our first storm as liveaboards
Christiana And thankfully, we’re in a marina tucked up the San Joaquin River, protected from the waves and winds in the Bay Area. Thank you, Mt. Diablo and 71nm to San…
Christiana
the windlass
post began on 5 July 2021 As you may recall, we learned about the windlass–the mechanical device that pulls up, and sometimes lowers the anchor–in a hard lesson that involved…
what have we been doing?
some days–perhaps even many days of late–are one step forward and two steps back. we find the water leak that is making the water pressure pump run over time. however,…
holidays where we are
One of the things I look forward to when we start cruising around is experiencing holidays wherever. It could be a holiday that the USA doesn’t really have or just…
before and after* anchor locker
Mark’s text read: this is what delaminated plywood looks like. Reminder: the windlass died while we were struggling with air in fuel lines; it pulls the anchor up from the…
scenes from 2 June 2021
Follow-up on my previous post, I finally uploaded a couple of videos to YouTube. Check out these scenes from our Benicia to Pt Richmond motoring. The bridges here are the…
another week, another lesson, or five
I should start by saying: we’re awesome Mark has mad engine skills I remain amazingly calm during stress we work great together we’re sorry for what we said during anchoring…
going up + lesson learned
A sailboat neighbor, G, offered to head up the mast for us today. We don’t have a bosun’s chair (the thing the person going up sits in as they go…
What’s in the v-berth?
We’ve lived on our Endeavour 42 (E42) for five days. Slowly, things are finding spots–at least their first spots. We know the concept of what is needed on SV Mach…