January 21, 2022
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Boat Haven Marina Cafe
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Strut is ready to defend Vingilótë
And it's now up to 97 degrees Fahrenheit on the boat
91F, ACs running, and keeping the top wet
Three Dobes on a boat
Spring and Belle are helping the Lady Boss work
Strut's using the boat's freezers/fridge to stay cool
Strut and Spring sprawling in the heat on the back deck
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Trips
2019-12-06 Cape Town to St. Helena
2019-12-21 St. Helena to Fernando de Noronha
2020-01-02 Fernando de Noronha to Barbados
2020-01-13 Barbados to Fort Lauderdale
2020-02-09 Fort Lauderdale to Miami
2020-02-18 Miami to Fort Lauderdale
2020-02-19 Fort Lauderdale Balance University Day 1
2020-02-20 Fort Lauderdale Balance University Day 2
2020-02-21 Fort Lauderdale to West Palm Beach
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2020-01-13 Barbados to Fort Lauderdale
Barbados to Fort Lauderdale: 1476.8 nm, 8.4 kts average, 22 kts maximum.
December 11, 2021
Winter weather
November 19, 2021
Boat Haven Marina Cafe
November 16, 2021
Unlikely coincidences
June 28, 2021
Strut is ready to defend Vingilótë
June 28, 2021
And it’s now up to 97 degrees Fahrenheit on the boat
June 28, 2021
91F, ACs running, and keeping the top wet
June 28, 2021
Three Dobes on a boat
June 28, 2021
Spring and Belle are helping the Lady Boss work
June 27, 2021
Strut’s using the boat’s freezers/fridge to stay cool
June 27, 2021
Strut and Spring sprawling in the heat on the back deck
June 27, 2021
Brunch with Mimosas
June 26, 2021
Our neighbor on the dock is a gray heron
June 26, 2021
Spring enjoying the back deck of the boat
June 25, 2021
We’re escaping Seattle’s heatwave
May 17, 2021
Under sail and Charleston-bound
May 17, 2021
Waiting for the bridge to open
May 16, 2021
We’re on a boat
April 11, 2021
Vingilótë Full Picture and Reflection
April 11, 2021
The best part of waking up is … a bald eagle?
April 11, 2021
My Indian Name is “Sleeps With Dogs”
April 10, 2021
Spring Snoozing in her Sweater
April 10, 2021
Tracing Shorepower Failure … to a cord
March 24, 2021
I can almost see our home base
March 24, 2021
Wind prediction 0, Rain prediction 1
March 24, 2021
Maps have their uses
March 24, 2021
Random pictures from Two Straits
March 24, 2021
My love on my love doing what we love
March 24, 2021
And we’re off
March 23, 2021
Vingilótë is ready to go
March 21, 2021
Vingilótë and her crew made it to Shilshole marina safe and sound
March 21, 2021
Sailing in a gale in Puget Sound in the dark
March 21, 2021
Today? More gale warning!
March 21, 2021
And on our way
March 20, 2021
Tucked away for a night at anchor in over 30 knots
March 20, 2021
Ah, that gale!
March 20, 2021
Lovely San Juan’s
March 20, 2021
Having fun
March 20, 2021
Say hi to the local … Sealion?
March 20, 2021
Gale warning, what gale?
March 20, 2021
Nine AM and we are sailing
March 19, 2021
Back on Board
January 26, 2021
A Photo Tour of Vingilótë’s Integrels and Power Systems
January 23, 2021
Oven-made Experimental Breakfast
January 23, 2021
Slippery When Icy
January 23, 2021
Winter sailing
January 22, 2021
Night Sky Shot Along The Mast
December 24, 2020
Okay one more: approaching Vingilótë’s home port
December 24, 2020
Sunshine on the water is so pretty
December 24, 2020
We get out here not infrequently…
December 24, 2020
Brunch!
December 24, 2020
Ah, catamarans are awesome!
December 24, 2020
Underway
December 24, 2020
Pre sunrise morning view
December 23, 2020
Back to Blaine
December 23, 2020
New oven!
