09/15/2009, Carmichael, California
HI to everybody, it has been a l o n g time and again, we are sorry to not be better at keeping up the blog!
PEREGRINE is officially now on the market! This is a shot from our trip up the delta in July.
We have heard from a few people regarding boats in Mexico for the hurricane(s). So far the worst has been one of the boats on the hard at San Carlos getting full of rain water, but nothing too bad.
We have just gotten home from a couple weeks up in Portland (well OK, Beaverton). We were 'on duty' for a week of that time taking care of the TWINS that are now at the ripe old age of 13 months. A few more late mornings of sleep and we should be caught-up! GOD WAS VERY WISE WHEN HE DECIDED TO GIVE KIDS TO THE YOUNG! It was a blast, and good for them as well as us, I guess. Mo and Doug went to Spain for his brother's wedding, and from all accounts it was a fantastic trip. Mo has followed in her parents footsteps, so we hear, because in the 'dead of morning' she is said to have commandeered a boat to facilitate a return crossing to the Spanish mainland, some 100 or so yards away, so that several party-goers (including her in-laws) could get home before the sun was 'real bright'. Everybody made it without getting wet or sober, so all was well!
We have continued to move in to the house in Carmichael, but the boxes in the garage are fighting us. At this point we figure that if we didn't need 'it' on the boat for a couple years, or for the year that we've been back, 'it' can just stay in the box!
All is well with us. We have seen Terry and Patty from MISTIQUE on their way north to Washington, and had a great visit with Doug & Marcy from CHARM while we were up in Portland. It was a fun lunch while we talked about theirs & ours TWIN GRANDKIDS.
More later, I promise.
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07/08/2009, Back in Alameda
We found a spot in the Delta that really reminded us of one of our favorite spots in Mexico * * * THE OLD MARINA IN SANTA ROSALIA! The spot is the VENICE ISLAND YACHT CLUB, just south of Mandeville Cut, on the east side of the Stockton Deep Water Channel. This little spot was the find of the cruise! It's small, charming, funky, & fun -especially when you are there with several other boats from the DOO DAH.
The Delta trip was great, and the boat is pretty well cleaned up. So now we are getting ready for the next thing . . . whatever that is! This weekend Alan & I are doing a seminar for West Marine in Oakland, . well OK, Alan is doing it and I'll be there to learn something!
This photo is us taking off for Mexico, but it is here to say HI EVERYBODY - - HAPPY 43RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - KEEP ON HAVING FUN AND LOVING EACH OTHER.
Pat & Carole
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07/07/2009, Up in the Delta
FINALLY, the boat is ready and all systems are GO! We took off and headed up into the Delta for the 4Th of July 'extended-week-end' on the Lat-38 "DELTA DOO DAH". We were the only power boat out of the 30 boats, so I felt like we won the 'no-comprende' division (if there had been a division-like in the Ha Ha) We had a great passage from Alameda up to Mandeville Island, and then to Stockton where the Stockton Sailing Club put on quite a 'shindig' for us. It was almost like being back in Mexico - here we were buddy-boating with Shiraz and Renegade again....the three of us hadn't been at the same place at the same time since "Z-Town" in Jan '07 when we were on ESPIRITU. And . . . , speaking of ESPIRITU, we met actually them coming back home from the Delta as were were approaching the straights at Vallejo. What a kick to be cruising along and look up to see our old boat coming right at us. We stopped and chatted for a bit, took photos, and headed out again. It brought back lots of memories, and it was nice to see them our continuing the fun on her!
PEREGRIN cruised right along at 1750 rpm's, and depending on the tide boost we went along at better than 8 mph all the time, and hit 10 as we cruised through some spots. She really handled the trip home to the Bay fantasticly. The wind was against us at better than 15 mph, and the tide was going out (with us). So the waves were being stacked-up and blown over, and for a couple hours we had 3 to 4 footers, and at one point for a half-hour, some a little bigger. But there was NO pounding, no green water over the bow, only a bunch of wind-blown spray. A great ride!
Now that we have really been able to use her at least once, she is officially on the market. It would have been a shame to sell her without getting to go for at least ONE cruise. And this was special to me, because it was almost a re-inactment of the cruise my Pop took us on when I was still in grade school, . . we cruised from Stockton to The Bay and back on the old wooden cruiser we had restored back in the early 50's. So this was fun!! The fire works were great out on the water. This photo is thanks to Phil & Nora on Shiraz.
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