This week I have been at my mom’s house above San Jose while Jon and Zoë are on the boat. Jon is working on antennas and bilge pumps and radios and other fun tasks; Zoë is helping I’m sure. And I am sewing bags and covers and awnings, oh my! As I glance over the […]
Doing Mexican Paperwork in Advance: Visas and the TIP
As we prepare to head to Mexico along the Pacific coast one of the issues that weighed on our minds was the process at the border. You don’t need a visa – at the border they will grant you a tourist visa good for 180 days with just your passport. However, we wanted to get […]
On the Hook at Pillar Point
After way more than a year refitting Eurybia we have finally moved on. Not far and not fast, but surely you’re expecting that by now? On Sunday Sept 1, smack dab in the middle of Labor day festivities we left our marina in San Francisco Bay at 6 am on a very foggy day. Our […]
Hang up that Anchor: a DIY Fortress Anchor Mount
Many of us sailors have an auxiliary fortress anchor either as a lunch hook or stern anchor and it’s handy to mount that on the stern someplace. There are commercially available fortress anchor mounts for this purpose. They cost $50 and up. However if you also add mud palms to the anchor to make it […]
New Crew for Eurybia: We Go to the Dogs
We are working hard to leave San Francisco Bay over Labor Day weekend. We have been here a year and a half. I still feel embarrassed when I say that, as if cruising were some kind of speed test, but Jon keeps reminding me that this, too, is cruising. My answer is that if we […]
Sailing Life is the Good Life
We are counting down the tasks and days until we leave the ease of marina life and head out towards Mexico and beyond. Sometimes the tasks tick off quickly, more often the days do, but we chip away as best we can. We still are leaving time to see friends and to cement connections with […]
