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Category Archives: Captain’s Yarn
Looking Back
Cap’n Jack here… La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Puerto Vallarta and Banderas Bay It’s a good thing that our blog is about “the places we’ve been” because it gives us the opportunity to write post facto and make up for not … Continue reading
Posted in Captain's Yarn
Tagged Baja California, Banderas Bay, Caleta Partida, Cruising, Golfo de California, Humpback whales, Isla Espiritu Santo, Kenta Anae, La Cruz, La Cruz de Hanacaxtle, Puerto Balandra, Puerto Vallarta, Sailing, Sea of Cortez, Seven Seas Cruising Association, SSCA, Whale sightings
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Cat Calls and Summer Squalls, Part III
Part III Cap’n Jack here… I last left you in Newport harbor where we spotted the Fontaine Pajot (FP) Mahe catamaran as we dinghied back to the Kitty Hawk. The story continues. We became friends with Mike Cote and his … Continue reading
Posted in Boat, Captain's Yarn, Sailing
Tagged Bahia 46, Captain Jack, catamaran, Catamarans, families aboard, Fontaine Pajot, FP Catamarans, happy wife, kids4sail, Kitty Hawk, Mahe 36, Orana 44, Sailboat, Sailing, sailing with kids, women who sail
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Cat Calls and Summer Squalls (Part II)
Part II Cap’n Jack here… It was now spring 2013 and we were planning to cruise up to and spend the hurricane season in New England. We were looking forward to the cooler weather remembering the sweltering summers spent in … Continue reading
Posted in Boat, Captain's Yarn, Sailing
Tagged Block Island, Captain Jack, Catamarans, Double head sails, Fontaine Pajot, kids on board, Kitty Hawk, Life-line netting, Newport, Orana 44, RI, Sailboat, Sailing, sailing with kids, Spinnaker
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Cat Calls and Summer Squalls
Part I Captain Jack here… It’s been noted on our blog before or should I say Nicole, my wife wrote before, that our CSY 44 cutter rigged sloop Kitty Hawk, was the perfect size boat for a family of four. … Continue reading
Posted in Boat, Captain's Yarn, Sailing
Tagged Catamarans, CSY 44, Kitty Hawk, Monohulls, Multihulls, N2E, Newport to Ensenada, Pacific, Pacific crossing, Pacific Ocean, Race
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Such is Why
Captain Jack here… Back in 2010, Nicole and I set sail from La Ceiba, Honduras headed for Panama. We had been working on the Kitty Hawk since we got back to Honduras after our honeymoon with the idea of someday … Continue reading
Posted in BTB (Before the Blog), Captain's Yarn, Kids, Sailing
Tagged 900 miles, Canal, Galapagos, Honduras, illness, Pacific Ocean, Panama, Rescue, Sailing, San Blas, Sea of Cortez
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