Another Week in Long Beach!

The major projects for the last 2 weeks were to purchase and install dinghy davits and to get the SSB Radio up and running. Dinghy davits are up and the radio is up and running, but the operators need more studying and practice to actually use it properly – despite instruction and coaching from Roger King – a neighbor on our dock (King’s Pride) who has a sister ship of Loomba-Loomba.

New Dinghy Davits

We’ve seen a lot of Drew and his friends , which has been really fun. We took them out for a sail one day.

Drew and Jim went surfing one morning at Huntington Beach.

The weather has been great, but the nights have been cold enough to light the diesel heater.

Uptons arrived on Anna last Sunday evening 11/7. They were in the boat yard getting a new shaft and propeller for a few days and now they’ve moved to our marina.

Jacksons are scheduled to arrive today, 11/12 to join Uptons on Anna. We are planning to head out on Saturday morning 11/13 to buddy boat our way south.

Chrissy and MaryLou spent yesterday morning at the Seal Beach Laundromat
doing one large last load before heading out.

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Mexico Ferry Travel: Getting from Guaymas to Baja and Back

Since our car was in Puerto Escondido in Baja and we and Loomba-Loomba were in San Carlos on the mainland, we decided to make an adventure out of getting the car over to the mainland and do a Copper Canyon trip on the way back to Guaymas. This involved two different ferry trips, a bus, lots of driving, and a train. Ferry travel is not cheap or easy in Mexico. We arrived at the 8PM ferry (Guaymas – Santa Rosalia) on Saturday May 27 th at 6PM, as required. There had been some pretty strong northerlies for a few days and the ferry isn’t very big so we asked if it was definitely going to sail. They said yes so our friend, Ray, who had given us a ride from San Carlos, left. At 7:45 they decided the weather was too bad to go – next ferry would be Monday (maybe). We took a taxi back to the boat and decided to wait until Tuesday the 29 th . This time we had Ray ( who speaks fluent Spanish) call and make a reservation in a cabin for us for Tuesday. ...

Two Fall Road Trips 2023

The first trip was doing the Selkirk Loop. We headed first to eastern Washington, then northern Idaho, then British Columbia. We highly recommend. Crossing the Columbia Priest Lake, Idaho The FREE ferry across Kootenay Lake We headed to Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. It was beautiful, nice hikes, good...

North to Southeast Alaska

Our old friend, Roger, invited us to join him (as crew) on his first leg home from Sitka to Seattle. We did the first leg (and most scenic) from Sitka to Petersburg. He has been heading north on a boat from the Seattle area every summer since he was a little kid so he knows the area well. We flew into Sitka (arriving at 3PM), got a taxi to the harbor, jumped into the skiff, headed out to the boat, and we were on our way to Kalinin Bay on Kruzof Island for the night. (Jim's hat says "Where's the Fish") The next morning we headed north and into the Pacific along the Khaz Peninsula, inside Klokachef Island, up around Khaz head and then various anchorages around Baranof Island, Admiralty Island and Kupreanof Island. The weather wasn't the greatest, but we did have some sunny days, mostly calm waters, lots of wildlife and good fishing and beautiful scenery:

S/V Loomba-Loomba

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