10/14/2009, British Columbia & SE Alaska
I made this on my MacBook with Apple's iMovie. I'm working on Part II, so stay tuned! ENJOY!
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10/12/2009, Somewhere along the inside passage
Here's a short YouTube clip from this summer. This was the first time I pulled the spinnaker out of it's bag since I bought it!!! After about an hour of scratching my head and trying different approaches to flying it, I finally got it deployed and away we went! Heee Haaa!
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10/11/2009, Petersburg, Alaksa
Here's another video clip from this summer in Alaska. I was working on my new Autopilot and not having much fun!!
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10/11/2009, INSIDE PASSAGE
Here's another clip from my summer passage.
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10/11/2009, Southeast Alaska
I shot this on my way NORTH to Petersburg. I didn't see any bears on this stop because it was too early in the season.
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10/11/2009, MT. RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
Here's a great shot of ME shooting the Fall beauty of Mt. Rainier!!!
This awesome shot was taken by one of the instructors, Gavriel Jecan.
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10/05/2009, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA
I've crossed off another item on my 'To-do before I die' list... I attended an Art Wolfe Photo Workshop!!! We spent the weekend up on Mt. Rainier and got some spectacular shots. What an awesome experience!!!
click the link to see some of my photos from the trip.... ENJOY!
http://web.me.com/petersonphoto/Site
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10/04/2009, Inside Passage
Motoring video! From Alaskan cruise...
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I found a bunch of video from my Alaska Cruise, so I'll be posting more to YouTube and linking them here.... ENJOY!
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Here's a clip of me sailing to Hot Springs Island in the southern part of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia
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More video from my Alaska Cruise. This clip was after an all day battle to jump from Prince Rupert, BC over to the Queen Charlotte Islands... The winds and seas were not cooperating so, I ducked into this channel and found myself sitting in a pool when the tide went out.... whoops! Probably not the best place to be, but I was out of the wind!
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Here's a short clip of my first attempt at baking cookies on the boat!
Enjoy!
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10/01/2009, Gig Harbor, WA
I was able to disassemble my Volvo Diesel in about three hours. I didn't loose any pieces-parts down the bilge, I didn't break anything, but I did have one heck of a mess when I pulled the head off the block... anti-freeze EVERYWHERE! I thought I had drained all the coolant, but after the fact, I noticed a drain plug on the side of the block that I didn't notice before. Oh well.... I went thru two rolls of towels to clean up my mess!
I should get a freshly cleaned, inspected and painted head back on Monday. The fun part will be to see if I can put the motor back together again without loosing or breaking any parts. I'll post some photos as soon as I can find my camera cable.
Thanks for all the wonderful COMMENTS left on this blog site! They really are motivating for me to keep pressing on!!!
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09/02/2009, Zamboanga, Philippines
Hi from Zamboanga, Philippines!
I'm back at work... somebody needs to pay off the Alaska Trip!!! :) I'm planning on posting a bunch of new videos, so stay tuned! (I might try YouTube as well)
Cheers!
Here's to a full sailing kitty and pay checks! :)
PS... Wow! I've had over 24,000 hits on my blogsite!!! Pretty cool!!! :)
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08/20/2009, GIG HARBOR, WASHINGTON
I FINISHED MY SHAKE DOWN CRUISE! 1700 miles, plus or minus...
I was really psyched to reach my starting point... Check that goal off the list! :)
Puget Sound was not cooperating and made the last leg pretty darn tough... strong shifting winds then nothing.... no wind... then currents not going in the direction that was "predicted"...I even launched the spinnaker to make some leeway, but I ended up motoring for two hours to get to Gig! Crazy place to SAIL!
My next priority is to fix my goof-ups on the boat. I have a mainsail that needs a patch, down-wind pole needs a new top stop and lots of paint! I also have to pull the head off the motor and get the injector sleeves replaced.
I'll be off to work next week...JUNESSA needs some repair bucks!!! haha
While I'm over in the Philippines 'working' I'll update my blogsite with more pictures and videos, so just because THIS trip is over, the website must go on! :)
I probably will have to get a haircut and shave.... hummmmm! I kinda like be Grizzly Adams!
Arrrrrrr! All ashore who's going ashore! I guess that would be ME! :)
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08/20/2009
I'm getting closer to my next Goal... The starting/finish line for this trip.
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08/19/2009
It's so awesome watching the sun go down with flat calm water! Wow! My last night in the San Juans Islands. Tomorrow I'll be back in Puget Sound.
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08/19/2009, Puget Sound
It looks like this guy is trying to ski barefoot..... :)
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08/18/2009, POINT ROBERTS, WA
I made it to Point Roberts, Washington... USA!!! Back in home waters!
I checked into customs at the end of the day, so everything was closed up... I was able to dock overnight at the customs dock... Freebee!
This is a really interesting piece of real-estate!!!! It's cut off from the US mainland because of the way the boarders were drawn bank when... If you are really board, look up Point Roberts, WA....
Looks like I'll either stop-over in the San Juans or pass them up today. All depends on the winds.
I went for a short walk to find a store and everything is locked up for a couple more hours.... so, Looks like I'll just head out while the winds are a blow'n... :)
See ya at the next rest stiop!
Cheers!
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08/17/2009
I decided to be a SAILOR and not a POWERBOAT SAILOR... so, I used the motor to get in and out of the marinas and used the sailpower as much as possible... and to add more horsepower, I flew the new spinnaker lightweight sail! Wow!!! It took me an hour to figure out how to raise, deploy and fly it correctly. Once it was up and pulling, I sped up to 8.2 knots in 12-15 knots of wind!!! It was a BLAST!!!
It had it flying for about two hours then my winds died all together... so, the kite was bagged and I rolled around in the swell for awhile. That was the only time I was feeling queezy... so, I fired up the motor and made a bee line to the nearest anchorage.
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