• To Seattle Via Victoria

    Wednesday, July 19th – In the morning, we leave dismal Neah Bay and set our sights for Victoria, Canada. Heading down the Strait of Juan de Fuega, whose middle is the in [...]

    2006
  • To The Strait of Juan de Fuca

    Monday, July 10th – We have a day off in Monterrey and take the opportunity to clean up the boat and do a little maintenance. The actual marina area where we have the bo [...]

    2006
  • Finally On To Monterey

    Conditions for going around Point Conception are finally improving. Winds are dying, and the seas are settling down so that we think we should be able to leave Santa Barbara i [...]

    2006
  • Passage to Santa Barbara

    It is now time to leave San Diego and head off for our first passage and our first real step into true adventure exploring on Avante:  north up the west coast of the US from S [...]

    2006