End of a journey Atlantic 42 catamaran Sold.

October 10, 2018  Update -

It's a bit surreal, Lightspeed is SOLD we're feeling a bit sad, it's the end to a very significant chapter of our lives.  10 years living aboard and nearly 50,000 nautical miles of Atlantic Cat bliss.


Track of Lightspeed July 2011 to September 2014

25,000 of our 65,000 ocean miles in the last 10'ish years.  This lap of the Pacific took us from Sitka, Alaska to Sitka, Alaska between July 2011 and September 2014.

Sails for Soil?

September 27, 2016

Sails to Soil... a new farming blog in the works?

Perhaps jumping in the mud with both feet is the natural human response to spending more than 4,000 days sailing the seven seas.

It's not that we don't want to be sailors anymore, we just want more permanence in community and a more grounded sense of belonging.

The San Juan archipelago is deeply satisfying to our sailor souls on so many levels, the islands perfectly pair an unmatched depth of community with transcendent natural beauty and as I love to say 'people make the place'.

We've been getting involved at every level possible, volunteer work at a number of island organizations and attending every possible event to network and meet out neighbors.  We're here to stay and super enthusiastic and excited to be among our people here on San Juan Island.

It would be a shame to let  our amazing voyaging catamarn 'Lightspeed' languish at the dock when she yearns to cross oceans and explore new far away shores.  If you've been thinking about a performance cruising catamaran to take you in speed, style and comfort to far reaching islands, this might be a great opportunity.  We're ready to sell and trade our sails for soil.   More on the boat at www.42atlantic.com

San Juan Islands Summer 2016

In no particular order, here's a slice of our summer in the San Juans.

 Spencer Spit, Lopez Island

4H. Adam and the girls at the San Juan County fair.

When we gave a farm I want these crazy chickens.

Elephant ear at the fair.

Conner and Indigo on 'Osprey'.  Soon to be 20 something cruisers.

Lightspeed at Sucia.

 Hike on Sucia Island, San Juans, Washington State.  This summer we walked every trail on Sucia and Jones Island state parks.

 Hosting the Hollingbery girls aboard Lightspeed for a fun filled weekend at Sucia Island.

 Lightspeed and Gizmo rafted up in Friday Harbor

 2 row barley from San Juan County fair.

 Colors in Roche Harbor

 Butchart Gardens with Harkey's

 Kathy's parents at Butchart Gardens

 Friday Harbor as seen from the yacht club.

 Gizmo

 Gizmo helm

 Dave at the helm of Gizmo

 Selife on Jones island.

 Kathy on a Jones Island hike

 Paddy and Queenie on Orcas Island

 Another island hike

 Lightspeed stern tied at Jones Island

 Jelly fish

 Roche Harbor

 Roche Harbor 'free' doughnuts

 Nieces (Jane and Anne) visit for summer cruise to Princess Louisa Inlet

 Walker's B-day party

 Lot's of bike rides on San Juan island's flower lined roads.

 Anne and Janie summer cruise 2016

 Exploring another of the Gulf Islands of British Columbia

 Picking berries

 Walking logs

 Everyone made it across and back without falling in.

 This plant looks like a giant rubarb, but is only a cousin.

 Colors aboard Lightspeed, even in the rain.

 Baking

 Fishing and catching and then feeding this fish to Bald Eagle!

 Ready for a hike at Princess Louisa inlet

 Hike was short, but sweet as trail conditons were more like a stream than a trail.

 Waterfront refreshments in MontagueHarbour

 Girls enjoying some waterfront mocktails

 Hike to Montague road

 Giant Chia pet orca at Victoria inner harbor

 Cool tall ships

 Crazy race to Alaska adventures. R2AK on a 16' row and sail boat?

 Checking out the fleet of R2AK boats at Port Townsend

 CNN film crew aboard Gizmo for filming of first leg of race.

 Lightspeed in Friday Harbor

 Roche

 Shell lounging in the amazing summer heat wave.   Shell fell in once so far this summer and it was about 1AM when I woke to screaming cat MEEOOWWS.  I had to jump in and swim over to pick up Shell.  Burr it was cold!

Busy Friday Harbor is a buzz with seaplanes.