Here are photos and related thoughts from the 2016 Wooden Boat Festival. I enjoyed getting up to Port Townsend via mostly-public, very-cheap[…]
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Performance of a bamboo-polytarp crab claw sail on a Tiki 21 catamaran
Since the launching of our Wharram Tiki 21, Milagra, back in the summer of 2012, we have been propelled primarily[…]
Read moreDesolation Sound cruise (August, 2014)
In August, 2014, the Veirs/Reese clan cruised on Milagra through Desolation Sound. We were accompanied by the Veirs elders aboard[…]
Read moreSailing on Super Bowl Sunday in Seattle
Last weekend we had a great first sail on Kiko’s Pahi 26, Ki`i Loa. Powered by a Malibu Outrigger Hawaiian[…]
Read moreHeavy weather Tiki 21 sailing on Lake Washington
Last September 30 (2013), Thomas and I embarked from Kirkland public marina on the tail end of a big (40[…]
Read moreCruising Desolation Sound in a Tiki 21
After pulling Milagra out on the re-decked trailer at the Roche Harbor boat ramp, we sorted gear and disassembled the[…]
Read moreMoonlit anchorage in Port Townsend
Milagra awaits us as we seek Waterfront pizza after a 7-10 knot run from San Juan Island. – Posted using[…]
Read moreSeattle to Snug Harbor 2012
After rigging at 14th Ave boat ramp w/help from Thomas, Matt J, Ciana, Cora, Val, & Liam, we locked thru[…]
Read moreSeattle to San Juans and back (July, 2012)
Launched from 14th Ave ramp in Ballard, cruised with Thomas on Tsunamichaser up to Port Hadlock, then continued to the[…]
Read moreBreaking bamboo on Lake Washington
A 25 knot gust snapped the lower yard on our mainsail during a cruise on Lake Washington last weekend. Annie[…]
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