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Video: Passage from Canada to Seattle

February 25, 2015

This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the edge of the forest and we believe that, if we watch carefully, at any moment we may see the unicorn. ~Bernhard DeVoto

Date we cast off the docklines (and our jobs) and have been semi-full-time cruising sinceMarch 31, 2018

2.9 years ago.

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Great sail today in 15-20 knots. Typical spring weather to make things interesting - sun, a rain squall, south wind then west wind, no other boats around.

Working on installing an Iridium Go, which will give us access to PredictWind weather forecasts anywhere in the world.

Before/After: the diesel engine is one of the hardest things to maintain on a boat. Out of sight, out of mind, it's often neglected.

We managed to get out for a day sail yesterday, in the beautiful sunny weather (which is now back to rain).

Zombie apocalypse or provisioning for 6 months of cruising?

Heading back to our boat after a month and a half in Mexico. Super happy to be back but also a lot of work. Our car is stuffed with mail / project supplies, and we pre-provisioned groceries (4 cart loads, just non-refrigerated goods) early this year to head north. Barely managed to fit it all in our tiny Toyota Matrix.

On my morning beach run I met 2 sea kayakers waiting to relaunch into the surf. Turns out it was @freya_hoffmeister and her buddy Bob from Maine. They're on their way to Puerto Vallarta (200+ miles south of here) and Freya is bound for Panama (!) on a multi-year kayak circumnavigation of the Americas.

We watched the Minimalist's documentary "Less is Now" on Netflix last night, and felt very grateful we spent 2-3 years minimalizing our lives to fit into <300 sqft on a sailboat.

Sailed Friday Harbor to Stuart, Prevost Bay today. Slow at the start but eventually the wind picked up to 10-12. Dock is full! (Unusual this time of year, but there are a lot of boats out between Xmas and New Years)

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