December 23, 2020
Coupeville
December 12, 2020
Tucked Away Before Dark
December 12, 2020
Visiting Port Townsend again
December 12, 2020
Orcas Island, the Barnes islands, and the Sisters
December 12, 2020
Once Again: Entering Rosario Strait
December 12, 2020
Cold but Pretty
December 12, 2020
Here there be fog
December 12, 2020
Oh Canada
December 12, 2020
Underway in 35 Fahrenheit
December 12, 2020
Icy
December 12, 2020
Frozen docking lines
December 11, 2020
Ready to Set Out Early
December 11, 2020
Getting the New Oven Aboard
November 17, 2020
Pictures of orcas admiring Balance 526 hull #9 “Blue Diamond”
November 16, 2020
Vingilótë got another sister!
November 11, 2020
Slippery Silicon Sticks Superbly
November 9, 2020
Fenders
November 9, 2020
A Dreary Sunrise on Our Last Day Onboard
November 8, 2020
Sunny but Cold
November 7, 2020
Cozy home on a cold night
November 7, 2020
Sunset over Blaine
November 6, 2020
Spring on patrol
November 6, 2020
And the Gas Grill Goes Goodbye
November 6, 2020
Magnetic Induction Cooking
November 6, 2020
Our Littlest and Our Biggest Boat Dog
November 4, 2020
Windy November day
November 4, 2020
Don’t worry about us
November 4, 2020
Boat life: I’m getting ready for breakfast
November 2, 2020
The littlest sailor
November 2, 2020
Pre-dawn in Blaine
November 2, 2020
Aaaah, Sunset
November 2, 2020
Lunch on the Boat
November 2, 2020
Dog Overboard (in the marina and he’s fine.
November 2, 2020
We’re making a hot dog
November 1, 2020
Irish Coffee in the Bow Seat
November 1, 2020
Got up, swabbed the boat’s decks…
October 31, 2020
Vingilótë’s New Magnetic Induction Cooktop
October 31, 2020
There’s another bottle of Bumbu rum (a gift of a friend and his the
October 31, 2020
180 degree taken on the port side to the sun just after it set
October 31, 2020
The new stove on the boat…
October 31, 2020
Alright, chores and lunch finished
October 31, 2020
Sailing
October 31, 2020
Just out of Boat Haven Marina
October 30, 2020
Taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island to avoid driving I-5 South ou
October 26, 2020
Vingilótë’s Main Sail
October 26, 2020
Vingilótë’s Carbon Fiber
October 26, 2020
Vingilótë’s named Foam Flower for a reason!
October 18, 2020
Point Wilson lighthouse
October 18, 2020
Strait of Juan de Fuca
October 18, 2020
Bird Rocks
October 18, 2020
The sun is getting brighter!
October 18, 2020
Sun!!!
October 18, 2020
Cypress Reef
October 18, 2020
Passing Lawrence Point
October 18, 2020
In case anyone is wondering what to get me for Christmas…
October 18, 2020
Entering Rosario Strait
October 18, 2020
Dave studying the weather…
October 18, 2020
Attack of the beard
October 17, 2020
Tomorrow! About 70 nautical miles of sailing…
October 11, 2020
Strut does not approve
October 11, 2020
Dobers on board and in their life vests
October 10, 2020
We live in a ridiculously pretty area
October 10, 2020
View from the spit of land our marina is off of the other side on…
October 4, 2020
Five knots true wind speed ..
October 4, 2020
Magical Mystery Tour The top of Orcas Island
October 4, 2020
Rounding the South of Sucia Island
October 3, 2020
Good night, y’all!
October 3, 2020
Anchored for the night in a little cove between two islands in the Sa
October 3, 2020
Lighthouse on Patos Island
October 3, 2020
Attack of the hair!
October 3, 2020
Irene and I enjoying the upper helm bench!
October 3, 2020
Sunset on the water
October 3, 2020
My love against the setting sun
October 3, 2020
Point Roberts, the little tip of a peninsula of US hanging off of Canada
October 3, 2020
I can see the Canadian islands (that’s Saturna Island)…
October 3, 2020
Life Is Good
October 3, 2020
Sailing
October 3, 2020
Mary Argent looking wistfully at Canada
October 2, 2020
Point Whitethorn. About 7 nautical miles left
October 2, 2020
And back in the fog
October 2, 2020
We’re on a boat!
