2024 Family Sailing Trip
Our big family sailing trip for 2024 is in the books! We were out July 3-13. This trip focused on making good memories for the kids. We did short hops, kee
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At last… Shadow has a windlass and anchor!
It only was three years from the start to finish, but Shadow finally has an anchor installed on her windlass! I may do a full write up on the setup, probab
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Oro Bay Weekend Trip
It had been too long. Too long since Shadow got out to stretch her sails. July of 2023 was the last real trip she had, and I had been itching to get back o
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I nearly destroyed my sailboat’s electrical system when switching to lithium batteries!
Last summer, while doing a raft up with S/V Meili, the aft cabin battery bank suddenly, and unexpectedly gave up the ghost. I had recently performed all th
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Introducing “Shadow”, our new Catalina 36 sailboat
Update: Shadow has her own website! See it at https://svshadow.com I am very excited to announce that Alix and I have completed the purchase of S/V Shadow,
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First water adventure of 2021!
What a beautiful day to be on the water! Still boatless, Harold and Jesse took us out on their 36′ Unitflite, for a tour around the Tacoma harbor, ac
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