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SAILING MOONSHADOW: April 2012
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Monday, April 30, 2012. Who pissed off the weatherman? This is the rain as seen from the weather radar on the internet. This is what the rain looks like from Moonshadow's radar. This is what the rain looks like from Moonshadow's cockpit. Ok, it's not exotic, but this is the cruising life for us for the next week or two, while we bet on the "now" side of the "pay-me-now or pay-me-later" boat maintenance proposition. Nice that we're getting all this crappy weather out of the way while we're at it! Ours are...
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SAILING MOONSHADOW: December 2012
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Sunday, December 30, 2012. Click on photos to enlarge). English Harbour is a place seafarers have been visiting since Christopher Columbus. It is full of history and beautiful yachts. The British thought it was better to keep it for themselves so they built a fort at the entrance. And they stocked the place with cannons. lots of cannons! Now days, they'll let almost anybody come and hang out here. Still, it really helps if you have a HUGE super yacht. This is 289 foot sailing yacht Maltese Falcon. But al...
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SAILING MOONSHADOW: Memorial Day
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. Between rushing home to San Diego to be with our son in the hospital with a broken neck and then racing to Oregon to be with John's Dad, we found some time to visit Luscomb's Point. A surf break on Sunset Cliffs where 5 years ago we scattered our son's ashes. If you're ever near here, walk out to the end of the cliff and toss a penny in the water. The place gets it's name from this rock in the middle of the bay, which reminded it's discoverer of a candle. Please cue the pelican for ...
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SAILING MOONSHADOW: January 2012
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Ok, so now it's January, 2012, and we haven't sold the house or the boat or any cars or any junk that's in the attic. But we have bought. Some stuff, like these cool foulies! Now hopefully, we can stow them away in a duffle, and one day reflect on what a waste of money it was to buy foul weather gear since we never use them because the weather is always perfect. We do believe in insurance! What a treat we had. Posted by John and Deb Rogers. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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SAILING MOONSHADOW: Discovering Mazatlan
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015. World navigators possess amazing skills to find their way not just at sea but also ashore. We, on the other hand, found ourselves utterly lost in Mazatlan. Well OK, technically we weren't lost, but after we could not find the Colonial District of Mazatlan, we returned to Moonshadow to regroup where we turned to our FWC. But when we left, we rode the elevator down from the roof. It stopped. The streets are narrow and the building facades are captivating. Another door opens to an...
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SAILING MOONSHADOW: August 2011
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Monday, August 8, 2011. We've talked about it, dreamt about it, stratigized, threatened to do it, promised to do it and now, well, we did it. We've counted our money. We've listed our house and boat for sale. John retired. Deb announced to her employer her intention to retire February 1, 2012. Where to find us soon:. Between 23.5 North and 23.5 South. Our plans are loosely as follows:. Buy a cruising boat. Head for the tropics. Posted by John and Deb Rogers. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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SAILING MOONSHADOW: November 2011
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Today, November 1st, turns out to be a big day for John and Deb. First, it marks the 38th anniversary of our engagement. Our engagement resulted in part from a plan to sail around the world, that (it was agreed) wouldn't be too well received by certain parents if we were un-married. solution? Easy: Let's get married! What do you do when waiting for your house and boat to sell so you can commence your dream cruise? Non skid is silicone sand sprinkled through a jar with holes dri...
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SAILING MOONSHADOW: Stowaways
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We've had a few guests aboard for fun visits, but some of our guests have been uninvited. Here is a collection of our stowaways (to enlarge, click on photo):. While in the Riverbend Shipyard in Ft. Lauderdale, we noticed a lizard, which we were glad to have aboard as they eat insects. We lost track of him until seen later here in the engine room. In the cockpit, while at St. Simon Island, Georgia. We don't know how he came aboard, but we do know how he left! In Saint Lucia, Freddy the Freeloader. We retu...
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SAILING MOONSHADOW: Aquarians
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015. There's something about Aquarians you just gotta love. Leon plays cow bells, honks horn, and blows a whoopy whistle at Philo's Bar in La Cruz, but his primary instrument is the washboard. February Leon turned 84 so someone gave Leon a washboard tie for his birthday. John wants to be Leon when he grows up. There's just something about Aquarians. Besides wanting to enjoy Mexico more, the proximity to family and aging parents is another reason we had delayed sailing to the South Pa...