October 2, 2020
Torpedoes at dawn!
October 2, 2020
Always thrilling to see a fire fighting vessel escorting a tug pushin
October 2, 2020
Entering Rosario Strait
October 2, 2020
Islands starting to peek through the fog at the Southern part o
October 2, 2020
Woohoo! I can see an island (Smith I in case you’re curious)
October 2, 2020
Point Partridge and commercial channel marker
October 2, 2020
The tops of Point Partridge peek above the fog
September 30, 2020
First Run of Vingilótë’s Dual Integrels
September 29, 2020
Vingilótë and Balance Catamarans and Integrel Solutions
September 29, 2020
Why Vingilótë does not have a generator
September 29, 2020
Balance Catamarans video on our cockpit and helm
September 29, 2020
Balance Video on our Solar Panels
September 27, 2020
My loves
September 27, 2020
On the ferry to Vingilótë
September 14, 2020
We’re tucked away safely tied up in the marina
September 14, 2020
Not bad. Under six hours to do the hair under sixty nautical miles
September 14, 2020
Something you normally don’t see
September 14, 2020
Port Townsend!
September 14, 2020
Point Wilson lighthouse
September 14, 2020
It’s possible that calling it ten boat lengths visibility i
September 14, 2020
We’re way past the Southern tip of Lopez Island…
September 14, 2020
The sun is starting to burn through the fog!
September 14, 2020
Car ferry at less than a quarter mile abeam
September 14, 2020
There are three boats in this picture at less than a quarter mile i
September 14, 2020
Passing Tide Point to port
September 14, 2020
The weather she is improving
September 14, 2020
Though we knew it was there…
September 14, 2020
It’s a bit foggy: that is the breakwater…
September 13, 2020
Despite her size (52’6″ length…
September 13, 2020
The sun!!!
September 13, 2020
View across the breakwater and the bay to Semiahmoo marina (maybe hal
September 11, 2020
Good morning! So far the smoke hadn’t gotten bad yet…
September 10, 2020
Up! And the view upon waking up!
September 9, 2020
Vingilótë’s Back in the Water
September 9, 2020
Our baby’s back on the water!
August 30, 2020
Before and after on the main gears…
August 29, 2020
Always happymaking
August 29, 2020
We sort of managed to fit onto the ferry
August 29, 2020
Today: put in longer fuel senders…
August 14, 2020
Working on Vingilótë…
August 9, 2020
Irene and her beloved Yanmar 4JH57!
August 9, 2020
Irene and I spent the day on Vingilótë
June 26, 2020
As I haven’t been busy enough…
June 25, 2020
Vingilótë on her way to get all her underwater bits cleaned an
June 25, 2020
Today we hauled out Vingilótë
June 24, 2020
On Vingilótë at anchor in the bay inside Marrowstone island
June 24, 2020
Point Wilson lighthouse
June 23, 2020
Looking at Mount Baker past some of our neighbors as we’re anchored i
June 23, 2020
And Sucia Island to Port
June 23, 2020
Patos Island off to starboard
June 23, 2020
Off with my loves!
June 20, 2020
Yesterday. Life Is Good
June 20, 2020
These are a few of my favorite things
June 19, 2020
On Vingilótë with my love!
June 16, 2020
Glad we had our boat delivered
June 14, 2020
I’m with my wife on our boat
June 10, 2020
Vingilótë’s home
June 10, 2020
Vingilótë’s OG ocean crossing crew’s last mile
June 10, 2020
We’re taking Vingilótë home!
June 10, 2020
A view of Georgia Strait
June 10, 2020
Turning in towards Vingilótë’s home port we can see Canada!
June 10, 2020
The sun!
