Vessel Name: | Pied-a-Mer III |
Vessel Make/Model: | Seawind 1160 Catamaran |
Hailing Port: | Clatskanie, OR |
Crew: | Pam & Eric |
About: | Pam (the Admiral among other things) Our wonderful boat cat Rose spent her final year with Terrell in the US. She lived a good life, loved to sail! Now, several years, countries and oceans later we will return to Mexico and scatter Rose’s ashes on the waters she sailed. |
Extra: | Pied-a-Mer III is our home. May 2023 we sailed from Turkey to Crete where we arranged for a captain and crew to sail Pied-a-Mer to Mexico where we will continue our live aboard lifestyle. |
Our last blog post was about spring in Alanya, this post is about Fall in the Pacific Northwest. Now to fill in the last five months.
Spring is in the air in Alanya as evidenced by these tiny pink blossoms springing from the bare branch. The travel lift is busy dropping boats back in the water, owners are returning from their winter homes and we, along with two other boats, are preparing for a May departure from Turkey.
Turkey has suffered the deadliest disaster in its modern history-----massive earthquakes--7.7 and 7.6 . The devastation, loss of lives and massive infrastructural damage is unbelievable. The aftershocks continue. The first quakes were on February 6 and yesterday (Feb. 20) there were two quakes over [...]
As I write this, Eric and I are in the UK. After spending two Holiday seasons in Turkey we are totally enjoying more familiar Christmas traditions, music, food and family. We did, however, have a special mission to accomplish. Eric's dad, a former RAF pilot, passed away several years ago and his ashes [...]
This winter has been the warmest winter in decades, this according to locals. We, however, had our "winter fix" in the Happy New Year To All!
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