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Apres Collective Spring 2011 Photo Shoot Preview

Apres Collective Spring 2011 Photo Shoot Preview(8/30/2010 12:23:39 PM)

The photoshoot: The morning was gray, I dropped off Anne and the airporter and we kissed goodbye. I ran to the boat hoping like hell the paint I just finished at 8pm as the fog rolled in was dry. (Visions of white sticky paint stuck to the bottom ...

Photo Shoot Apres Collective Spring 2011

Photo Shoot Apres Collective Spring 2011 (8/19/2010 4:34:43 PM)

So I am getting Darwind ready for her first (most likely only) professional photo shoot. I have removed the bow and stern pulpits and welded new tangs for lifelines, added, lower lifelines, inspection ports on the rear deck (necessary for removal ...

A Journey Complete - Reflections - Coming Soon

A Journey Complete - Reflections - Coming Soon(8/11/2010 11:01:15 AM)

Home. Thank you everyone for well wishes, thoughts prayers, laughs and cries. Thanks for listening and just thanks for being in my life. I learned three valuable lessons at sea and I will catch up my blog maybe tonight.

Lesson 1: Patience...

Day 13: Final Prep, Mitchel

Day 13: Final Prep, Mitchel(7/14/2010 10:43:37 PM)

Tomorrow we leave. The forcast is a Huge high pressure system WAY north meaning a LONG trip back. I finished picking up personal items, the satellite phone, gifts, a last pizza, and worked on my lee cloth. Mitchel, the boat guy who has been shuttling...

Day 12; Trouble in

Day 12; Trouble in(7/13/2010 3:25:25 AM)

Day 10: Sams arrival

Day 10: Sams arrival(7/10/2010 12:20:33 PM)

Sam should be here in the hour! As I wait in the beach for the race boat and watched a perfect double rainbow unfold around me (I know now that vie never REALLY seen a rainbow until now) that walking down the beach here is kind if like walking dow...

Day 9: Paradise

Day 9: Paradise(7/9/2010 3:46:33 PM)

Ok, its touché. But it IS Paradise here. Its hard to work, its hard to want to get on a boat and leave. Its warm, beautiful beyond compare and everyone so far is extremely chill. I am drinking a coconut latte, and just had a coconut cream cheese s...

Day 8: Kauai (Hanalei Bay)

Day 8: Kauai (Hanalei Bay)(7/8/2010 9:42:14 PM)

Aloha! Kauai Is breathtaking so far. I scored a cheap room on the beach in Hanalei Bay and think I could stay here a long time. On the plane ride over to Hawaii, I looked at the expanse of the Pacific Ocean and for the first time, I felt afraid of...

Day 7: Communications

Day 7: Communications(7/7/2010 9:44:45 PM)

Today I talked with Darwin on the phone and his mom sent me this pic. He is getting so big. I miss him.

Day 6: Working and Waiting

Day 6: Working and Waiting(7/7/2010 10:16:01 AM)

Nothing but working and waiting. I am getting anxious to get underway.

Day 5: Sunburnt

Day 5: Sunburnt(7/5/2010 8:33:14 PM)

Sadly, the diving is over. What an amazing trip! I am so glad we did this. Maybe once I get done with my circumnavigation I can charter sails in the carribean and teach scuba diving. Jill Ritchie will remember that dream (why I started diving in the ...

Day 4: Certified Advanced Open Water Diver with Nitrox Add On

Day 4: Certified Advanced Open Water Diver with Nitrox Add On(7/4/2010 6:51:36 PM)

Today I finished my Advanced certifications with a a 92ft dive to the Speigal Grove wreck and then a great dive to the Molasses Reef. Last night, we stumbled upon a giant Sea Turtle and today a Nurse Shark! Pictures were ruined by a few survived. Wha...

Day 3: BIRTHDAY

Day 3: BIRTHDAY(7/3/2010 4:09:14 PM)

Last night, after talking with the Dive Instructor, I calmed down a bit and got excited. I decided to do the Nitrox Certification while I am at it. No big deal, read the book. In short, Nitrox reduces your exposure to pressurized n...

Day 2: Hung Over

Day 2: Hung Over(7/3/2010 4:07:39 PM)

Hung over (Damn Strip Club)… Trip down to the keys by car was uneventful. It rained like hell and I pulled a prank on Corrie and locked him out of the car in the rain. I read my 5 chapters for the diving certification and did the k...

Packed and Ready to GO

Packed and Ready to GO(6/30/2010 11:06:17 PM)

So packing for an unknown period of time for equatorial and 42 degrees north is a challenge. Also, a backup GPS would have been a lot easier than the materials needed for this celestial navigation stuff, but I am giddy like a school girl wit...

Just Talked to Sam

Just Talked to Sam(6/29/2010 1:47:01 PM)

He is doing well. He doesnt seem to think he will make the Banquet. I told him to stop with that non-sense and the wind will get better. Going to bring a bunch of stuff with me to Hawaii to get the SSB working. I am looking forward to seeing him and ...

Rescue

Rescue(6/28/2010 3:08:44 PM)

Yesterday I was escorting Joseph across the Bay to Fort Mason in his new boat (my Old Cal T2). It was slow going for some reason for the Cal, really choppy and blowing like crazy. In the middle of the bay, I came across two guys in kayak that look...

The Journey Begins

The Journey Begins(6/25/2010 5:14:24 PM)

The Boat is officially mine! We completed the paperwork today and had an exchange of gifts (Alex gave me his captains Hat, and I gave him one of the Old Winches). Alex was very pleased with the improvements and the plan. He doesn't have a computer...

Chores

Chores(6/24/2010 12:26:01 PM)

So tonight Joseph is coming over to help me with the final stripping. Not much to go. Electrical and Toilet and then clean everything out. I am thinking about leaving the traveler track as its too small for the Triton anyway. I will take the block...

Stripping

Stripping(6/23/2010 1:48:08 AM)

Nathan came down and we stripped a ton of stuff off the t2. Cabin top winches, clutches, deck organizer. Batteries, Perco, track, traveler, u bolts and more. Jen brought us beer. Nora came to visit Nate and we all drank a few beers and hung out in th...