June 10, 2020
400m. Sadly I’ll never get to fire a full broadside
June 10, 2020
The strait is almost glass like
June 10, 2020
Wind died out. Made tidy and motoring the last bit in
June 10, 2020
Facebook Post @ 1591836939#851
June 10, 2020
My lady love
June 10, 2020
San Juans
June 9, 2020
Vingilótë is in the U.S.
May 2, 2020
Departed Panama
May 1, 2020
Vingilótë is in the Pacific!
May 1, 2020
Through the Panama Canal
May 1, 2020
Shipping Vingilótë
February 23, 2020
Lunch
February 23, 2020
What are friends for?
February 23, 2020
Mooring
February 22, 2020
Ouch
February 21, 2020
Back onboard!
February 21, 2020
Bridges
February 15, 2020
Boat Show Booth Babe
February 11, 2020
Fender Covers for Vingilótë
February 9, 2020
View “Vingilote” at The Miami Boat Show
February 9, 2020
Vingilótë at the International Boat Show in Miami
January 23, 2020
Come to Fort Lauderdale, enjoy the sun, the warmth
January 21, 2020
St. Francis to Fort Lauderdale by the numbers
January 20, 2020
Back in the U.S.A.
January 20, 2020
Finding our dock
January 20, 2020
Into Fort Lauderdale
January 20, 2020
One final time
January 20, 2020
Almost Home, Rory
January 20, 2020
Passing Miami in some ugly chop
January 20, 2020
I can see the U.S.A.
January 17, 2020
Finally Fresh Fish
January 16, 2020
Sailing Into the Sunset
January 16, 2020
Sunrise at sea
January 15, 2020
My Heart Will Go On
January 15, 2020
Why I love catamarans
January 14, 2020
Standing Watch At Night
January 13, 2020
Moonrise
January 13, 2020
Adventures in anchoring
January 13, 2020
Tag teaming Vingilótë
January 13, 2020
Port St Charles
January 13, 2020
Edwin!
January 13, 2020
Captain Ron and Rosalia
January 13, 2020
Arrival in Barbados
January 13, 2020
Wind
January 13, 2020
Last night at sea
January 12, 2020
Breakfast on Vingilótë
January 12, 2020
Waking up on Vingilótë
January 11, 2020
78’ above the sea
January 8, 2020
Hard at work
January 8, 2020
Reefing and wind
January 7, 2020
Sunrises
January 7, 2020
Flying fish
January 3, 2020
Vingilótë is in the northern hemisphere!
January 3, 2020
Hitchhiker
January 2, 2020
Happy new year!
January 2, 2020
Fernando de Noronha
January 1, 2020
Symbols of authority
December 31, 2019
Seagulls
December 28, 2019
Here comes the sun
December 28, 2019
After the sunset
December 27, 2019
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2019
Cooking
December 23, 2019
St. Helena Festival of Lights
December 21, 2019
Under way!
December 21, 2019
Jacob’s Ladder
December 21, 2019
Extended visit to St Helena
December 21, 2019
Island isolation
December 20, 2019
Touring
December 18, 2019
Heart-Shaped Waterfall
December 18, 2019
St Helena
December 18, 2019
Update from St. Helena
December 16, 2019
A video tour of Vingilótë’s cockpit
December 16, 2019
Moored at St. Helena
December 16, 2019
Rounding the north end of St. Helena
December 16, 2019
First sight of St. Helena
December 14, 2019
Automated the Map Updates
December 14, 2019
Vingilótë is in the Western Hemisphere
December 14, 2019
Change of watch
December 14, 2019
A video tour of Vingilótë’s sibling Alani
December 13, 2019
Learning to communicate
December 13, 2019
Making the map track-only
December 12, 2019
Off the barber-y coast
December 11, 2019
Autopost to FB working, all test posts removed
December 10, 2019
Golden Sails
December 10, 2019
Dolphins!
December 9, 2019
Meditations on silence
December 9, 2019
Night watch
December 9, 2019
Boarders!
December 9, 2019
Light Wind
December 8, 2019
Adding a map to the blog
December 8, 2019
Sunrise
December 7, 2019
22.2 knots
December 6, 2019
Day 2 under way
December 6, 2019
Sunset on day 1 of the crossing
December 6, 2019
Vingilótë and crew are doing fine
December 6, 2019
A last look at Africa
December 5, 2019
Goodbye Cape Town
December 5, 2019
Vingilótë strutting her stuff at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town
December 5, 2019
All set!
