Here there be fog
Cold December morning air + (relatively) warm water = sea fog forming. Visibility will drop to bull when we enter the fog bank. Pretty here, though.
Tag: Sailing
Oh Canada
Ah, Canada. So near, and yet so far away.
Underway in 35 Fahrenheit
And we’re underway. No wind, so motoring until we find some. The Yanmar 57s purring at 2,500rpm, and pushing us along at 11.8 knots. Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy (and warms me up).
Icy
We got up at 6:30, wanting to get going by sunrise, about 8am at this time of the year as far North as we are (at the border with Canada). It had dropped below freezing, Vingilótë covered in a...
Frozen docking lines
Very icy boat this morning. All the lines were frozen stiff.
Ready to Set Out Early
The steam oven finally came in (it had to come from Europe and took 8 1/2 weeks), so we got up to Vingilótë, wrestled the oven aboard, and are ready to set out early tomorrow morning to get to...
Getting the New Oven Aboard
Colin and Edwin loading a new oven into an ice-covered Vingilótë. Little bit exciting.
Pictures of orcas admiring Balance 526 hull #9 “Blue Diamond”
Pictures of orcas admiring Balance 526 hull #9 "Blue Diamond" out on its first test sail.
Vingilótë got another sister!
Vingilótë got another sister!
Slippery Silicon Sticks Superbly
On a boat in motion things move. Though one of the things we love about a catamaran is not living our life at an angle and things reasonably stay where they are for hot, breakable, or edible things,...