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Crew List
You may think that Scream's crew is small, but you would be sorely mistaken. In fact we have more crew members than you'd think would fit. Here's a brief introduction to the rest of the crew: Gen. George S. Patton (aka Ol' Blood and Guts) - Gen. Patton is our 64 HP Perkins engine. Like […]
Halfmoon Bay
Scream sailed (yes, sailed) out of San Francisco bay and south to Half Moon Bay. We didn't go ashore, but I can say that the Bay has a large, well-sheltered area inside the breakwater where we anchored in 15 feet. We spent our first night at anchor in calm water since Crescent City.
San Francisco
We're having a great time in San Francisco. After a month of small towns with few sailboats and fewer cruisers, San Francisco was a bit of a shock. There are dozens of boats out day sailing in the bay every day. We've also encountered several boats that we know from Canada, the first familiar faces […]
Waiting for Weather - Crescent City and Fort Bragg
As anticipated, we've had to wait in port for weather to clear up a few times so far. The longest of these have been in Crescent City and Fort Bragg. We waited out gales in both towns, and took the opportunity of a few shore days for some sightseeing. Crescent City is located at the […]
Cape Mendocino
We are now docked in the Noyo River near Fort Bragg. We rounded the notorious Cape Mendocino en route and it was an experience indeed. The forecast was for 15-25 knots behind us, but at she Cape we got a gale with enormous seas. The Saye's Rig steered the big waves beautifully, as we sailed […]
South to California
We sailed overnight from Coos Bay, Oregon to Crescent City, California. We left Coos Bay at the morning low water slack, motored more or less until dark, sailed through the darkness, and motored here arriving at high tide. We had two delightful visits: Shortly after dark we were sailing along beautifully and were visited by […]
Coos Bay
Scream arrived in Coos Bay today after a wonderful downwind sail from Newport. As we had motored almost all of the way from Victoria, we were very happy to get a chance to sail. The forecast was for northerly 10-15, then 5-10, then 10-20. We had a bit of 15, a bunch of 10 and […]
Astoria to Newport
We left Astoria on Tuesday, knowing that we had a short weather window. The forecast was calling for strong contrary winds starting Wednesday and continuing through Thursday. The wind wasn't that much of a concern, but the forecast seas were - up to 15 feet when counting the wind waves and swell. That didn't appeal. […]
Cape Flattery to Astoria
We left Neah Bay Monday morning, bound for the first leg of the Big Adventure. Headed for Astoria, OR, 145 miles away, we were cautious and excited. The Washington & Oregon coast is reported to be a wild and woolly place, and while we had a great weather forecast (20 kts from behind, and 5-6 […]
Neah Bay
We spent the last couple of nights at Neah Bay, waiting for weather and news from our insurers. Neah Bay is the usual stop for Juan de Fucans before turning the corner of Cape Flattery to head down the US coast. I assumed there wasn't much there, but I was wrong. There's a large marina […]