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 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...