It is a gloomy, calm Easter Sunday on anchor near the town of Niebla (aka Fog). We’ve been watching helicopters with water buckets heading south in what appears to be a fire fighting effort, but we don’t see or smell…
Eureka
Today I’m feeling joy that we’ve finally had a fun cruising day. We took Agility out, sailed a bit, anchored and took the dinghy for a tour of the area that ended in a small town hosting a mountain bike…
SUP’s
We were able to get out for the weekend and anchor out. All the usual shakedown issues but most important was that on Sunday morning I got on a SUP for the first time. I wasn’t sure if I’d be…
Morning ritual
This is a typical morning at the yard. IMG_4084 2
Home sweet home
We moved aboard Agility exactly 5 weeks to the day from our arrival in Chile. Oh happy day! Due to ongoing work we chose to bring only the items we’ve been traveling with and galley essentials (two forks, knives, spoons,…
Testing our Delorme (Garmin) inReach
Rigging it
Today they stepped the second mast and mastfoil. The team at Alwoplast is terrific and they continue moving forward everyday. With any luck we’ll be ready for sea trials next week.
Christening of AGILITY
“For thousands of years, we have gone to sea. We have crafted vessels to carry us and we have called them by name. These ships will nurture and care for us through perilous seas, and so we affectionately call them…
Progress
Tim and I arrived in Valdivia 5 days ago. Our time in Vina del Mar went exactly as planned with lots of walking, bike riding, reading, beach time, and some sightseeing. One day we walked to Valpairaso to check out…
Valdivia, Chile
We’re at the yard in Valdiva and things are progressing well. The biggest decision we’ve made in the last 24 hours is where on the stern of the boat to locate our name and hailing port – Boulder, CO. Looking at most…