Seattle

  We departed Seattle yesterday afternoon (August 20) and now are ready to head out past Tatoosh Island at the west end of the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Hawaii is our next stop. Starr on hard and deck rot: Starr has been on the hard for the last two months at Delta Marine having 60sf of Fly Bridge deck balsa core replaced by Diamond Painting plus some paint touch up.  The builder failed to properly bed twenty...

21 August, 2019 /

Sharry’s Thoughts:My Last Night Watch of this Passage November 12, 2016 2100-2400    Supermoon I’m sitting on the step on the port side of the wheelhouse, both wheelhouse doors are open and the warm night air at 78 degrees is cooler than the temperature of the sea at 82.5 degrees. I am barefoot, dressed in shorts and a tank top, and the warm night air wraps my body in a soft caress. The...

04 December, 2016 /

Last Landfall November 13, 2016 – Approaching Diamond Head-10nm ahead Day 18    Lee Hillman Brown Starr is one hour from Honolulu after an eighteen-day passage from Seattle. For me and Lee this will complete our last voyage together. For me it has been a trip of intimate memories: of other passages, of night watches, of the night sky and “our” constellation, Casseopia, and of just the two of us sailing Wings together,...

13 November, 2016 /

Sea Hunt November 12, 2016 –Almost to Honolulu Day 17    Duke’s Mahi If truth be told, I am not a killer. Maybe my parents taught me to respect living things, she a microbiologist and nurse, he a pediatrician. A little fishing with Dad as a boy was done but there was no hunting or guns. Compared to me, Brownie is a trained killer, a crack shot and a harvester of the wild...

12 November, 2016 /

Cassiopeia and Time and Shame November 5-6, 2016 - In the Great Pacific Ocean Days 10 and 11    Sunset November 6 Brownie’s Post – Early Morning of November 5 Cassiopeia As we make our way on a vector from 31 to 21 North and 129 to 158 West, on the midnight watch you can lean out either of the wheelhouse doors and see the brilliant stars free from obscuring pollution. To port...

11 November, 2016 /

Fish On, Sneaking Out the Window and Reefer Madness November 4, 2016 – In the Great Pacific Ocean Day 9    Concordia Moon, night of November 3 Doug’s (D2A) Post (Don’s Catch) Fish On! As the sea temperature has risen above 70 degrees, the sea hunters have stirred to battle. It is an unfair fight with Don and Brownie marshaling their considerable collective fisherman experience in the quest for dorado and tuna. In...

06 November, 2016 /

Some Thoughts about our Passage (so far) October 31, 2016 – Coos Bay, Oregon Day 5 Sharry’s Notes: I have asked each of the four of us onboard to write a short Blog entry regarding thoughts about our passage, so far: We arrived in Coos Bay early Sunday morning Oct. 30 at 0300. We were running ahead of a storm and were very happy to be in a safe harbor. We will be departing tomorrow...

31 October, 2016 /

Starr Passage from Seattle to Honolulu Day One: October 27, 2016 Departure Salmon Bay Marine Center: 0500 Arrival at Neah Bay: Our two friends Mike (Brownie) Brown and Douglas (Duke) Adkins are our “Fresh Crew”, joining us for our passage from SBMC to our alternative homeport in Honolulu. Both are experienced passage makers and CCA members who grew up sailing in the Pacific Northwest. Brownie was, for a time, a commercial fisherman and charter boat...

28 October, 2016 /

Starr departed Kaneohe, Oahu on Friday April 10 and Arrived home at Salmon Bay Marine Center on Saturday morning April 23. Details of the Passage: 13 days Distance - 2430.nm Hours running time: 313 hrs Genset hours, 169 hrs SOG average -7 .75 kn Fuel - 1.15 g/nm (This is higher fuel consumption than normal. Our standard cruising speed is 1450 rpm; 5 of 13 days,we ran at 1600 rpm in order to help drive...

08 May, 2016 /
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