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Alaska welcome balloon

We’re In Alaska!

We’re at 56 degrees latitude and our internal clocks are all messed up by our northward progress. The days continue growing longer despite the passing of the summer solstice.

Del Viento- Friday Harbor

Welcome Home

The Robertson family aboard Del Viento deal with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on their arrival in Friday Harbor, Washington.

Late in their hours-long sale. The cookies are nearly gone, the second loaf of banana bread is out, the Riki Tiki Tavi kids have left, and lots of rocks still for sale on the table to the right. Pictured are Jonah, Frances, Kai, and Eleanor.

Go Frances, Go

In the last weeks of her sixth year, Frances’s mind was focused and consumed with one thing: the bake sale she would organize to help

Here's my wife, the magician, at her nav station. "How have you gotten weather info previously?" some might ask. The answer is that since we started, we've nearly always had internet access available, at least prior to beginning a passage, and we've simply come this far by the grace of www.passageweather.com, and the buoy data at http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ --we've infrequently relied exclusively on VHF-broadcast weather, even when available.

My Techie

Now even though this is like black magic to the crew of Del Viento, I totally acknowledge that receiving weather faxes via short-wave radio is absolutely nothing to most other cruisers–basic, basic stuff.

Disco Winches

They’re big, they’re black, they’re stout, and they’re from 1978. Meet Del Viento‘s Lewmar 48 self-tailing winches.

Such a little thing...

In Which I Fix Something

This story is an important reminder that solving any problem aboard a cruising boat nearly always takes longer than anyone ought to imagine.

Alaska welcome balloon

We’re In Alaska!

We’re at 56 degrees latitude and our internal clocks are all messed up by our northward progress. The days continue growing longer despite the passing of the summer solstice.

Del Viento- Friday Harbor

Welcome Home

The Robertson family aboard Del Viento deal with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on their arrival in Friday Harbor, Washington.

Late in their hours-long sale. The cookies are nearly gone, the second loaf of banana bread is out, the Riki Tiki Tavi kids have left, and lots of rocks still for sale on the table to the right. Pictured are Jonah, Frances, Kai, and Eleanor.

Go Frances, Go

In the last weeks of her sixth year, Frances’s mind was focused and consumed with one thing: the bake sale she would organize to help

Here's my wife, the magician, at her nav station. "How have you gotten weather info previously?" some might ask. The answer is that since we started, we've nearly always had internet access available, at least prior to beginning a passage, and we've simply come this far by the grace of www.passageweather.com, and the buoy data at http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ --we've infrequently relied exclusively on VHF-broadcast weather, even when available.

My Techie

Now even though this is like black magic to the crew of Del Viento, I totally acknowledge that receiving weather faxes via short-wave radio is absolutely nothing to most other cruisers–basic, basic stuff.

Disco Winches

They’re big, they’re black, they’re stout, and they’re from 1978. Meet Del Viento‘s Lewmar 48 self-tailing winches.

Such a little thing...

In Which I Fix Something

This story is an important reminder that solving any problem aboard a cruising boat nearly always takes longer than anyone ought to imagine.

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