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10-03-2013, 23:55
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Caribbean
Boat: C&C 48 Custom
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Re: California to the Virgins
Alright first med moore experience:
3-knots.com
Oaxaca should be up tomorrow followed by Huatulco.
Hopefully in a week we should cross Tehuantepec and make the jump to El Salvador.
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10-07-2013, 15:33
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Re: California to the Virgins
We took a rouge wave off the north coast of Colombia and this the story of how we survived the ordeal.
http://3-knots.com
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10-07-2013, 15:57
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
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Re: California to the Virgins
bummer!
looking forward to the next installment.
things could have turned out a lot lot worse,thank god you are both safe
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10-07-2013, 16:07
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: some ocean down under
Boat: Kelsall Suncat 40
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What an adventure / ordeal!
What happened next?
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12-07-2013, 12:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Caribbean
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Posts: 26
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Re: California to the Virgins
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo485
What an adventure / ordeal!
What happened next?
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Still working on getting that up. Next day or so I hope.
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12-07-2013, 13:38
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Cruising the Eastern Caribbean
Boat: Beneteau 473
Posts: 779
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Holy cow! Glad everyone made it through safely.
I'm looking forward to your next post.
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15-07-2013, 14:09
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Caribbean
Boat: C&C 48 Custom
Posts: 26
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Re: California to the Virgins
We have started posting about what happened after accident (living in the village, what we did with the boat, getting back to Cartagena, transporting Gidget, immigration etc) The first of three parts is now up
3-knots.com
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15-07-2013, 14:23
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Location: Skagit City, WA
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Re: California to the Virgins
This is great writing and interesting. I had a little trouble ferreting out how the boat was repaired... one spot said you "found her final resting place"... I thought you abandoned her... but then... there you were going through the canal! I must admit I was skim reading.
This story should be mandatory reading for those questions we get on this forum like "Can I just buy a XX boat and sail from Seattle to the Virgin islands?" New Sailor. It's a real world out there with real problems, they are usually surmountable... but you should expect them and make sure that lifestyle is for you.... before you get halfway gone...
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15-07-2013, 14:31
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Re: California to the Virgins
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Originally Posted by Cheechako
This is great writing and interesting. I had a little trouble ferreting out how the boat was repaired... one spot said you "found her final resting place"... I thought you abandoned her... but then... there you were going through the canal! I must admit I was skim reading.
This story should be mandatory reading for those questions we get on this forum like "Can I just buy a XX boat and sail from Seattle to the Virgin islands?" New Sailor. It's a real world out there with real problems, they are usually surmountable... but you should expect them and make sure that lifestyle is for you.... before you get halfway gone... |
The blog is posted in reverse chronological order, we had passed through the Canal maybe a month earlier. We did our best to accurately describe our experience and the feeling of such a trip on a small boat.
We believe, because of the nature of the damage, that there was possibly a log/tree or other unseen object in the wave we were hit by and I don't know many glass boats that would have come out without notable damage.
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15-07-2013, 14:36
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Location: Skagit City, WA
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Re: California to the Virgins
You have done great job in coping with it all... kudos to you. So the boat was abandoned?
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15-07-2013, 15:22
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: being planted in Jacksonville Fl
Boat: none
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Re: California to the Virgins
I'm still waiting to learn more about "California to the Virgins"
just seems such a turn about, but would think there would be lots of "takers"
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15-07-2013, 15:25
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Location: Skagit City, WA
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Re: California to the Virgins
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Originally Posted by Don L
I'm still waiting to learn more about "California to the Virgins"
just seems such a turn about, but would think there would be lots of "takers"
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Don, be aware, there are no virgins in Califormia...... 
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04-09-2014, 11:51
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Caribbean
Boat: C&C 48 Custom
Posts: 26
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Re: California to the Virgins
Manged to recover most of our videos from our trip so I put together a short montage, if you're interested
Sailing Oxnard to Colombia - YouTube
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04-09-2014, 12:03
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Location: Skagit City, WA
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Re: California to the Virgins
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Great video. Must see for all those cruising wannabees! Hopefully your dog survived?
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04-09-2014, 12:19
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Caribbean
Boat: C&C 48 Custom
Posts: 26
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Re: California to the Virgins
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Originally Posted by Cheechako
Great video. Must see for all those cruising wannabees! Hopefully your dog survived?
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Thanks Cheechako,
Luckily our dog was just a bit shaken up but no worse for wear.
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