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- February 27, 2011by Foster FanningThe year was ’05, early in the spring. April as I recall. Catherine and I had hauled our 27’ Lyle Hess designed sailing vessel, Osprey, over the Cascade Mountain Range from eastern Washington to Everett, a coastal town on Possession Sound on the eastern edge of the Salish Sea. The plan was to...
- February 10, 2011by Foster FanningJohn Lennon once said, "Life is what happens when your busy making other plans." That certainly is the case for here. I note a passage of several months since the last update of this logbook. A period of time with a lot of life and plans inter-weaving into a tapestry occasionally above my...
- February 10, 20111by Foster FanningCabin Fever? Wikipedia’s got it wrong. They say, “Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group is isolated and/or shut in, in a small space, with nothing to do, for an extended period”... Not. As a northerner I know cabin fever....
- November 08, 2009by Foster FanningSALISH SEA: First proposed in 1990 as the official name for the grouping of Puget Sound, Strait... SALISH SEA: First proposed in 1990 as the official name for the grouping of Puget Sound, Strait of Georgia and Strait of Juan de Fuca. Salish refers to the Salishan languages spoken by many of the...
- July 05, 2009by Foster FanningLasqueti Island: PART 1 - The Spinnaker Run… False Bay on Lasqueti Island lays at 49* 29’ 40.34”...Lasqueti Island: PART 1 - The Spinnaker Run… False Bay on Lasqueti Island lays at 49* 29’ 40.34” N, 124* 21’ 27.99” W, in the upper reaches of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. As Bobby...
- March 23, 2008by Foster Fanning"Out from the deep purple twilight of the autumn sky our visitor spread vast wings and descended..."Out from the deep purple twilight of the autumn sky our visitor spread vast wings and descended upon our close-hauled vessel." From S/V OSPREY logbook, 09.20.03 In June of 2005 I was in negotiations...
- March 16, 2008by Foster FanningRICKEY POINT SAIL CLUB Behind Grand Coulee Dam in NE Washington, formed by the mighty Columbia...RICKEY POINT SAIL CLUB Behind Grand Coulee Dam in NE Washington, formed by the mighty Columbia River, is Lake Roosevelt. Roughly one hundred and thirty-two miles long, with a surface area of 81,000...
- February 26, 2008by Foster FanningOkay, this is kind of a recipe. I mean it's not from scratch but I find it to be near perfect for the boat. We go through a lot of salsa on our Allied Yachts S2, 9.2C, AQUILA and this is the best way we've found to have it near fresh all the time. Start out with one 16 ounce can of H&H brand...
- February 24, 2008by Foster FanningPender Harbour Jazz Festival It was 1999, September 18th, log entry of 1320:hours to be exact. I was solo sailing my Lyle Hess designed 27 footer, OSPREY, south bound in the middle of Malaspina Strait in the British Columbia portion of the Inside Passage when a fateful decision was...
- February 18, 2008by Foster FanningGotta' admit many of us Pacific Northwest yokels have a hankering for bivalve mollusks. Oysters, of course are reputed to have aphrodisiac powers. This maybe due to the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, who came from the sea on an oyster shell. The oyster is said to be one of the reasons that the...
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