With mainsail and staysail in tow, and a fresh bottle of Balvenie single malt in hand from the Duty Free, Willem van der Hoeven and I disembarked the Blackball ferry in Victoria from Port Angeles on July 1st for the final run home. We had to bring the sails with us, as we’d had some [...]
Cruising friends Mike and Dede (SV Joss) snapped this photo of Lea Scotia aboard to MV Beluga Fantasy while engaged in loading operations in Golfito, Costa Rica. It was great having Mike and Dede aboard as line-handlers for the Panama Canal transit on Thanksgiving. A few photos of the transit can be found by clicking [...]
Lea Scotia should be loaded on the deck of a ship and steaming at 18 knots south towards the Panama Canal by now. But alas, continued delays by the shipping company have me stalled through at least the long weekend. However, I’ve been lucky to have met a bunch of very nice people in Miami, [...]