Sail Evenstar http://sailevenstar.com/ Not all who wander are lost...a couple sailing the world. Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:44:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/sailevenstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hrlogo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Sail Evenstar http://sailevenstar.com/ 32 32 63147966 Changes in Latitudes… https://sailevenstar.com/changes-in-latitudes-2/ https://sailevenstar.com/changes-in-latitudes-2/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:44:12 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/?p=3681 Evenstar has been sold. Maybe some of you noticed it on the About page, but I’ve taken two+ months for me to get my head around it to write about it here. But we finally found a buyer and moved off the boat, and we’ve been back in the U.S. Read On..

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]]> https://sailevenstar.com/changes-in-latitudes-2/feed/ 5 3681 Of Failed Boat Sales and Mislaid Plans https://sailevenstar.com/of-failed-boat-sales-and-mislaid-plans/ https://sailevenstar.com/of-failed-boat-sales-and-mislaid-plans/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:27:17 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/?p=3503 I’ve not updated the blog in well, forever, because life has been…mundane with not very much sailing. We’ve been in New Zealand since before the pandemic, and life here has been mostly normal since the virus isn’t out of hand. Weekly poker games, lunches with friends, boat work, and other Read On..

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]]> https://sailevenstar.com/of-failed-boat-sales-and-mislaid-plans/feed/ 3 3503 Goodbye, Little Friend https://sailevenstar.com/goodbye-little-friend/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:09:59 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/?p=3389 When I first saw a Portland Pudgy at a boat show, I didn’t know what to make of it. I thought it was kind of ugly, and had a good laugh about it with the friends I was with. But I came from that initial unflattering impression all the way Read On..

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]]> 3389 Teak Bungs in the Time of COVID-19 https://sailevenstar.com/teak-bungs-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ Sat, 02 May 2020 01:37:35 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/?p=3367 It’s been a while since my last bombshell update, but surprisingly little has happened. I mean, we’ve returned to New Zealand, put the boat up for sale, moved into a marina, and been locked down for a month. But other than that, not much has happened. At least that’s what Read On..

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]]> 3367 Changes in Latitudes… https://sailevenstar.com/changes-in-latitudes/ https://sailevenstar.com/changes-in-latitudes/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:12:23 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/?p=3243 We’re mere weeks away from a return to the boat from a long, unwilling exile from home. We arrived in the U.S. back in July of last year, expecting a return to the boat the first week of October after helping my parents move into their new apartment. Almost six Read On..

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]]> https://sailevenstar.com/changes-in-latitudes/feed/ 1 3243 Remember Those Plans? https://sailevenstar.com/remember-those-plans/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 12:39:47 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/?p=3145 Not long ago, it seems like yesterday, I was bemoaning the fact that our entire plan for the next couple of years had been completely shot down in flames. And I waxed poetic about the fluid nature of cruising and how you need to be flexible. And we sketched out Read On..

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]]> 3145 Nerdvana III – Tours of the Rings https://sailevenstar.com/nerdvana-iii-more-lord-of-the-rings-touring/ Sun, 30 Jun 2019 06:59:56 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/?p=3107 Just when you thought it was safe to go back to New Zealand…more LOTR geek touring. It started when Kathy an I went to Wellington for a day to fail to apply for our visas for French Polynesia. A visit to Weta Studios was always on our bucket list and Read On..

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]]> 3107 Firmly Etched in Wet Sand… https://sailevenstar.com/firmly-etched-in-wet-sand/ Sat, 08 Jun 2019 04:37:32 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/?p=3079 …below the high water mark. That’s how I generally describe our plans and how we make them. But sometimes it’s nice to actually KNOW what you will be doing, and it is also required to know when you are applying for things like visas and permits. The Original Plan. Sort Read On..

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]]> 3079 Four Days On the Way Back to New Zealand https://sailevenstar.com/four-days-on-the-way-back-to-new-zealand/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:01:23 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/four-days-on-the-way-back-to-new-zealand/ To date it has been a delightfully uneventful passage. We don’t like exciting passages. We prefer deathly dull, unintersting trips were the sailing is easy, nothing major breaks, and there’s, as our Aussie friends are keen to say, “No Drama.” A Few Things Acting Up It wouldn’t be an offshore Read On..

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]]> 3053 Stay Glued to Your Screens! https://sailevenstar.com/stay-glued-to-your-screens/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 04:16:06 +0000 http://sailevenstar.com/?p=3040 Okay everyone, stand back… Evenstar now has hourly position updates on our whereabouts during passages. For now anyway, because it’s a side effect of a bunch of other expensive stuff we’ve paid for for other purposes. With out new and increased satellite communication with an Iridium Go, we have better Read On..

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