We have been in Honolulu almost 2 months! We had no major boat issues to make our journey to Alaska, and all we needed was some groceries. However, we made more work for ourselves. By day we have been working on boat projects and at night we spend time with […]
Alaska
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The day has finally arrived! About time too! We probably could have left last week because the weather was good for sailing to Dutch Harbor, but we are happy we stayed to finish our projects. You bet we played Johnny Horton North to Alaska as we left the harbor. We […]
We left Honolulu on Sunday, July 16th and proceeded westerly around the south side of Oahu and then turned north along the west side of Oahu. At 3 hours into our trip everything was good, that was until Sara asked Wade where he put the spear guns, boat hooks, gaffs […]
Hooray Sara is feeling much better. No medicines or special remedies. Just plan ol’ small sips of water, small bits of food, and rest. We are so happy for our cockpit enclosure. We cannot express enough how much more comfortable our sailing experience has been enhanced by this simple piece […]
Poseidon’s Garden theory is in effect and working wonderfully! We are no longer circulating the water through the tubes in King Neptune’s Garden. Generally, on a timer 16 times a day water is pumped from a reservoir, stored in one of our compartments, into the top garden tube (aka fence […]
They just keep coming. We caught three nice size Mahi’s today! By the time we get to Dutch Harbor we won’t have any more freezer space, haha. There is a substantial high pressure area a couple days north of us and we may not have much wind for a day […]
Today we entered deeper into a high pressure system and as expected the wind became lighter. By 9:30 am we had to start the engine to motor-sail. And at around noon the sea became a glassy calm and we put away our sails that were just hanging limp. Further north […]
Another day, another mahi. 🙂 The mahi bite is starting to slow, but the area from Hawaii to 600 miles north thereof seems plentiful with them. Now if we were to ask if the mahi could be just a little bigger, would that make us look disgracefully unappreciative? Thankfully and […]
The thermometer says we have reached the frigid temperature of 65 degrees, which surprisingly has us both wearing jackets. Obviously we are going to have to go through an adjustment period. But why are we going to a colder place where we need to adjust? Perhaps Captain Ron says it […]
Sailing with our new cockpit enclosure has been wonderful and the protection from saltwater dramatically changes our sailing experience. Not that we needed much protection during the light winds of early morning. So before morning coffee we took advantage of the conditions and filled the boat fuel tank with diesel […]
Fishing for us has always been a team effort. We both put the lines out and both pull in the lines or Wade might gaff the fish when Sara gets the fish near the back of the boat, but this time Sara caught, filleted, and cooked her very first fish. […]
We lost a cedar plug and the next one we put on actually split, so we are now on a third cedar plug. However, we still caught two Albacore tunas, 45 and 35 lbs. Five zip lock quart sized packages of steaks were pu in the freezer, we saved some […]