Passing under the Golden Gate, I felt the chapter coming to the end. Like turning the page and seeing only a short paragraph remaining. As I made my course eastward under the bridge, the winds picked up as forecast to westerly at 20 to 25 knots. I was happy to have just gotten up theContinue reading “The Dauntless Winter Home”
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The Golden Gate
On the 63rd day since getting underway from Huatulco, 2300 hard miles ago, I got up for the last day at 02:00. 70 gallons of fuel would be more than enough to get Dauntless the last leg to San Francisco Bay and Vallejo. Checking the current tables, I had to get to the Golden GateContinue reading “The Golden Gate”
With My Heart Still Racing
I still needed to get Dauntless out of this harbor safely. After a close call, like I just had, it’s easy to relax your guard, but it’s still dark, in a narrow channel lined with boats, piers, infrastructure and even sleeping otters. For 30 minutes I threaded my way thru the horseshoe shaped channel. AtContinue reading “With My Heart Still Racing”
Seconds from Disaster
A long, harrowing day was over. A good night’s sleep erased much of the drama. I was closer and closer to the end of this Baja bash. 07:25 I get up 07:30 I did my morning checks and log entries: Fuel: 3.25” port; 5.5” stbd Batts: Current draw -8 amps, 12.48v, -84 amp-hrs. H2O: 72-galContinue reading “Seconds from Disaster”
The Rest of the Story
Larry had returned to Alaska also, so when I got back to Dauntless on the 24th. I’d be taking her the last 400 miles of this 2000+ mile trip to Vallejo on my own. I had a plane ticket to leave Sacramento on 3 July to Austin. Assuming I had to arrive on the 2nd,Continue reading “The Rest of the Story”
Time Waits for No One
I was on schedule, the one I’d made month’s earlier. It was June 10th. 460 nm to go to our winter home of Vallejo, close compared to only a month ago, but now time was getting compressed. My hard, drop dead dates were also much closer. July 6th was the hardest one, my flight fromContinue reading “Time Waits for No One”
