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Continue reading →: No news is good news?This month is our sailing anniversary. It was last January that we first hatched this kooky plan of ours so learn to sail, buy a boat, and start our next grand adventure (not necessarily in that particular order). Right now it seems like we haven’t been sailing in ages but…
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Continue reading →: Holiday in the SunHappy New Year! We went out with the Sauvi Island Yacht Club to a small island in the Multnomah Channel. It was only about an hour away for us. There was no wind, a very calm and clear day. It was so nice we stayed an extra night, the weather…
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Continue reading →: Cabin HeaterWe bought the boat with a ‘Canaflame’ heater installed. This is a solid fuel heater mounted on the wall. The fuel canister holder is gimbled so the heeling does not affect the flames. The stove is sopposed to use Canaflame fuel, the company is no more. We used Sterno, it…
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Continue reading →: Depth Sounder & ChartplotterIf it’s not broke, don’t fix it! Why the new fangled gadgets? Is it out with the old and in with the new? Why change what is working? That’s the point, it doesn’t work. The speed display is unreadable. The depth goes off scale and displays 00 for up to…
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Continue reading →: Automatic Bilge Pump
It’s about time we did this. The rain has started in Portland, it may not let up until next June. This is not the final ocean going plan, it will get us by until we spend the money on a hardy diaphragm pump. At least now we are comfortable leaving…
Welcome!
We are Devon & Rowan and this site is about our life aboard our sailboat, how we got here, and where we hope to go in the future…
We started our boating life in the Portland Oregon area with an Ericson Independence 31 before moving to the SF Bay area. In 2013 we purchased and moved aboard Casita, our Hans Christian 33. In October 2024 we finally cast off the dock lines and headed south. We are currently cruising Mexico with plans to do a Pacific crossing.
We aren’t retired and we aren’t wealthy so we will cruise until we run low on funds or low on fun and then look at our options. Please join us for this next phase of our adventures together.
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