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NEW BLOG SITE for ASTRAEA - Wednesday, October 7th 2009 3:35 PM
Today, October 7, 2009, I moved the Yacht Astraea sailing blog to a new location.  The blog is now located at:  WWW.YACHTASTRAEA.BLOGSPOT.COMThis new blog site is much...
Three weeks to go - Saturday, October 3rd 2009 9:17 PM
It is hard to believe that it is only three weeks to go until time to cast off the lines and head for Cabo San Ljucas, Mexico.  Last week I flew to Little Rock to see my...
Thoughts on cutting the mooring lines - Friday, September 18th 2009 3:37 PM
I am having thoughts about how it is getting close to time to cut the mooring lines.  Everyone tells me that getting underway that first time, casting off the ines for...
Punch list for deparating October 26 - Thursday, September 10th 2009 11:31 AM
Visited Astraea this past week for a couple of days to see how she fared during my time away in Guatemala.  She was ship shape and bristol fashion, no problems.  Ah,...
Guatemala City - Tuesday, September 1st 2009 8:58 PM
On Monday morning I bid farewell to Quatzaltenango (Xela) and headed for Guatemala City, a five hour bus ride in the rain.  I had actually planned to be in Xela for a...
Montazuma's Revenge - Sunday, August 30th 2009 6:00 PM
Have not written since Tuesday, but it was a fast week.  On Wednesday really felt the results of the hike on Tuesday afternoon.  I thought it was strange that it...
Hike Up Mt. Kill the Old Gringo - Tuesday, August 25th 2009 5:17 PM
It is hard to believe that it was only a week ago today that I left Palm Springs.  Palm Springs seems a place like long, long ago in a place far, far away.   It...
Sunday in Quetzeltenango, Guatemalan Kitchen - Sunday, August 23rd 2009 4:08 PM
Today was a beautiful day here in Xela.  The sky was blue, there was none of the almost daily rain we have had, and it was warm.  I took advantage of the day to do a...
Crash and Burn - Saturday, August 22nd 2009 8:24 AM
st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Last night was crash and burn.  This week has been exhausting.  Starting Tuesday with the from Palm Springs thru Dallas to...
Bus trip and arrival Quetzaltenango (Xela) - Wednesday, August 19th 2009 8:22 AM
st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Wednesday, August 19   Quatemala City and Quetzaltentango (Xela).  It was up and out early this morning.  I was not...
Arrival by air in Guatemala CIty - Tuesday, August 18th 2009 8:19 AM
st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Guatemala City.  The flight from Dallas was only 3h15m.  Amazing.  I could not help but compare this to how long it...
Heading to Guademala (by air) - Sunday, August 16th 2009 6:01 AM
This weekend I am packing for a five week trip to Guademala.  I will be flying from Palm Springs to Dallas to Guatemala City and then taking a four hour bus trip to...
Catalina Island to San Diego - Entering Marina in Pitch Dark - Monday, June 22nd 2009 12:00 AM
Tuesday morning at sunrise I was ready to head for San Diego.  When I had decided to pick an isolated little cove at Santa Catalina to anchor I had thought about perhaps...
Channel Islands to Catalina Island - Sleeping on a Mechanical Bull - Sunday, June 21st 2009 12:00 AM
Saturday the weather had been a bit overcast, but sunny in the afternoon.  Sunday morning at 5:30am as I started the engine to leave Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard the...
Rest and Maintenance - Friday, June 19th 2009 8:52 PM
Today was a day to recover physically after a rather grueling week of sailing, three 'all nighters" and two days that lasted 30 hours!  We are not as young as we used...
Channel Island Harbor, Oxnard, CA - Thursday, June 18th 2009 8:41 PM
One of the many offshore oil rigs in the Santa Barbara Channel.  Today was a first for this cruise.  There was a sun!  And it was warm!  Rounding Point...
Point Conception and Cojo Anchorage - Wednesday, June 17th 2009 12:00 AM
Wednesday.  Point Conception is known as the "Cape Horn of the Pacific" and can be treacherous.  This is the point where the colder winds from the NW meet the warmer...
Morrow Bay - Tuesday, June 16th 2009 5:48 PM
Approach to Morrow Bay.  This is one harbor entrance that is hard to miss!  Just look for the rock.  I can remember from my days in the Navy that one of the...
Night sail to Morrow Bay - Monday, June 15th 2009 12:00 AM
The sea lions on the sea wall at Monterey Harbor.  At about 8:30am we were underway from Beautiful Monterey.  It was a magical morning.  For one thing, I...
Beautiful Day In Monterey - Sunday, June 14th 2009 12:00 AM
A perfect day in Monterey.  For the first time in two weeks there was a blue sky and the sun!  I even put on a pair of shorts.  The day was spent doing laundry at...
Arrival in Monterey And Sheer Exhaustion - Saturday, June 13th 2009 12:00 AM
Approaching Monterey Bay.  Note the weather.  Have not seen the sun yet.  After a cold, wet, dark, damp windless night the wind picked up to about 15...
Never Leave Port on a Friday - Friday, June 12th 2009 12:00 AM
I had decided the previous night that the weather looked good for Friday morning so it was time to head for Monterey.  This would be a long full day trip, and I wanted to...
First Solo Docking - Thursday, June 11th 2009 12:00 AM
Astraea at anchor in Half Moon Bay.  She never fails to take my breath away when I see her.  In Joshua Slocum’s book, “Sailing Alone Around the World”,...
The Adventure Begins - Out the Golden Gate and Into the Pacific - Wednesday, June 10th 2009 12:00 AM
Today was the day I sailed out the Golden Gate and entered upon a new adventure.  As I passed under the majestic Golden Gate Bridge the Pacific Ocean was spread before...
Windvane Installation - Wednesday, January 14th 2009 10:43 PM
Today Tim and Ally came and started installing my beautiful new Monitor wind vane.  Wow, what a thing of beauty.  Tim and Ally have installed about 150 of these wind...