Sorry, no exciting trip log here, first step with new-to-us boat was some work by the experts. We’re all for doing our own work when we can (labor is often the most expensive part of…
Author: Bass Sears
So six years after buying our great Nimble 20 yawl Turnstone, we’ve been bitten by the boat bug once again. We are now part owners in a 1988 Gulf 32 pilothouse full keel sloop! Yes,…
Our trip began, oddly enough, at REI in L.A. on a very cool karmic note. We had some time at LAX before flying to Tahiti so we cabbed it to REI to check out the…
Getting our focus back on sailing, since while not always inexpensive it’s pretty cheap compared to traveling to New Zealand!!! We took Turnstone, our Nimble 20 yawl to the Pacific Northwest for two fun weeks…
[[Apologies for the very long pause before posting our final New Zealand chapter!!!]] The next day we followed Frenzy’s advice to walk a defunct mining railway up a lovely stream called Charming Creek. This flat…