December 5, 2019
Goodbye Hout Bay
December 4, 2019
Getting ready
December 4, 2019
To Cape Town’s Inner Harbor for final bits
December 1, 2019
Seals
December 1, 2019
A Friendly Whale Visiting With Vingilótë
December 1, 2019
Day trip to Cape Town
December 1, 2019
Lunch While Anchored at Clifton Beach
December 1, 2019
The Happy Crew of Vingilótë
December 1, 2019
A View from the Water
November 30, 2019
Tuna Steaks
November 28, 2019
Meet the SA-only crew: Jonathan Paarman
November 28, 2019
In Hout Bay Marina
November 28, 2019
Entering Hout Bay
November 28, 2019
Second Night at Sea
November 27, 2019
Rounding Cape Good Hope
November 27, 2019
Meet the crew: Dunbar Lewis
November 27, 2019
Meet the SA-trip only crew: Sean Hamilton McDiarmid
November 27, 2019
Vingilótë’s Single-handled Sailing Setup
November 27, 2019
Meet the crew: Rory Miller
November 27, 2019
Our First Sunset from Vingilótë
November 26, 2019
And we’re off on Vingilótë’s Maiden Voyage
November 26, 2019
Getting Ready for Vingilótë’s Maiden Voyage
November 26, 2019
Getting to Vingilótë
November 25, 2019
The awesome Antam roller cleats
November 23, 2019
Adventures in bureaucracy
November 22, 2019
Vingilótë’s kitchen looking sharp
November 22, 2019
Vingilótë’s cockpit looking sharp
November 21, 2019
Vingilótë’s ongoing sea trials
November 21, 2019
Photos of Vingilótë’s Saloon
November 21, 2019
Photos of Vingilótë’s Cockpit
November 21, 2019
More photos of Vingilótë under sail
November 20, 2019
Vingilótë Under Sail
November 18, 2019
Vingilótë’s First Sea Trial
November 16, 2019
Vingilótë’s Code Zero
November 12, 2019
Vingilótë’s Code Zero
November 11, 2019
Vingilótë’s launch revisited
November 11, 2019
Delaying Taking Delivery of Vingilótë
November 9, 2019
Getting ready to sail Vingilótë home
October 26, 2019
Photos from Vingilótë’s Launch
October 26, 2019
Vingilótë’s tight squeezes on her way to the harbor
October 26, 2019
Vingilótë and how she sits in the water
October 26, 2019
More Solar Power Than Draw
October 26, 2019
Vingilótë in her first berth
October 26, 2019
Vingilótë’s launched!!!
October 26, 2019
Getting into St. Francis harbor to launch Vingilótë!
October 26, 2019
Vingilótë on the road to the harbor
October 26, 2019
Lunch break before the tight turn to the harbor
October 26, 2019
And so it begins …
October 25, 2019
Vingilótë solar panels are keeping up
October 25, 2019
Getting ready to launch Vingilótë
October 25, 2019
Solar Panel Gain
October 25, 2019
Another number game: solar panel gain
October 25, 2019
Vingilótë’s Saloon Table
October 25, 2019
Vingilótë’s solar panels generate 107-111%
October 25, 2019
Vingilótë’s Guest Hull
October 25, 2019
Vingilótë’s Master Hull
October 25, 2019
Vingilótë’s Saloon
October 25, 2019
Vingilótë’s Power Design
October 25, 2019
Testing Vingilótë’s solar panels before launch
October 25, 2019
Vingilótë’s Launch
October 24, 2019
The stuff that dreams are made of: Vingilótë’s come out
October 24, 2019
Vingilótë has got her mast and standing rigging
October 22, 2019
A Pelican Case of Emergency Equipment
October 22, 2019
Flying to South Africa for Vingilótë’s Launch
October 11, 2019
Putting the wrap on Vingilótë
October 5, 2019
Vingilótë now with full livery names
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