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Mercator 30 - Gemini Spirit

I did it. August 4th, 2010, a Wednesday. Driving up to Seattle with cash in a backpack I became a boat owner. Where I keep the boat details:

I did it again, only this time I purchased a boat that better fits my needs, an Express 27, which participated in the 2017 Race to Alaska.

Resources

  • Nomadness - Gizmology, technomad, and geekery are words you will see throughout this blog. Technology geek combined with a passion for a nomadic lifestyle currently immersed in a sailing environment.
  • Three Sheets NW - Pacific NW info, news.
  • SailNet Forums - Large online community.
  • Microcuising - Info about cruising in small boats.
  • 70.8% - Boating blog. Focus on small boats.
  • Sailing Anarchy - All about sailboat racing.

Boats

Small Craft Offshore

Sales

Courses & Training

Chartering & Expeditions

  • Messenger Sailing Adventures - Based out of Portland. Gorge and Columbia Bar coastal trips.
  • Mahina - South Pacific trips, led by John Neal, well known Albin Vega sailor.
  • Prosail - Sail on Dennis Conner's 90' Maxi. Also have other sailing adventures.
  • Angelique - a double-mast gaff-rigged tall ship that does week long voyages out of Maine.

Interesting Sailboats and Sailors

  • Maltese Falcon - Have $152mil lying around?
  • Mona Lisa - Nifty expensive 60 footer with an aero-rig and nicely done interior.
  • Jessica Watson - Pink Lady (S&S 40) with Jessica Watson at the helm. Youngest unassisted circumnavigation in 2010.
  • Abby Sunderland - Wild Eyes (Open 40), dismasted in the Indian Ocean and had to be rescued.
  • Alessandro Di Benedetto - “Try to sail around the world in single-handed, without any landing, not assisted, by a sailing boat 6.5 m. long. The smallest boat all over the world in living memory, trying a feat of this sort.”

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