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Showing posts with label offshore passages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label offshore passages. Show all posts
Friday, 12 June 2015

Gales and large seas off of Northern California slowing MV Tiberborg

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NOAA forecast for June 12-13, 2015 We'll never forget when we sailed south off this coast back in September 2013 -- 48 hours o...
Friday, 28 November 2014

Hasta la vista Mazatlan; Hola Baja

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Finally "escaped" Mazatlan! Left 1030am Thursday and arrived 6pm Friday here in Bahia Los Frailes in Baja Californa Sur. (We we...
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Sunday, 27 April 2014

Almost there (Mazatlan)

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After a couple of relaxing days at Ensenada Los Muertos, we left at about 4pm for a 2-night passage to Mazatlan. We HOPED for some winds.......
Friday, 6 December 2013

Down the Pacific Coast of Baja: Ensenada to Cabo stats

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We left Ensenada on November 18th, and arrived Cabo San Lucas on December 1st,  a total of 14 days, including 6 lay days (3.5 days in ...
Monday, 2 December 2013

Arrived Cabo San Lucas!

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Crossed into the tropics yesterday and arrived Cabo San Lucas. More to come....
Friday, 22 November 2013

Passage south to Turtle Bay

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We are now in Turtle Bay, approximately halfway down the Baja Peninsula. (Half way to Cabo!) Leaving Ensenada We left Ensenada a...
Sunday, 3 November 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO & S. CALIFORNIA: Pelagia's route (August - October, 2013)

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We would NOT recommend going out so far (70-100 nm) off of Oregon/Northern California. Weather was MUCH better closer to shore (<20 ...
Sunday, 22 September 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: The culprit (of our steering problems)

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Here it is, the cause of our steering problems: Bad seals on cylinder shaft The seals on our Wagner cylinder were nearly gone -- espec...
Saturday, 14 September 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: Some photos Neah Bay to SF

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Rounding Cape Flattery (11am, Sept 2, 2013) Off-watch snooze On watch Reefing Our very experienced crew (Jim) Bad ...

VANCOUVER TO SAN FRANCISCO: Our route in detail

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For those interested, here is a detailed graphic of our route from Neah Bay to San Francisco. Pelagia's route (September, 2013) ...
Monday, 9 September 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: (recap) Neah Bay to San Francisco Days 5 to 7: Gales, steep seas & steering problems

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We had 48 hours of gales and steep seas off of the southern Oregon/northern California coasts. It was not fun, and made much worse by concer...
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VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: Arrived San Francisco!

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Arrived Drake's Bay in thick fog Sunday eve at 11pm. Anchored. Had several excellent stiff rums, and had the first quiet motionless sle...
Friday, 6 September 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: Days 4 & 5 (am): Neah Bay to San Francisco

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Spoke (wrote) too soon in last post. We've had over a day of light-to-no winds combined with uncomfortable swell. So lots of motoring, i...

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: Days 3 & 4 Neah Bay to San Francisco

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Wednesday saw us sailing very comfortably in 10-15 knot SE winds, with much reduced swell. Not a fast sail, but enjoyable. Wednesday eve the...
Tuesday, 3 September 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: Days 1 & 2 Neah Bay to San Francisco: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride!

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One night at the dock and 1 night at anchor in Neah Bay. Forecast off the Washington coast was for SE 10-15 knots with 5-6 foot SW swell. NW...
Sunday, 1 September 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: Neah Bay... waiting for wind

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Long motor yesterday Port Angeles to Neah Bay. At least it was sunny and calm. Currently in Neah Bay waiting for some winds. Likely we wil...
Thursday, 29 August 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: A very foggy trip to Port Angeles

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A very foggy motor across the traffic lanes to Port Angeles. Anxiety causing. Especially difficult coming into the harbour in near-zero visi...
Wednesday, 28 August 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: Day 2: Anchored in Cadboro Bay

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A calm motor from Montague Harbour to Cadboro Bay. Some fog. Last night we got hit by unexpected/unforecast NW winds (to 18 kn) while we wer...
Tuesday, 27 August 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: DEPARTURE DAY!

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Today we leave for San Francisco...finally! Nope, not all is done, but it is time to go. We will stop at least 2 nights around the Gulf ...
Sunday, 25 August 2013

VANCOUVER to SAN FRANCISCO: Time ticking down... departure in 3 days (hopefully)

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Time is ticking. We are currently planning to leave for San Francisco sometime Tuesday August 27th. (Of course, this is subject to last-mi...