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  • Another Catalina Rendezvous

    An unexpected stop, with unexpected misadventures VENTURA TO CAT HARBOR THIS WAS NOT THE PLAN – but at that point, what was? Accepting the unexpected had certainly made me a more patient person, and I wasn’t necessarily opposed to stopping at Catalina. On the contrary, I was excited to spend our last days in the […] More

  • Love and rum “repost”

    This move is a tremendous amount of work for one person. Feeling a little frustrated that I cant find a … Continue reading → The post Love and rum “repost” appeared first on Art of Hookie. Click here for full post: http://artofhookie.org/2020/10/love-and-rum-3/ YouTube: Art Of Hookie More

  • Great Dane On A Boat: Quincy’s Happy Place

    Quincy the Dog is a 130-pound Great Dane who lives on a sailboat in San Diego while we prepare to get under way heading south…semi-permanently.  She lives with her adult and kid people’s who feed and walk her and she occasionally barks at dock strangers when she’s awake.   In More

  • Kids Corner: So Close Yet So Far

    So… I am sorry to say that today I will NOT be doing a story continuing camp grandma and grandpa, because I have an EVEN BETTER story to tell you that I know u will like!…well, maybe. It’s kinda horrible, but at the same time REALLY GOOD! I know that More

  • Rough Weekend Round Trip

    We left Thursday afternoon for another overnight crossing to Catalina Island, Ca (about 74 miles straight from San Diego).  It was a rough ride, into a short steep swell and wind the whole time, under motor.  For this crossing and the upcoming weekend of fun on Catalina, we took along More

  • Catalina Island Adventure

    First Mate had to drive into the city today, but we were on the phone most of the time. She has a way of being completely spontaneous and sometimes to her detriment, but that never stops her bubbly nature. At one point she asked what we had coming up in the calendar, and upon learning […] More

  • Getting Our “Outside” On

    For the last month or so, we’ve done pretty well in getting off the slip to get our “outside” on.  We’re back from another adventure and I’m loving getting back to the website for updates.  It’s been busy.  We conducted test # 1 of our Solar Panels with the Grandparents More