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With covid putting a crimp on international travel for late 2021, we opted for Plan B: spend the winter living on a boat. So we squeezed a year’s worth of boat buying into a couple of months and sailed off from Annapolis, Maryland on November 29 on SV Carina, a 2005 Island Packet 370. ( #sailingsvcarina ) She’s a beast for 37’ with a cutter rig and and a full keel. The motion of the ocean is where she’s happy and safe. We spent December and January heading south on the Intercoastal Waterway with a few coastal passages, getting aligned with Carina and getting her into cruising mode. By mid-February we replaced most of the aging equipment in need, added some solar and got our new foresails. A hop across the Gulf Stream brought us to Bimini and the Bahamas. We’ll keep working at refining this cruising lifestyle while exploring these islands this spring. Then back to Florida to put her on the hard for the summer and hurricane season while we go back to the mountains for some solid earth ad

6 days on Argo II, a 1991 Island Packet 32 chartered from Southwest Florida Yachts in Cape Coral, Florida, December 26 - January 1 2015. With the usual suspects (Rachel, Kelly, Leah) plus Andrew, Kelly's boyfriend. Arrived the afternoon of Friday, Dec 26 after a red eye flight out of Denver in the midst of a snow storm.  Happy to have made it to the airport without a hitch having seen multiple cars in the ditch along the way. Andrew flew in from San Fran earlier that eve and met us at Gate B36 for that 1:20am departure to tropical warmth. Provisioning in a Florida Publix sure is easier than in the BVI. Though it does gum things up when your credit cards fail. Note to self: always inform your banks when you plan to travel. After stocking the boat, we had a great sea food feast at the local Pinchers Crab Shack. Great facilities and nice folks at SFYachts and at the Tarpon Marina.  Day 1: Tarpon Marina to Roosevelt Channel, ~4 hrs of motoring, anchored off Picnic Island f

Drove out to Rifle Gap State Park Thursday eve and got on the water 5 miles west of Rangley by 11:30 on Friday. Took out Monday by 2pm at the Enron Take Out.

Volunteered with Rach to fix up the waterfront after the flooding rains.

The usual enjoyable loop paddle with awesome sky views east and west, monsoonal moisture feeding cumulonimbus eye candy. 

First time on the water this year! Latest date since moving here 23 years ago :-( As always, it's an awesome paddle with unreal views. And as a bonus today, there wasn't a single motorboat on the totally glassy surface. Unreal. 

A week on board an Oceanis 425 with Rachel, Leah, Mari Gambato, Tim, and Madi. Conch Charters were great all around. Boat was in fine shape and sailed well. Road Town The Bight Manchineel Bay North Sound Anageda (2 nights) Scrub Island/Foxy's Taboo Road Town

Placeholder for now... 1360cfs Blum's Wilcox's - Chris, Joanne, Emma, her friend Ellie, Joanne's friends Karen and Kenny from Riverton WY Us plus Remy and Camille

Late Sunday afternoon paddle to beat the heat in town and have an excuse to see the backside of Bear and the fire.

June 1 put in at Deer Lodge Park 1800cfs dropping to 1650cfs by Warm Springs on Day 4 Split Mnt was around 4000cfs The Blum's The Muller's with Remy Will Houghton Rich MacDonald and Torin https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111990031693004328182/albums/5750824103473277569

April 24-April 1, 2012 6 days/5 nights sailing a Catalina 22 out of Loreto 3 days in Cabo Pulma beack walking, snorkling, chilling 2012_03 Baja Trip

Yet another loop around the res on an incredible late October fall day. 70+F, sunny with a white coating on the distant Indian Peaks. So nice...

Endomondo Kayaking Workout

Once around but counter clockwise this time. Sunny skies and warm temps just before sunset.

Once around the res clockwise.

Once around clockwise.

Leah and I escaped the 'heat' of fall in Boulder to paddle a few hours up on Gross Reservoir. So nice! The cottonwoods turning yellow. The sky so blue. The water fresh and smooth with hardly a breeze. And even some fun little waves to surf where South Boulder Creek spills into the lake.

6-Fay trip with the Blum's, Seth's friend Joseph, Varda's brother and sister in law Arye and Karen. Started at 9200cfs and came off at 7000cfs. Lots of sings of flashing in all the side canyons. Got stuck in Sand Wash. 2011_09 DesoGray Raft Trip

Once around the edges and lots and lots of rolling on a hot, sunny Sunday afternoon.

A year later and we're back for another week of plying the waters of the BVI. Flew out at midnight on Sat. March 20 arriving in St. Thomas on Sun. Afternoon. Ferry to Road Town and on the boat, a Sunsail Beneteau 39/3/2, at 5:30. More to follow...