sv Luminesce

We finally finished all the boat work in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. That was painful while the boat was in the boatyard for six months. During this time, Monica went to work in Bellingham, Jeff and the girls drove up to Bellingham, and we all drove down together back to the boat. It was a whirlwind of a summer with long distances, too many purchases, and lots of driving between Penasco and Phoenix. Once we were back on the boat, we…

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Shelter Island Winter Collection The girls begged us to buy them some fabric to make dresses. So we did and the following are the dresses we came up with.  It was a joint effort by the girls and Monica. One trivia about our boat: Luminesce carries two sewing machines on board- one for sewing sails and other canvas work  and another for just sewing for fun like these dresses. The crew had fun sewing these dresses in a few hours…

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Our Time in San Diego (Part I) We arrived in San Diego November 19, 2015 to the public dock in full sunshine. During our close to two month stay in San Diego, a lot has happened: lots of new installments in our numerous boat systems; many meals cooked, eaten, and cleaned; quite a few visitors and visits; many new friends made; and too much money spent. San Diego Part I The day after our arrival was a Friday. We were…

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Alamitos Bay, CA We left Santa Barbara with thoughts of returning someday.  Not sure if it was the beaches, stucco houses with red-tiled roofs, palm trees along with citrus fruit trees in neighborhoods, or the weather.  It’s hard to pin-point the reason but it was certainly an enjoyable stop over. We knew our next passage to Alamitos Bay would include an overnight passage.  We waited until early afternoon to set out so that we would arrive in daylight, and it…

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Arrived in Santa Barbara CA After two days of being at sea Jeff and I are beat.  Being at the helm at all times and trying to dodge the weather window create a pressure similar to a deadline we are all used to in our professional lives. Once we overcome the stress of coming into a new marina, fueling and docking, we can finally relax and turn off our engine. Though not ideal we arrived in Santa Barbara marina at…

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 We finally made Kimchee on the boat! We have been craving kimchee since departing Sandy Point.  It may be obvious that we eat a lot of rice with everything.  Usually, we have kimchee to go with everything, too, but we have been without it for so long.  Every time we have soup or stew (typically enjoyed in colder weather), we need to have kimchee.  We were able to secure some of the critical ingredients so I decided to try my…

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