Last week we sailed north, which we had waited for due to the typical strong winds from the north during winter, called Northers.
Continue reading “A windy week at Isla San Francisco”A windy week at Isla San Francisco
It has been a minute
I know, I know… Blogging hasn’t been high on my to-do list as of late. You see there’s been a LOT going on aboard SV Rua Hatu this last year; we’ve covered 1000s of sea miles, made it from Port Angeles, WA to Acapulco, Guerrero and back up Puerto PeƱasco, Sonora, hauled out twice to scrape and schlep paint off/on the boat and to tinker with pipes, wires, lines and electricity, not to mention all the hundreds of amazing anchorages, places and people we’ve encountered along the way. So this post will be only a brief recap of goings-on, but I will try to fill in more highlights from our adventures in the months to come (as well as share more about what’s going on in real-time).
Continue reading “It has been a minute”Isla de Cedros, Baja California
It was late December and we dropped anchor near a small fishing village. The sleepy village lies at the foot of a 750 meter tall old volcano. Rust, orange, and sand colors prevail with grey streaks resembling ash avalanches long ago rolling down the hills of Isla de Cedros.
Continue reading “Isla de Cedros, Baja California”Haulout in Humboldt
Certainly our journey through the San Juan Islands was a wonderful start to our adventures, but with nearly fifteen years worth of accumulated ablative antifouling below the waterline of Rua Hatu, the most recent of which was already two years old, we were in desperate need of a bottom job before we crossed any significant expanse of water.
Continue reading “Haulout in Humboldt”Offshore and Southbound
In August we finally provisioned and loaded up the boat in Port Angeles and moved to Sekiu to be ready for a suitable weather window to sail down to Eureka, California, where we intended to haul out the boat and repaint the hull.
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