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Cruising Aegea

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    Summer Camp at Night

    by John Zeratsky November 2, 2016July 20, 2017
    by John Zeratsky November 2, 2016July 20, 2017

    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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    Five lessons after five weeks of cruising in Southern California

    by John Zeratsky October 1, 2015July 20, 2017
    by John Zeratsky October 1, 2015July 20, 2017

    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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    Our week on Catalina Island

    by Michelle Zeratsky September 24, 2015July 30, 2017
    by Michelle Zeratsky September 24, 2015July 30, 2017

    After picking up Jennifer and Chris in Oxnard, we spent the night anchored in Paradise Cove off Malibu. Then we set off for the final leg of the Ta-Ta –…

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    Spinnaker sailing

    by John Zeratsky September 23, 2015July 30, 2017
    by John Zeratsky September 23, 2015July 30, 2017

    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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    SoCal Ta-Ta

    by John Zeratsky September 21, 2015July 5, 2017
    by John Zeratsky September 21, 2015July 5, 2017

    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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    Santa Cruz Island

    by John Zeratsky September 9, 2015July 30, 2017
    by John Zeratsky September 9, 2015July 30, 2017

    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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    The people you meet

    by John Zeratsky September 4, 2015July 5, 2017
    by John Zeratsky September 4, 2015July 5, 2017

    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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    “There’s kelp on the rudder”

    by John Zeratsky August 30, 2015July 5, 2017
    by John Zeratsky August 30, 2015July 5, 2017

    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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    San Francisco to Santa Barbara

    by John Zeratsky August 30, 2015July 20, 2017
    by John Zeratsky August 30, 2015July 20, 2017

    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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    Drinking-water safe

    by John Zeratsky August 22, 2015July 15, 2017
    by John Zeratsky August 22, 2015July 15, 2017

    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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    Runabout cruise to Sacramento

    by John Zeratsky August 19, 2015July 5, 2017
    by John Zeratsky August 19, 2015July 5, 2017

    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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    Point Richmond

    by John Zeratsky August 18, 2015July 5, 2017
    by John Zeratsky August 18, 2015July 5, 2017

    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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    Full-moon sail on San Francisco Bay

    by John Zeratsky August 17, 2015July 5, 2017
    by John Zeratsky August 17, 2015July 5, 2017

    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:…

About John & Michelle

About John & Michelle

We’re a San Francisco couple in our 30s, sailing south to Mexico and beyond aboard our Outbound 46 Pineapple. We left our jobs and stuff behind, but brought our cats.
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