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THE HORSE,THE BOAT, AND THE LADY B

Posted on 09/13/202409/15/2024 by Jim Farrell

By Jim Farrell We were riding our anchor at Mud Bay, Lopez Island in our “new to us” Lady B, a Hughes North Star 38, waking up in the V-berth the morning after a great run from Bellingham.  Becky, my new to sailing wife, rolled over and began to tell me of her dream of…

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A Tale of River Rats, Ladies of the Evening and Rumrunners

Posted on 09/11/202409/11/2024 by Jim Farrell

By Jim Farrell Ah, after our long drawn-out winter, now is the time too head down to the boat and begin our summer of water adventures.  Some Columbia River sailors will head out across the Bar and head north or south while most of us with just a little time will cruise the mighty Columbia,…

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Stories of the Inside Passage

Posted on 09/01/202409/08/2024 by Jim Farrell

(some true, some…well not so) By Jim Farrell Thinking of doing the “Inside Passage” to Alaska and maybe all the way to Skagway and on, this year? There are those who just want to take a cruse trip with little or no trouble on their part. All their meals are prepared, drinks flow freely and there…

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AS THE FOG ROLLS IN (MEMORIES OF A CHILD)

Posted on 07/22/202407/22/2024 by Jim Farrell

Living on what was then remote Olympic Peninsula, only a quarter of a mile from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, where some of my earliest memories included the wispy fog that rolled gently and silently through the stands of second growth fir and alder, drifting across the cleared fields below the house.  I would…

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A RETURN TO THE SEA

Posted on 11/16/202311/18/2023 by Jim Farrell

Six long years have gone by since the sound of the wind through the rigging, and the rain song playing on the cabin’s top, have met the ears of the old sailor and his first mate.  Years that saw the sale of their beloved “Autumn Daze”, the Beneteau 423 they bought new in 2004, and…

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