San Juan and Gulf Islands 2008

Update from the sea 1, Departure..

We left Port of Everett today at about 11am.  After several hours of motoring north on the east side of

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Update from the sea 2, Lessons in anchoring..

This morning we woke up early, at least two of us are sick..  I woke at 5am and went topside

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Update from the sea 3, We found hippies..

Waking up today was a challenge.  The sick ones, myself and Dawn, felt like crap.  Today was a beautiful day,

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Update from the sea 4, That’s a dinghy?

We are in our second night at Ganges now.  This little island village is pretty cool.  They have a rare

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Update from the sea 5, Making good time under sail..

We are now at the furthest point north that we will make on this trip, and tomorrow we turn south

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Update from the sea 6, Day of repairs..

Well we made it to Roche Harbor today.  We left Telegraph at 7am and powered through some serious headwinds with

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Update from the sea 7, Rocking me to sleep..

I’m lying in the berth reading a book with the boat rocking from the periodic passage of ferries.. Today we

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Update from the sea 8, Family reunion..

Tonight we are on a mooring buoy at Coupeville on Whidbey Island.  We got here about 1PM and were greeted

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Update from the sea 9, Back at home!

This morning we got up and went ashore for bathroom and coffee stops.  Then back to the boat to get

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