It's a Long Shot II

43ft Hans Christian Ketch

Vessel Name: Long Shot II
Vessel Make/Model: Hans Christian 43T Ketch
Hailing Port: Victoria, BC
Crew: Doug & Susan Pickrell
About: Motley bunch includes Charlie, Riley & Saylor.
Home Page: http://longshot2.com
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05 June 2014
31 May 2014
01 October 2013
10 September 2013 | Victoria
31 August 2013 | Deep Bay
28 August 2013 | Salish Sea
20 August 2013 | Oak Bay Marina
11 August 2013 | Oak Bay Marina
07 August 2013 | Oak Bay Marina
05 August 2013 | Downtown Victoria
03 August 2013 | Ship's Point Wharf
03 August 2013 | Juan de Fuca Strait
02 August 2013 | Day 18 Hawai'i to Victoria
31 July 2013 | Day 17 Hawai'i to Victoria
31 July 2013 | Day 16 Hawai'i to Victoria
28 July 2013 | Day 14 to Victoria
24 July 2013 | Day 9 to Victoria
22 July 2013 | Day 7 from Hawaii
18 July 2013 | Day 3 from Hawaii
15 July 2013 | One Day Out Of Kauai
Recent Blog Posts
05 June 2014

Hand Off!

31 May 2014

Are You Reading?

Hi There,

01 October 2013

Hustle & Bustle

For those of you who won't give up reading - c'mon, it's all boring now :)

10 September 2013 | Victoria

Back To Work

Doug and I enjoyed our last week of freedom while the kids got settled into their new routine at school. Saylor was pretty freaked at the idea that her parents would be going back to work soon and she might have to go with strangers to school. After three days with our new neighbours walking with us, [...]

31 August 2013 | Deep Bay

Great Time

Nice sail up the Strait but not near enough wind to really get going so it was a bit of a motor. Good to see Roger and hear the turmoil of the America's Cup and Oracle caught cheating. They'll be in for more turmoil when those crazy Kiwis make landfall in San Fran! We continued North and couldn't [...]

28 August 2013 | Salish Sea

At Sea Again

Hard to break the habit of blogging once we are out on the water so had to post something even if no one is reading anymore. We have fit right back in to life ashore although both Doug & I haven't started work yet. We've been busy getting the house back in order which should have been easy except [...]

What's in a Name

19 November 2012
Susan
We are enjoying Doug's special day as we sail along the last 180 miles. The kids were up early making their gifts and preparing his birthday cake. It's quite the feat as we are rolling heavily but in the end they were all successful. We have been filling the idle time by chatting continuously with the boats in our area, something that we have never encountered until this passage to NZ. It's such a luxury to be within VHF range of another boat and here we have about five. For whatever reason I have had an extremely hard time remembering the name of one boat in particular: Water Musick (with the Musick family aboard). I've called them everything from Water Song, Wind Musick, Water Magic, and now the kids are coming up with great ones like Watermellon. No good deed goes unpunished so now we are Slapshot, Slingshot, Hockey Puck, Lots-a-Noise, and Fish Killer. This is what hours of boredom will do!

Doug has taken to announcing the joke of the day on the radio which receives several moans and groans. We've had lots of discussion on what the winds are doing and thankfully the boats ahead of us give the heads-up when a squall is coming. We take time to be thankful we aren't in the 3m short and steep seas that are hitting the boats 200 miles north of us and we all share a hurrah for Adventure Bound who made landfall yesterday, a full ten days after everyone else did because they altered to assist the sinking vessel Windego. Poor Adventure Bound sustained considerable damage, had to hand steer the last 700 miles to NZ, and hit two more fronts head on as they were pushed so far west. They deserve an award for just making it home. We are all wishing we could be in Opua today to see the arrival of Moon Walker who is arriving back in NZ after being gone 6.5 years and now with one extra crew member - a 2 year old daughter. You can't help but get swept into this great fraternity of cruisers and enjoy hearing their stories.
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