Sailing on Starshine

Vessel Name: Starshine
Vessel Make/Model: Outbound 44
Hailing Port: San Francisco, CA
Crew: Pat and Melodie Williams
About: We have been "working the plan" since 2004 when Pat began taking sailing lessons. That lead to a few sailing vacations on sailboats. Melodie took some classes too. We purchased our boat in 2011.
27 February 2019 | Alameda California
26 February 2019 | Mazatlan to San Francisco
26 February 2019 | Mazatlan Sinaloa Mexico
01 May 2018 | El Cid - Mazatlan
09 April 2018 | Marina Mazatlan
07 March 2018 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
23 January 2018 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
04 December 2017 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
24 October 2017 | Oakland, CA
04 September 2017 | South Lake Tahoe CA
04 September 2017 | Culver OR
04 September 2017 | Culver OR
04 September 2017 | Redmond Oregon
17 July 2017 | Polson Montana
31 May 2017 | Our new Camper in Ira Texas
04 May 2017 | Nuevo Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit Mexico
04 April 2017 | La Cruz Anchorage
12 March 2017 | Chamela Bay
12 March 2017 | Tenicatita Bay
18 February 2017 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle
Recent Blog Posts
27 February 2019 | Alameda California

Goodbye Starshine

Melodie and I have accepted an offer on Starshine. We close escrow on March 8, 2019.

26 February 2019 | Mazatlan to San Francisco

The Baja Bash

Preparing for the Baja Bash (the trip north from Mexico to California). They call it “The Bash” because the prevailing winds and waves are from the northwest. So you are basically going uphill (if that makes any sense).

26 February 2019 | Mazatlan Sinaloa Mexico

Summer 2018

As many of you who have followed our blog over the last four years you’ll note that I have not given it any attention since last spring. So let me fill in the blanks.

01 May 2018 | El Cid - Mazatlan

Marina El Cid - Mazatlan

Today is Tuesday May 1, 2018.

09 April 2018 | Marina Mazatlan

Marina Mazatlan

Today is Monday April 9, 2018.

07 March 2018 | La Cruz de Huanacaxtle

Leaving Banderas Bay

Today is Wednesday March 7, 2018.

Our SSB Radio Works

08 October 2014 | Southwestern YC - San Diego
Pat
We arrived in San Diego on Sunday October 5. We anchored in Mariner Basin, just outside Mission Bay. This spot has some nostalgia for us for two reasons. First, Melodie and I used to rent 14 foot sail boats back when we lived here in the 1980's. Second, I anchored here on s/v New Moon when I did my first Baja Ha-Ha back in 2006. That trip was a charter with Club Nautique. The anchorage was nice, but we took a few hits from some very large birds.

We pulled into San Diego and the Southwestern Yacht Club on Monday October 6. Our plan to take our time going down the coast worked well. We came up with two lists, one a "to do" list and the other a shopping list. The club made a mistake on the scheduling of our slip. I had emailed them back in January to reserve a spot. I called them in July to confirm the dates. They somehow got us leaving on October 23, 4 days early. I thought I had resolved the snafu at that time. That is until we arrived at the guest dock and saw a poster with 10/6-10/23 marked on it. They were no able to extend our time at the guest slip, but there is a trimaran on an end tie that we can raft up to. They comp'd us a day's rent for the inconvenience.

Finally some good news on the SSB radio. A guy named Shea Weston runs a shop here on Shelter Island. You may recall I had ICom America ship our radio to him so he could re-install it. Latitude 38 mentioned him by name this month, calling him "a guru" in the HF radio world. He was excellent. He got the radio up and running, tweaked our software program so the computer could control the radio for email and weather. Then he connected our Iridium phone so we can use that if needed. Using the Iridium for data is plan "b" because it's air time is so expensive. Then he sorted out a problem with our Bullet2HP wifi booster. Now we can get wifi inside the boat when it was requiring us to go inside the club house for a connection. That and his hourly rate was 20% cheaper than the guy who couldn't find the blown fuse.

Now we have to get cracking on the other items on the list. Only 18 more days until we enter Mexico!
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