by sailingwithbloom | Sep 30, 2016 | Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
After eleven wonderful days in Monterey, it was time for the Bloom crew to head on. We had a great weather window of 3 pretty calm-looking days in a row, so decided to do the jump to Santa Barbara with a stop in between in San Luis Obispo. We left Monterey at about...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 30, 2016 | Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
We pulled out of Emery Cove Marina on September 10th and headed out of the shallow waters that are San Francisco Bay towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Passing Alcatraz, Bloom pushed forward towards dozens of other sailboats gliding across the bay. Under the bridge we...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 9, 2016 | Land Adventures
After much contemplation as to how to get our dog, Ruby back from Gramma’s in Washington, (she lovingly doggysat our girl while we sailed down the rough part of the West coast) we decided to make a road trip out of it. Turns out none of us could bear putting her...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 8, 2016 | Families on Boats, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
After several days in Newport, there were quite a few other boats moored around us that had all bottlenecked in Newport Marina on their journeys South as well. We got to know several of them as well as a delivery captain on an 80′ power boat. It was great to...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 5, 2016 | Families on Boats, Offshore Preparations, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
We arrived in Neah Bay on August 1st after a long, 12.5 hour journey from Port Angeles in conditions that did not permit us to sail. Our friends on sv Muskoka had just arrived in Neah Bay as well, so we got a much-needed rest and the next day, the Muskoka crew...
