Jun 04 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at 1203, the s/v Excellent Adventure came home.
We got the phone call at 0940. Don Gussler, the harbormaster, said “Just got a call from your Captain; he’s about 12 miles out, and will be here in 2-5 hours.” I shrieked into the phone, and he laughed at me.
This being your typical [...]
May 27 2007
This morning, Jason received a phone call from Chevron, Inc. This seemed, well, odd.
Until he answered, and discovered that Cap’n Ken and Minor had stopped in to this fuel station, “the first thing you see out of Mexico,” to refuel, and Cap’n Ken was in such a hurry, he had the fuel dock guys [...]
Apr 06 2007
Cap’n Ken and Crew have made it to Panama. Hurrah!
He reports that our lovely boat made it to 19.6 knots in a 30-knot wind out in the Caribbean.
19.6 knots, sportsfans. I am absolutely delirious with joy.Course, the mainsail ripped right after that. So that’s the bummer. But the sail was old and needed love and [...]