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Flicka 20 Pacific Voyages – Sampaguita, Kawabunga, and Windward Pilgrim

I thought it would be fun to overlay the three Flicka 20 Pacific Voyages that I know about. Sampaguita, captained and crewed by myself, left Port Townsend, WA on August 22, 2023, and returned to Port Townsend, WA on July 8, 2024. We sailed down the North American West Coast to La Paz, Mexico, and then to the Marquesas. From the Marquesas, we sailed non-stop to Port Townsend, WA via Hawaii. Kawabunga!,… Read More

Category: 2023 Voyage, Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, Voyage 2024 Tags: charles s. dewell, cruising, Flicka 20, french polybesia, google earth, hawaii, john hazen jr., kawabunga, marqusas, Mexico, pacific sailing, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, Sampaguita, san diego sailboat, society islands, south sea, tahiti, Windward Pilgrim

Warping and Reading – Flicka 20s, a Thunderbird, and a 32-foot ketch

I just published two slow-moving videos about warping boats at the dock on Youtube. One was a re-edit of a previously published video of Sampaguita, a 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 with a full keel, which I recently discovered had some annoying glitches. I removed the major ones and preserved what I could. The second video is recent and of Corvo, a Thunderbird sailboat, a much lighter boat with a fin keel… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Life in 240 Inches, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Resourceful Sailor Series, The Salish Sea, Video Tags: Boat Haven, book, Charles Dewell, Corvo, Dwight Long, Flicka 20, Idle Hour, kawabunga, Kawabunga's South Sea Adventure, Lectronic Latitude, library, Pacific Seacraft, port townsend, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, Seven Seas, Thunderbird, warp, warped, warping