The decision to delay our trip to the SoPac has been difficult but seems logical. Getting off the coast of CA this year has been extremely difficult in terms of weather, and that combined with the setback of the engine repairs and two repairs to the wind vane has eaten up two months of a 6 month cruising season. While we could still make the trip, it would mean much more time spent sailing, and less time exploring ports and scuba diving in amazing waters. We know that the fast pace that we would have to maintain is not our style of cruising. If we delay our crossing until next spring then we can leave earlier and have the cruise we want to have. While we are satisfied this is the right decision, we are still struggling with the disappointment.

Our cruising year has been quite stressful with the false starts, engine work, extremely unpredictable weather along with arriving and departing crew. We are emotionally drained and disappointed at not making our goal of the South Pacific this season. Once we reach Alameda we will take a vacation from the boat and do some land based cruising. One of our first stops will be to see the world’s largest rubber duck. We will visit friends in Washington and pick up the roof top tent for the truck again. From there our plans are fairly fluid until August when we will go to Alpine, Wy to see the solar eclipse. We’ll still be cruising, we are just having a very different cruise than what we imagined for this year. We are looking forward to seeing many of you, and to hearing from you. Feel free to get in touch!
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