Since April 2023 — when our sailboat, Flyer, arrived in Seattle on a ship from Chichester, UK — our family has been planning to spend James’ 8th and Paul’s 5th grade school year sailing around the Pacific. We finally pushed off the dock at Elliott Bay Marina on August 17. (Actually, we were pushed by our neighbors and fellow Boréal-owners, Randy and Diana.)
In the past two years, our to-do list exploded from a vague, shared Note on our phones (figure out school, spares) to a color-coded, multi-tab spreadsheet (install check valve at starboard bilge pump, add chain to drogue, order 19mm vinyl for cockpit cover side panels).
Thirty minutes into the first leg of the trip, we were still texting friends for help (Could you go to our house and look under the couch cushions for James’ AirPods??). Around Kingston, we finally looked up from our phones, took a breath, and enjoyed our last views of the Olympic mountains for a while.
We’ve been so busy with the details of leaving our life in Seattle and getting our boat ready for a year of sailing that we really haven’t thought much about where we’re headed — after our annual camping trip at Spencer Spit, provisioning at Friday Harbor, and shakedown cruise to San Francisco.
Check this tracker to see where we end up. It’s guaranteed to be more up-to-date than this blog!
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