, trailer
Thank you to all for your congratulations and interest. Some are asking for pictures and stories. I’m sorry, I am unable at this time to accommodate much. I just don’t have...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Voyage 2024 Tags: Anchor, axe, bay, cocnut, Flicka 20, haul-out, heat, hiva oa, Pacific Seacraft, tanauku
“Tack,Tack,Tack.” A friend, reader, and donor commented: “I just don’t know how you provision for so many days, on a 20 foot boat. I’ve never gone more then 7-10 days, that...
The dolphins were at it again in the bay this morning. The moon was full over La Paz this evening. In between, I 303’d the dinghy, cleaned some of Sampaguita’s bottom,...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Voyage 2024, Wildlife Tags: bottom job, bottom paint, cal 27, critters, dinghy, diver, firewater, Fish, Flicka 20, ketch, la paz, los cruceros, marquesas, mercury, Mexico, outboard, Pacific Seacraft, pesos, port angeles, port townsend, sailing dinghy, Sampaguita
A friend, champion, and donor of mine expressed how he enjoyed reading my blog and getting to know me better. So, I have decided to follow that lead in this excerpt...
Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Life in 240 Inches, The Dock Life, Voyage 2024, Wildlife Tags: before, bouncy horse, donor, drumming, drums, journey, joy zipper, new berlin, paul Mark, RLD, Sailing with Josh, Sampaguita, seattle, Zildjian
What’s the best nation in the world? A Donation. I received my French Polynesia paper nautical charts yesterday. But don’t worry, you can still contribute, they were bought on credit. I’ve...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Voyage 2024 Tags: carnaval, clarinet, Flicka 20, french polynesia, google fi, la paz, main stage, malecon, mexican, Mexico, nautical chart, Sampaguita, shom, sound check, sousaphone, tikeau, timbales, tossible digits, trombone
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Voyage 2024 Tags: Anchor, anchorage, aquaquick, bronco, chop, climbing the mast, current, dinghy, dinghy dock, Flicka 20, go pro, la paz, marina de la paz, Mexico, oars, pitch, rodeo, sailboat
This is a bit of a feedback loop, but upon discovering their generous words, I raised their colors. Sampaguita sits at anchor in a windy and choppy La Paz anchorage. Her...
Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, PTSA, The Dock Life, The Salish Sea, Voyage 2024 Tags: 2023, Corvo, drone, filigree, Flicka 20, genoa, jib, Mexico, one design, port townsend, Port Townsend Sailing Association, PTSA, Racing, Spinnaker, Thunderbird, youtube
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