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fact of the matter is,
we have a very picturesque life and this gallery page is just
another way for us to show that off!
Enjoy!
On
our way to to Ko' Olina Hawaii on
the Island of Oahu just North of the dreaded Alanuihaha channel
between the Islands of Maui and Hawaii. We were hammered for
14 hours strait in that channel but once we made
the lee of Maui it was "cocktails in the cockpit"
and tea time on the fore deck...
We made the Sunrise on South Point Hawaii (the
southern most point in the United States) on Easter morning
and headed North from that point on.
...Just beautiful!
At the Northern Western most point of the Big
Island of Hawaii on March 16th 2007.
The Ocean Washes the Lava on the south coast of
the Big Island of Hawaii.
...Another perfect Hawaiian Sunset "Up
Mauka" in Ocean View Hawaii 02/07
The early
morning dew at the Akaka Falls Rainforest...
On the windword side of Paradise.
Day 19 our last sunset at sea in the year
2006...
...Day 17 on the 0400 to 0800 shift just after
7 bells.
A cool/sexy cockpit bath south of the Tropic
of Cancer...
We celibrated our 10th anaversary with a cake
that Dena baked at sea (no small feet)!
Flying our
Ginaker in the Duldrums 10/06.
On the 6th day of our 9 days of storms at
sea I busted my head on the companion-way hatch...
9 days of double reefed main (only!) and 15-18
foot seas!
Right outside of the Gate on a heading 140
degrees SxSW...
This last
summer we got to spend with an old friend, Fritz-the-Chat...
The perfect
predator...
Another perfect
mixture of Goofy and Grace...
One last look at Aquatic Park 09/06...
Alkatraz Island
just before we left...
March
2006
For my 42nd birthday we returned to one
of my favorite places in the world: Brentwood Bay, inside the
Saanich peninsula on Vancouver Island, B.C.
We rented a canoe and rowed all the way up into
Tod Inlet behind Buchart Gardens. The weather was spectacular
for the duration of our stay, so much so, we didn't even mind
the gentle mist from the (photo above) on coming squall.
At
the begining of 2006,
we flew
to the beautiful island of Hawai'i
for a much needed vacation!
The Keck Observatory on top of Mauna Kea.
...And the choirboys sing, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
On our first San Francisco Bay cruise of 2006
we saw this big ketch heading in to a squall coming over Angel
Island.
I don't know what it is about this
bridge that makes me feel that something really big is about
to happen...
...It could be this (below) on the other side
of the (above bridge) that makes it so humbling!
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Our new moorings in Oakland, Calif.
...So
long and thanks for all the wind S.F. Marina, we'll see you
soon we're sure! 06/04/05
The Wednesday night Knarr Class Sloop races from
the St .Francis Yacht Club and the San Francisco Marina are
just awesome to watch as they come back to port at sunset.
Sunday at the Races 05/15/2005
Alma in her element
off the south coast of Alcatraz Island. 5/25/2005
The real race happens after the big boaters are
rafted up with a few beers in 'em...
The young regatta is fired up on the all too short
run to the first up-wind turn.
Another perfect sunset under the Golden Gate.
The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, Calif.
Looking straight up Divisadero from the S.F. Marina.
Packed in tight on the end slip with a beautiful
offshore cruising rig from Canada, the S.V. Laila N. This boat
was single-handed up from Mexico by our new friend (Captain)
Chuck, a knowledgeable captain of a seaworthy boat. He's taking
her (Laila N.) to her new home in Victoria, B.C. to run charter
cruises all summer. We wish him Fair Winds and Following Seas
on the uphill run from the San Francisco Bay to the Straight
of Juan De Fuca. (I know, a very tall order!)
Update: Captain Chuck made it home to Victoria,
B.C. in the later part of May 2005 after over 5,000 nautical
miles of single-handed sailing aboard Laila N. Welcome home,
Captain!
Dueling Monitors on Mothers' Day 05/08/05
The Wallace Foss moored
up Bristol at the St. Francis Yacht Club Marina on Cinco De
Mayo 2005.
Young sailors doing Laser-maneuvers in the S.F.
Marina. 05/03/2005
Our
New Home...
As of
05/01/2005 this is the view off our starboard beams from our
moorings at the San Francisco
Marina!
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If you like this gallery don't forget to go to
the S.V. Sovereign
Nation gallery a picturesque journey through the first leg
of our 15 year adventure around the planet Earth: Seattle, WA.
to San Francisco, Calif. 1999 to 2002.
***
Below, is
our photo document of our cruise up the Delta of the Sacramento
and the San Joaquin Rivers from April 1st to April 6th 2005,
enjoy!
Day 1.
(San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay and the Carquinez Straight)
April
Fools Day 2005, first
day out and the weather is that San Francisco Bay Perfect!
We were the ones not
stuck in traffic that day!
I think I spend most of life being this cheesy.
(What we thought was), the end of the day with
the hook down in sheltered cove.
Day 2 (Suisun
Bay, Sacto-River and Decker Island)
The Ship Graveyard is located at the entrance
to Suisun Bay, it's a very spooky place.
It's also a very strange thing to drive a full
keel sailboat through farm country!
On a mooring buoy in the inside slew of Decker
Island.
Another crazy looking California anchorage.
A beautiful sunset before a torturous row against
a flooding tide and a stiff breeze!
Day 3 (Motor/Sailing
up two strong rivers to a Pirates Lair).
We twisted our way through grassy marsh country
under a perfect balance of Jib and engine. We motor-sailed because
of the stiff Sou-Easter breeze coming off the San Joaquin Valley
and the 4 knots ebb that seemed to last all day. Just another
passed test for our equipment.
Safe and sound on the dock at the Pirates Lair.
Day 4/5 (Back
down the river and into a storm! On Moorings at Angle Island)
Under the Carquenez Bridge on the way back home.
The Rock Alcatraz Is.
from Mt Livermore 04/05
The Golden Gate from the top of Mt. Livermore
on Angle Island Calif.
(Wow, that's the Lady Washington in the foreground)
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The crazy cats of Grand Marina 3/14/2005
We
went to a cool little park in Alameda on the 7th of March to
unwind and lay in the warm damp grass.
The P.B.-n- Jay's were better
served from our "70's Style"
Pic-Nick set given to us by our friend and Dena's co-worker
Asia Sage.
If you like this gallery don't forget to go to
the S.V. Sovereign
Nation gallery a picturesque journey through the first leg
of our 15 year adventure around the planet Earth: Seattle, WA.
to San Francisco, Calif. 1999 to 2002.
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