Jul
23
2007
My pal Rosalind just sent me this link. “Drop anchor, you’re home.” With housing prices high, living on a boat is gaining popularity among ocean lovers.” While I don’t expect throngs of landlubbers to come flocking to the Marina, I am vaguely horrified that living on boats is being portrayed as a lifestyle choice. Course, [...]
Tags: Moving Aboard
Jul
08
2007
Yesterday was the first day we had the opportunity to keep a promise to ourselves. Since we are clearly novices to sailing in general and to the Excellent Adventure in specific, we promised ourselves that whenever Jason, Marc, and I were all on the boat together working, we’d knock off at sunset and go for [...]
Tags: Sailing, San Francisco Bay
Jul
07
2007
July 4, 2007. We’ve been working like dogs on our little boat, frantically trying to get her in good enough shape to move aboard. Jason and Marc have been pulling insane hours doing boat foo while I pull insane hours trying to make the money to bankroll boat foo. Stress levels are pretty high, but [...]
Tags: Jason, Sailing, San Francisco Bay
Jul
05
2007
I‘m working on a post about our first big trip out, Fourth of July on San Francisco Bay, Rowan’s early birthday, and all the coolness that happened yesterday, but in the meantime, I thought this one deserved a post all its own. Oh Captain, my Captain.
Tags: Jason, Sailing