We’ve written at length about how much it costs us to cruise. And we’ve shared our money plan for accumulating the assets that now support our lifestyle. But we’ve left out…
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Back in San Francisco, get-to-know-you conversation seemed to follow a script. First, innocent small talk: What part of town do you live in? How long have you been in SF?…
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Seagoing navigation has changed a lot since the days of sextants and chronometers. Nowadays, most cruisers have a dedicated navigation display somewhere in the cockpit. On Pineapple, we do something…
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The name of a place is not just a name. It’s a stand-in for all kinds of thoughts, feelings, prejudices, and memories for both visitors and yet-to-be-visitors.
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Last Friday, after deciding to abandon our anchorage at Smuggler’s Cove on Santa Cruz Island, we started the engine, weighed anchor, and got underway for Prisoner’s Harbor on the other…
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Everyone knows that sailboats are powered by the wind. But “powered” isn’t quite the right word. In practice, it’s just a few circumstances—mostly downwind, with somewhere between 10 and 30…
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Of all the boats in the world, how did we choose this particular boat? (Pun intended, naturally.) There’s one simple reason. The Outbound 46 was designed for exactly what we’re…
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Last summer we sailed our boat to Catalina Island. After a week ashore, including three noisy nights in Avalon, we retreated to the island’s quiet northwest corner to prepare for our…
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As of October 1, we’ve been cruising Southern California for five weeks. With a little help from King Neptune and Mother Nature, we should have Aegea should be back in…
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Aegea came with a decent sail inventory. Older working sails: a main and 95% jib. A 120% genoa for light-air sailing. A storm jib and storm trysail we’re unlikely to…
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Last week we sailed south, on a zig-zag course from Santa Barbara, to Santa Cruz Island, to Oxnard, to Malibu, to Catalina. We were traveling with a group of 50…
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During Labor Day weekend, we sailed out to Santa Cruz Island (part of Channel Islands National Park) and spent two nights anchored in Prisoners Harbor. Big swells made the sailing…
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Last Friday, after we arrived in Santa Barbara, after we hosted an impromptu cocktail hour with Nick’s friends Paul and Ginger, after we had dinner at the yacht club, after…
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During our recent passage to Santa Barbara, the sail from Half Moon Bay to Morro Bay was quiet. We saw one ship, steaming north in the offshore shipping lane, and…
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The week of August 24, I sailed Aegea from San Francisco south 350 miles to Santa Barbara. My friend Nick Baum came along as crew, and we did the passage in…
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After three years with Aegea, our freshwater system is finally safe for drinking water. Just in time too — we’re leaving for a two-month cruise on Monday, and I wasn’t looking…
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In July we took our runabout (a 2001 Sport Nautique) up the Sacramento River for a weekend in Old Sacramento. We stayed on the Delta King, a restored riverboat that…
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In March we commissioned Aegea for the season and celebrated with a weekend cruise to Point Richmond. Point Richmond is in the Northeast corner of San Francisco Bay. It’s an…
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Since moving to San Francisco in 2010, we’ve have talked about sailing the Bay under a full moon. On March 15, 2014 we found the perfect night to do it:…