Turtle Mail

Yikes! Almost hit by a cruise ship! Okay, not really - it pulled in 30 metres off our berth at the Port of Astoria in Oregon (USA). Cont...

Went out to a well deserved brunch at the " Pig & Pancake " in Astoria, Oregon of the USA (N46°11.44' W123°51.379'). G...

With Sea Turtle's RVG dislodged, steering continued to be difficult and exhausting. We were about 60 miles offshore of the continental...

We left Neah Bay heading into the fog and ship traffic. The wind picked up to 15 knots and we had trouble getting Sea Turtle's RVG to ...

We arrived in Neah Bay, Washington (N48°22.5' W124°36.3') today at 18:30 after another day of motoring - no wind but sunny skies. ...

We had a very successful open boat on September 13th as planned. Thanks to everyone that came and made it a special day for us. At 13:30 ...

Jordan did such a great job of installing all the radios (Ham, SSB, and yes - stereo too!) We tested the Ham radio at our previous moorage a...

We did it! As our friends on SV Jabula say: ...shaking off your landlubber status to become pollywogging, soggy bottomed, rum swigging w...

Latest projects done on Sea Turtle , our future travelling "home": Finally figured out the continual engine problem. Perkins ma...

We took a break from boat work and went to the annual May long weekend Fleet Rendezvous. Our boating friends were back in Victoria and came...

Well, we had a great vacation (see previous post entitled Motorcycle Holiday in March) but we have been working on the boat since last Octo...

We escaped to Mexico for two months taking a break from winter, snow, and boat work. In Mexico alone, we put 10,000 km on our motorcycle as ...

No, not baseball, football, or basketball Dodger fans. We are fans of our new dodger made by Hank Westervelt of Coyote Canvas (note the coy...

We've been very busy working on Sea Turtle . Jordan has built the solar arch and dinghy davit (stainless steel welder Kevin Simpson help...

So what's new? The list of to-do's entitled Unfinished Things That We Will Leave and Do In Mexico got too big, so, change of plans...

We have Sea Turtle on the hard at The Boat Yard in Sidney. So far, we have given the lower hull one coat of paint. Jordan is polishing t...

We've had a lot of mishaps lately. Jordan had a trip to the hospital when he tried to slice off his finger with an Exacto knife. Then ...

We've been very busy completely re-wiring and painting during the last month. Jordan has been installing, lining up, and labelling all ...

Nothing new done to the boat yet...still too busy...running out of time...isn't that what all sailors say who are getting ready to go?! ...

The electrical definitely needs to be upgraded before we head offshore - our first clue was this mess of wires located above the boat's ...