Adventures of Bliss

Vessel Name: Bliss
Vessel Make/Model: Pearson 385
Hailing Port: Berkeley, CA
Crew: Jolanda de Boer, Tod Flak
30 September 2010
28 September 2010 | Napa, CA
26 September 2010 | Eden Isle
25 September 2010
24 September 2010
23 September 2010 | Bethel Island, CA
21 September 2010 | Suisun City
19 September 2010 | Pittsburg,CA
17 September 2010 | Vallejo, CA
06 August 2010
23 July 2010
31 October 2009
28 October 2009
26 October 2009
20 October 2009
20 October 2009
17 October 2009 | 34 14.75'N:119 15.94'W
14 October 2009 | Marina Del Rey, CA
Recent Blog Posts
30 September 2010

Wine tasting in Napa

Some times a change in plans is the best thing ever. In this case: taking a car with A/C and not a bike to do a wine tour as the weather was still in the lower 100's, and wineries are located on hills. I'm not a kind of person that wears butt padded shorts when I bike, so we'll take that tandem another [...]

28 September 2010 | Napa, CA

Leaving the Delta

We've enjoyed the delta, and were glad we checked it out. For us, September was a good time to go, as it was a quiet during the week, but not so much during the weekend, and we can imagine that the summer can get pretty busy here. It's a place where motor crafts seem to rule, and with that comes a certain [...]

26 September 2010 | Eden Isle

An adventuresome day

Jolanda: Tod wanted to spend some time fishing today, taking the dinghy, so we came up with the plan that we would tow the kayak 2 miles down the river to Paradise Marina, and he would go on his merry way into a more remote slough. Now, 2 miles might not be that much if you walk , however ½ [...]

25 September 2010

Eden Island

Down the Potato slough, up the Disappointment slough, you will find Eden Island, a small private island bought by some members of the BYC decades ago (principally motivated by microcomputer designer Adam Osborne) . Steve and Maureen [...]

24 September 2010

On the hook in the Delta

Friday 9/24: Time for some fishing and trying the tree tie. Three River Reach came up as a good location to anchor, but luck and weeds were not on our side. We approached from the river, and saw a couple of fishing boats close to shore. Ah, times you wish you had a retractable keel....The center of the [...]

23 September 2010 | Bethel Island, CA

Relaxing on pretty Bethel Island

As we sailed under the Antioch bridge on Wednesday and down the San Joaquin River to go to Bethel island, we both were not immediately warmed up to the scenery. Not much hills left, and surrounded by power lines. However, the moment we went up False River, we were more surrounded by tule, and pretty [...]

It Never Rains In Southern California ... yeh, right!

14 October 2009 | Marina Del Rey, CA
Jolanda
30 miles away was our next stop- Marina Del Rey, the largest humanly constructed yacht harbor in the world, with more than 6000 boats! Fortunately we got some sailing in the last 2 hours, including flying the chute. I guess with such a large harbor, pelicans get a bit lazy, and just decided to land on Bliss and tag along for the ride to the Pacific Mariners Yacht Club, our host club here.

Tuesday we rented a car for a visit to the Getty Center in LA. It took 18 years (5 years for design plus 13 years to build) for architect Richard Meier to complete this $1.1 billion gorgeous looking center on top of a hill with 360 degrees views of LA and vicinity, which hosts the Getty Museum, Research Institute, Conservation Institute and the Getty Foundation. Travertine, a solid stone imported from Italy (Rome is built with it), covers the buildings and the grounds. They did an amazing job with the gardens too! I was particularly interested in the building and gardens (for those of you who have known me for a while....yes, I did peek inside the museum as well and saw the irises by Van Gogh among many other art pieces Paul Getty managed to collect during his lifetime). Tod went for a 15 minutes in-depth explanation of a painting by Paul Cezanne. Check out the place when you have a chance, it's free, although you do pay $15 for parking. They even have umbrella's for going outside (they are handy for the rain, but were bought to protect against the sun...).

First day of rain here, and boy did we see some drivers who are not used to rain, and roads that are not used to see much rain. After a little detour on Mulholland Drive to look at our next vacation rental..., we ended up in Santa Monica where we indulged ourselves at another great restaurant called Fig.

Grocery shopping day today, and tonight we will have dinner with our Canadian dock neighbors Russ and Heidi, who have a beautiful wooden schooner and are cruising south and back up to New York for the next couple of years. Early rise tomorrow, Thursday, for the 50 miles to Ventura -- weather should be ok, with winds forecasted on the nose...:-{
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