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.
Thunderstorm in Guaymas
06 October 2015 | Guaymas
Pat
Today is Tuesday October 6.
We've been back on the boat for a few weeks. We are slowly getting things put back together for the coming season.
We went into town to see the Matt Damon movie The Martian on Saturday 10/3. There were rain showers expected in the evening, so we thought we go into town and see the show before the rain. It is a really nice theater with movies in English with Spanish subtitles. Only $3.50 USD per person to see get in. We enjoyed the movie. We could hear it raining from inside the theater before the movie ended.
We came out from the movie to find it was POURING rain. There was a foot or so of water running through the parking lot. We got in the car to drive back and found the windshield wipers could barely keep up. Traffic was only going 20-25 MPH. Most drivers had their hazard lights on.
We came to an intersection and stopped for a red light. The cross street was flooded badly and cars waiting to cross were stopped in 1-2 feet of water. A cement truck was passing one of the stopped cars. The cement truck had a big bow wave in front of it. As the truck passed the car the bow wave raised the car off the ground! It was crazy. There were many videos on the internet of cars being washed down the street and other flooding.
We got back to the boat OK. The road was passable getting back to San Carlos. San Carlos is about a 15 minute drive from the much larger Guaymas.
We head back to Dewey AZ tomorrow for a quick visit and trip to the Doctor. Hopefully my last follow-up from my hand surgery in July. We'll stock up on a few supplies and return on Sunday.
That's when the real work will begin. We'll put the sails back on the forestays and get ready for the Sonoran Passage. It's 400+NM passage from here to Mazatlan. It will take about 3 days. We intend to head south the last week of October.
That's all for now.
We've been back on the boat for a few weeks. We are slowly getting things put back together for the coming season.
We went into town to see the Matt Damon movie The Martian on Saturday 10/3. There were rain showers expected in the evening, so we thought we go into town and see the show before the rain. It is a really nice theater with movies in English with Spanish subtitles. Only $3.50 USD per person to see get in. We enjoyed the movie. We could hear it raining from inside the theater before the movie ended.
We came out from the movie to find it was POURING rain. There was a foot or so of water running through the parking lot. We got in the car to drive back and found the windshield wipers could barely keep up. Traffic was only going 20-25 MPH. Most drivers had their hazard lights on.
We came to an intersection and stopped for a red light. The cross street was flooded badly and cars waiting to cross were stopped in 1-2 feet of water. A cement truck was passing one of the stopped cars. The cement truck had a big bow wave in front of it. As the truck passed the car the bow wave raised the car off the ground! It was crazy. There were many videos on the internet of cars being washed down the street and other flooding.
We got back to the boat OK. The road was passable getting back to San Carlos. San Carlos is about a 15 minute drive from the much larger Guaymas.
We head back to Dewey AZ tomorrow for a quick visit and trip to the Doctor. Hopefully my last follow-up from my hand surgery in July. We'll stock up on a few supplies and return on Sunday.
That's when the real work will begin. We'll put the sails back on the forestays and get ready for the Sonoran Passage. It's 400+NM passage from here to Mazatlan. It will take about 3 days. We intend to head south the last week of October.
That's all for now.
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