Twenty years of family adventures

California

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March 1, 2013 • Norm

Eli’s version of a Sleepy Sail to Napa

Eli – Age 9 Last week we sailed our boat up Napa River. We needed to get it hauled out…

February 20, 2013 • Jaeden Schafer

How to fall from a ships mast

Last week one of our adventures involve dropping 70 feet in the air, getting spied on by an old man…

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February 18, 2013 • Kirsten

Boat Preparations – Can we cut anything out?

After I settled Zakary down for his morning nap Norm and I fell into our pattern of reviewing our endless…

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February 14, 2013 • Norm

Climbing to the Top of the Mast

The kids were getting a bit restless today. This week has been filled with a myriad of projects and I…

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February 4, 2013 • Kirsten

Knocking on the escape hatch

Sometimes it is the little things woven into the fabric of my day that create everlasting images. Today it was…

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January 26, 2013 • Norm

Chocolate Cocoa Powder Mess

Do you ever get the feeling that every time you take one step forward you are being pushed two steps…

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January 25, 2013 • Norm

Seasick on the Open Ocean

We had been wanting to take a longer trip to get some great sailing experience and visit the protected Farallones…

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January 24, 2013 • Norm

Family Visit – 13 Now on the Boat

We received a surprise call yesterday that our relatives, the Leavitt’s would be coming to visit us on our boat…

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January 18, 2013 • Norm

First days of Sailing – More wind please! – Jan 16 & 18

After only a few days of living on our boat, we were ready for a sailing lesson in the San…

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January 16, 2013 • Norm

Thawing out in San Francisco with 13 Wheelbarrow loads of Cargo

16 January 2013 – Thawing out in San Francisco Our first week in the San Francisco area has been freezing…