Small World Big Dream

Nonsense writings from sailors who lost their minds among the various boat improvement projects.

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   Yesterday’s passage took us from Port Townsend, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, through Cattle Pass, and into Fisherman Bay on Lopez Island. As the crow flies, it’s about 30.6 nautical miles. In the end we likely traveled several extra miles since we were sailing. Because we are badasses.  The day started extra […]

Holy shit you guys! We sailed the entire way to Port Townsend! This is kind of a big deal since the winds tend to be fickle in the Puget Sound and there are a lot of times that folks end up motoring because the winds just aren’t cooperating. Today, the winds were on our side. […]

“Can you even imagine?” Emmy said in her best Christian Bale (as Batman, duh) voice. And then we all lost it.  It has been a successful trip to Port Ludlow and we are all just a bit more tan. Or dirtier. It’s currently unclear. We motored most of the way and sailed for about 15 […]

Combined, Craig and I have about 8,400 blue water miles from our trips aboard the SSV Robert C. Seamans (AKA the Robbie C). Those days in the middle of the Pacific are the direct cause of this path that we are on- trying to get back to the middle of nowhere. But if we had […]