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July 12, 2012

Leaving SoCal

by Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson

Southern California sailors are fortunate to have several mostly uninhabited islands, featuring beautiful and superb anchorages, just 15 to 30 miles offshore. Here we are enjoying French Toast in Smugglers Cove on Santa Cruz Island.

Everything changes now. It’s colder. The water is rougher. The weather can be more severe and change quickly.

July 3, 2012

Two-Boat Cruisers

by Michael Robertson
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Jim Mumy

Our kayak, pictured next to the Pudgy in this pic, is 11-feet long by comparison. Note the sheer on the Pudgy, very pleasing!

Choosing an alternative, a two-boat approach, whereby a ship’s dinghy is configured to serve also as a life boat, should the need arise.

June 27, 2012

The Good-Enough Sailor

by Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson
This is our new mainsail, designed, built, and delivered to us in Mexico by Dave Benjamin of Island Planet Sails. My biggest concern ordering this new sail was that it wouldn't solve any of the poor sailing experiences I was attributing to our old mainsail, that my lack of knowledge about sail trim was the real culprit. So I was very pleased when we sailed with this for the first time and realized a HUGE improvement. We have about 1,500 miles on this sail so far and it is doing well.

How many cruising dreams are cast aside when the sailing reality seems too overwhelming?

June 20, 2012

New Tank, New Problem

by Michael Robertson
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Michael Robertson
Del Viento

Not long after I installed the new tank we began to notice the smell.

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