Vessel Name: | Ricky T |
had to go up the mast to try to trouble shoot the wind instrument. No luck so guess gotta go back up and retrieve it and take it back to Canada. The view was spectacular of course!
When you are planning your "adventure" on the sea I think time almost gets forgotten. There are "deadlines" of course and you rush toward them knowing that the weather windows of fall will get fewer and shorter as time moves on. You are busy planning, provisioning, installing, repairing and finding crew [...]
I guess everyone has their own stories of the things that "touch them" as they are cruising. We spent four weeks in La Paz, really only intending to spend a week but somehow the weather, the things you have to get done at dock and just the ease of getting used to a place stretched the time out. The staff [...]
This bird came along as we were heading to Los Meurtos. He landed on the bow and then left, came back with a couple of friends and they circled us for awhile. Then he, she or one of the friends landed on the bow and stayed for about 2 1/2 hours. It was a rough ride and yet it never left even with the million candlepower light on it as I tried to see what was ahead in the dark. I went forward and was within a foot of it. Still it remained until I was actually dropping the anchor in the dark. It was a very moving thing for me, like a spirit helping me. It had been a very long and tiring day. I doubt I will forget how this eased anchoring in the dark in a strange place.