Sail Cutthroat

Victoria City Life North to Alaska Seattle Series 2008 16 July 2008 Lat N48.25.32 Lon W123.22.220 Well we made it safely across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the beautiful city of Victoria, British Columbia in about 3 ½ hours with a lively 20 knot wind out of the west.  It was a perfect [...]

Paroled from Port Angeles North to Alaska Seattle 2008 Series 13 July 2008 Lat N48.07.072 Lon W123.27.367 That’s how we feel today…like we were just granted “parole” from our long internment in Port Angeles.  It’s certainly not that we have anything against the lovely city of Port Angeles or its residents.  As a matter of [...]

North to Alaska Seattle 2008 Series 4 July 2008Lat N48.07.072 Lon W123.27.367 Still in Port Angeles… As cruisers throughout the world say, the definition of cruising is “fixing your boat in exotic places.” Now if you think about it, that implies that it broke down or suffered some form of trauma somewhere enroute and you need [...]

Welcome to Urban Alaska    North to Alaska/Seattle Series 2008 23 June 2008 Lat N48.07.072 Lon  W123.27.367 Urban Alaska refers to this part of Washington – at least that’s what the Enterprise Car Rental guy calls it.  I like it, and I plan on using it! Let me summarize the remainder of our journey after [...]

North to Alaska Seattle 2008 Series 21 June 2008 Lat N48.00.000 Lon W128.29.649 Apparently my attempt at humor served only to cause some of you alarm.  My apologies…we are getting a little giddy out here at this point and find humor in lots of places.  Just for clarification, the sad news reported was the death [...]