This post is a continuation of Astoria to Port Angeles Part I. If you have not read Part I, you can do so here. The rain started to come down in sheets and the wind started to shriek in the rigging. I really have no idea how hard it was blowing, I … [Read more]
Astoria to Neah Bay
We left Astoria, Oregon, on the very tail end of the ebb tide at 0730 the morning of June 14, 2006. It was raining. The Columbia River Bar lay 13 miles downstream. Classified as a "Specially Hazardous Area" by the National Transportation and Safety … [Read more]
Windows!
We have sat here in Astoria, Oregon for the past few weeks stewing in the marina waiting for the northwest wind to exhaust herself. Tonight a 945 millibar low-pressure system will move in on the coast and join with another low and make some rain. If … [Read more]
Touchdown
We left our cozy little slip in the Multnomah Channel near Scappoose, Oregon Friday morning, May 19th. There is an old sailor's superstition that a journey should not begin on a Friday. So we proclaimed that we were not really leaving, rather moving … [Read more]
Dunkings, Prothings and Plans
I knew that Nisa would fall or jump into the water. I knew that at some point I would have to haul up a wet dog. It has happened. Nisa has fallen off the dock into the 3rd most polluted river in the country, yuck. It happened late one night, … [Read more]
Progress and Delays
Today I have been on the boat for 3 weeks and I have made stellar progress on the list of must dos before we can depart. The little bits of corrosion in the bilges, water tank and lockers are now coated with Corroseal and Amerlock2/400. It has been … [Read more]
Departure
Zoom. With a flash I am gone. I sit in the Frisco house, the car is packed, the bags are loaded to the gills. Nisa is wondering what is going on. Closing the loft in the past hours has been a real eye opener. We are really going to do this. … [Read more]
Tiller Update
The tiller repairs reached a bit of a snag when I started clamping the opposite sides. One gap would open as the other side closed. The pressure from the clamps was strong enough to break the Gorilla Glue. So I upped the ante by filling the gaps with … [Read more]
How it all went down…
Monday the 6th 11am: FedEx delivers Michael's ring. We decide we ought to marry sometime during the week; 3pm: The family center (my place of work) irons out plans for the next day's filming of its monthly public-access show. Its hosts (our … [Read more]
Progress
My nose is full of sawdust, real saw dust, but the tiller now awaits the arrival of the resin for the last few gaps I cannot close with clamps and glue, then it will be time to varnish. The garage is full of large plastic bins all waiting to be … [Read more]