Hurry Up and Wait
So usually this is an optional thing. My Grandpa used to to say this when I would race to the next stoplight. Full speed ahead for what?...
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Seeing wonders of this world on a 47 foot sailboat
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mstirrat
- May 9
- 3 min
This is the BEST place
Each place you go, you think this is the best! and it is each time and every time. When you are talking to other cruisers about their...
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mstirrat
- May 9
- 4 min
Chocolate, Waterfalls, and Organics in the Marquesas
We spent almost a month in the Marquesas exploring the anchorages on the islands of Nuku Hiva and Ua Pou. Each of the 3 archipelagos in...
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mstirrat
- May 1
- 7 min
Type Two Fun
Dave indicated there are different types of fun. My take-away distilled to the following :: type three, you " send it" then realize you...
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mstirrat
- Mar 1
- 4 min
Are You There Yet?
Honest to goodness... isn't that the question of the day? I laughed out loud when I was on the phone with my mom and her question "where...
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mstirrat
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Dispatches from the Boatyard #9 (Home Stretch!)
One of the highlights of the last few weeks was finding the baby Jesus in the rosca de reyes, a traditional Mexican Epiphany cake! The...
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mstirrat
- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
Bring in the NEW (Year)
Saying Goodbye to 2022 is complex. Last day of this year and Mike is paying bills while I'm reflecting on the status of land-loving...
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mstirrat
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
Notes from the Farm #2 (#yardlife)
Life in the yard means I get to enjoy other folks' dogs. It would seem to be a small thing, but critter comfort and companionship is...
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mstirrat
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Dispatches from the Boatyard #8 (Tucson again)
A little over a week ago, on Sunday morning, we arose in anticipation of starting the 6-day process to finally paint the deck, cockpit,...
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mstirrat
- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
Notes from the Farm #1 "Trick or Treat"
I am so impressed with all the work Mike and associates have been getting done on the boat! It will be nearly as awesome as Cleopatra's...
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mstirrat
- Oct 23, 2022
- 2 min
Dispatches from the Boatyard #7
Today, Mike took an easy day and moved stuff temporarily onto Call Lily because we can move straight from one AirBnB to another because...
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mstirrat
- Oct 6, 2022
- 2 min
Dispatches from the Boatyard #6
Another 2 weeks just snuck by. There has been sanding and fairing and sanding going on. On the 22nd, we expected a visit from our eldest...
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mstirrat
- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
Dispatches from the Boatyard #5
I just noticed that the last post we did was almost a month ago! We've been busy working on the boat, hiding from Hurricane Kay (mostly a...
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mstirrat
- Aug 26, 2022
- 2 min
Dispatches from the Boatyard #4
And just like that, 11 days go by. What the heck have we been up to? A lot of waiting. And waiting. And waiting. I told a good friend of...
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mstirrat
- Aug 15, 2022
- 2 min
Dispatches from the Boatyard #3
Calla Lily is going to get her bottom sand blasted so we decided to go to Tucson and visit family and friends and pick up a whole bunch...
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mstirrat
- Aug 9, 2022
- 2 min
Dispatches from the Boatyard #2
It's been a good productive few days of short hot humid bouts of work. We took the heat exchanger bits to a muffler shop to be cleaned...
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mstirrat
- Aug 6, 2022
- 4 min
Dispatches from the Boatyard #1
It's hard to believe it has been 2 weeks already since we hauled Calla Lily out of the water again for some post-shake-down TLC. We'll be...
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mstirrat
- Jul 6, 2022
- 1 min
It's a DRY heat... N O T
As we move north along the east coast of Baja, the air is beginning to melt. The air is melting... drops, big wet drops cover all the...
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mstirrat
- Jul 5, 2022
- 8 min
From Ballandra to Bahía Concepción - Technically
From Ballandra to Bahía Concepción - Technically This is a long post by Mike, out of chronological order, about technical boat stuff. No...
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mstirrat
- Jun 25, 2022
- 1 min
Worth a thousand words
I want to share some images and short videos of wonderful creatures we have encountered while on the boat, exploring in the dinghy (as...
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