S/V Adventure

Follow the O'Neil family, sailing in their Catalina 42, on their 2-year sabbatical to see the Pacific coast of the US, Mexico, and Central America, Galapagos, the South Pacific, and New Zealand.

08 June 2012 | Home
05 June 2012 | 100 miles to the Farallons!
02 June 2012 | 475 miles off the coast
31 May 2012 | 579 miles to go
30 May 2012 | 694 miles to go
30 May 2012 | 800 miles to go
29 May 2012 | 915 miles off California
28 May 2012 | Past halfway between Hawaii and SF
27 May 2012 | Past halfway between Hawaii and SF
26 May 2012 | Halfway between Hawaii and SF
24 May 2012 | Middle of the Pacific Ocean
23 May 2012 | Middle of the Pacific Ocean
22 May 2012 | Middle of the Pacific Ocean
21 May 2012 | Middle of the Pacific Ocean
20 May 2012 | Pacific Gyre
16 May 2012 | Pacific Gyre
16 May 2012 | Pacific
18 September 2011 | Home
07 September 2011 | Crossing the southern tip of the big island
05 September 2011 | Pacific

Camp Fever

30 May 2012 | 800 miles to go
Ron
Not sure why I got "blog duty" today. Sean keeps asserting his pho-thority over his crew. He is learning to be the master of omission! Remember that hostess cupcake thing? It went more like

Sean: Hey we have THREE hostess cupcakes, lets have that for desert Me: Wow, sounds great, although I thought you said the cupcakes are yours and you aren't sharing Sean: Yeah but I need to thank you all over and over again because I know you guys are really in charge Scott: That's nice of you Sean. Go get the cupcakes now. (a few minutes passes) Sean: Oh, bummer, there are only TWO cupcakes. Me: That's ok I didn't really want a cupcake anyway. Chocolate sounds better. Sean: That's nice of you. Scott: You know, chocolate sounds better anyway. Sean, why don't you eat both of them? Sean: Awesome! I never get to eat these at home!

How this turned into "I ate both cupcakes in front of the crew" I don't really get. But you know Sean.

Now that the cupcakes are gone, it's all about the rice crispy treats. That went something like this:

Sean: Wow, those rice crispy treats were AWESOME, they were covered with chocolate on one side, great! Scott: Only one of my rice crispy treats had chocolate Me: Mine too Scott: Sean, I think there are two different kinds, you'll have to have no chocolate on both of yours today to make up for that Sean: OK

That's Sean asserting his pho-thority.

Anyway, we are using the motor sometimes, and the wind sometimes. The wind seems to calm as we watch our movie. Tonight we're watching the Pink Panther.
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Vessel Name: Adventure
Vessel Make/Model: Catalina 42
Hailing Port: Marina Bay, Richmond CA
Crew: The O'Neil Family
About: Sean (Captain and Line Man) Kathy (Helmswoman and Cook) Tara - 12 years old at trip start, Casey - 11 years old at trip start (Crew and Students)
Extra: We're on a three-year sabbatical from the daily grind to see the Pacific coast of the US, Mexico, Central America and the South Pacific and stopping at New Zealand.

S/V Adventure

Who: The O'Neil Family
Port: Marina Bay, Richmond CA