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.

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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

A day in my life

20 July 2007
Casey
For those of you who our not caught up on our blogs we are in honeymoon cove, headed for Santa Rosalia.

We went snorkeling today. The water is kind of cold here. We can see the bottom of the ocean where we are at. We saw a variety of fish from an octopus to a Cortez angel fish, to an ell, to and wounded wrasse. Now I don't expect you to know what any of these fish are, and I won't describe them to you. You just have to know that they are very big.

We are having a lot of problems with bees here, in the morning they fly into your room and buzz in your ear until you wake up. That is unless you are all ready awake cowering in the corner of your bed waiting for the ambush of bees to go away. Or you're under a mosquito net, waiting for your mom to get the fly swatter and swat the twenty bee's in the boat. None of these work, I've tried them all. The mosquito net is too hot and when you cower in your bed they land on you.

I try and think of what Monk would do in a situation like this (he always seems so organized and ready). A bubble appears in my head and I see Monk screaming and running and calling Natalie or Sharona (depending on what season you are on). So that is basically what everyone does - run and scream as my mom stands and swats the bees, her being the only that is brave. Trust me, if you ever come here bring a fly swatter.

We had to take showers after we went snorkeling. This is how we take showers on anchorage: we soap up our hair (For those of us who have some. Sorry dad.) with our bathing suits on and then we jump in the water and get all the soap out. Then we soap up our legs and condition our hair and jump in one last time. Then we fresh water rinse. We do the same thing with our dishes except we don't condition them, and they don't jump in.

Our dinghy motor broke and my dad has spent the last two days trying to fix it, he hasn't been successful but he thinks he knows what is wrong.

Yesterday we had two big yachts come into the same little cove as us, (it seems like they follow us everywhere we go) but they left during the night
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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