Aug 2021: Wind River Range High Traverse
80+ miles, +21,000ft, -20,000ft over 8 days. My feet still hurt!
Lucia Delivery – Leg 2: Astoria to Anacortes
The second leg of Lucia’s journey northbound took us from Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River to Anacortes in the San Juan Islands. We had a different crew this time. We made this 400 mile journey over three days leaving (very) late Thursday night. We had planned to cross the Columbia river bar during optimum conditions at 3-4AM but when we arrived in Astoria at 11pm it was a dead, glassy calm. Even though the river was ebbing…
Lucia Delivery – Leg 1: Portland to Astoria
The first leg of Lucia’s journey northbound was from our comfortable marina in Portland some 90 miles downriver to Astoria. Our good friends Anna and Andy graciously volunteered to crew with us on this leg. Since William was joining us for this leg that really means that they did all the sailing, watching and steering for which we are eternally grateful. This was also the first time the very old but newly installed chart plotter had performed any significant course…
Lucia Delivery – Boat Prep
Preparing to move the boat from Portland to Anacortes required some of the long “in-process” jobs to be completed, for either practicality or safety’s sake. No voyage has ever had ample time available for prep and this was no different. We put in a marathon 2 weeks of finishing up the various jobs that needed to be done.
Better in the BGI
The princess is here
Bowsprit
Harr, man the capstan. After much ado we finally have a bowsprit. A bit of a backstory is probably in order; the previous owner of the boat had crashed into a log boom in the dark of night many years ago. This had led to some damage in the bowsprit that was never properly attended to. This damage festered into much much worse damage over the years and required some major repair to the spar. After weighing many options we…
Lucia October-April 2016: Buttoning Up
Lucia July-September 2015: Steering the Ship
