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Continue reading →: Instead of working to predict the weather, the weather predicts the work. . .With the winter solstice past, the light part of the day should be getting longer than the dark part. It is still winter in Oregon, gray, and rainy. We have not sailed much this Winter, alas we have not finished (or started) the dodger. The last time we had the…
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Continue reading →: It’s Been Too Long…since we last took ‘Imi Loa out of the marina. After working so hard on the headliner project for the past couple weeks we finally got the boat put back together and spent a really fun weekend away. Saturday we motored to one of the local docks for a Thanksgiving…
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Continue reading →: Tracking down water intrusion and that “boat smell”So when you get to the boat after a week or two, open the companionway and climb down, . . . . you notice a “boat smell” . . .? It goes away fast. You don’t notice anything smelly during your cruise. The next time you leave your boat closed,…
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Continue reading →: Is Cruising too Risky?A few weeks ago my brother-in-law was driving across Iowa on his way back from Chicago. Traffic was stopped on the freeway due to construction but a semi-truck failed to stop. The semi plowed into the traffic and a fire erupted. The truck behind my brother-in-law’s van was hit directly…
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Continue reading →: Plugmaster PlugsWhen we purchased ‘Imi Loa last March her previous owner, Terry, turned her over to us lock, stock, and barrel. Though Terry wasn’t a bachelor, we got the feeling he had used the boat as his “bachelor pad away from home”. There was little evidence of a female presence and…
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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