Camaraderie II
| Vessel Name: | Camaraderie II |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Beneteau 423 Tommy Bahama Edition |
| Hailing Port: | San Diego, California |
| Crew: | Chuck and Deb |
| About: | Deb and I have been planning this adventure for 15 years. We read, saved and discussed options then, without intention, we went on a vacation to San Diego and bought Camaraderie II. |
| Extra: | We do plan ahead, but we do make good decisions quickly when it feels right |
26 January 2016 | Cabo San Lucas
Underway
Who takes a perfectly good boat and throws it at the sea? What were we thinking? This is impossible. Deb and I and our great friend Scott Henderson have started our sailing trip to see what we can see. After we made a perfect transit from San Diego to Ensenada Mexico the thought came to me is that [...]
08 January 2016
push off time
We have planned to push off from our slip in San Diego in early January. We have busied our selves with the details in feeling prepared or at least some level preparedness. We had the freezer/fridg overhauled, several fresh coats of paint applied to the bottom of Camaraderie II, several coats of [...]
24 November 2015 | San Diego, California
Getting Ready
Deb and I have been planning to buy a sailboat with the intent of pushing off for the Caribbean Sea for 14 years. We saved, sailed when we could and looked for the right time to pull the plug and move offshore. There have been some changes. We thought we would be on the East Coast and sail the island [...]
Getting Ready
Deb is an excellent sailor. She has been sailing for over 30 years. She owned a sailboat on Lake Superior and has more overnight experience than I do with trips from Duluth, Minnesota to Isle Royale, Michigan and the Apostle Islands, Wisconsin. What she had missed in sailing she has learned over the last two years living aboard Camaraderie II. Deb's defining moment was sailing through a gale wind of 50 mph on Lake Superior. She is very
I have been sailing for 50 years. My college roommate told me he was taking a college course in sailing and I decided to take the same course. I sailed Hobie Cats and a NACRA for over 30 years on lakes in Minnesota and Colorado. I have chartered boats on Lake Superior and the BVI. I have had a couple of defining moments but the one I remember the most is sailing out of straight line winds on a lake in Minnesota. Twenty minutes after landing on shore a Tornado hit that same lake.
After moving aboard we have taken time to get to know our Beneteau 423. It is comfortable as well as a fine boat to sail. Deb and I have taken our boat out in 35 knots of wind on the Pacific Ocean and landed without incident and marriage intact.
At present we are preparing our boat for passage through the Panama Canal. We have a healthy respect for the Pacific Ocean and the weather that moves through the West Coast. Although our intent is to make Panama and pass through the Canal. We are planning on taking our time. Bad things happen on an ocean when sailors are in a hurry.
Our intent is to post pictures of our next great adventure on this blog. Enjoy!
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