Moving On Up!

After our trip down the coast CB and I thought that maybe we could use a little more room for our desired life style and to house all of Sailor Jerry’s Kid’s. We thought we’d start looking for our next yacht at the Med tie dock at the America’s Cup arena….because where else would classy cruisers like our selves find a suitable vessel for all our awesomeness?

We first looked at a 295′ sailing yacht built in Holland…it was very modern and had all the high tech features that our crew would enjoy…but it just didn’t pop.

So we wandered on down the jetty and saw a few smaller yachts that were just too power boaty for our taste…Macgregor’s on steroids. We almost switched to the dark side to appease our need for excessive toys…

This was pretty cool..although a mere 150′. It had two RIB’s, a full size fishing boat ready to deploy off the aft and plenty of space for our friend’s surf boards, kayaks and kite boarding gear…but it only had one landing area for the helicopter…we really were looking for two if we were going to go this route…

Then we came across this beauty…

This was the one…classic beauty and finish for our very eclectic group of friends. She would sail like a dream and provide the comforts we are accustomed to and still make us feel salty upon arrival to exotic destinations. Come join us on our new yacht SJK…the rum is flowing guys.

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The Good, the Bad & the Foggy

It was overall an awesome trip….many thanks to Mikey Bamboo for his commraderie, sense of humor and awesome motoring skills:-) The trip was pretty uneventful with only two days of sailing and lots of motoring, sunshine and calm seas…I’ll take it! We caught a Tuna, crossed more bars than we ever thought we would, fixed some bad wiring on the engine and sailed into San Fransisco Bay. I’ll call this trip overly successful. We were welcomed to California with sun and heat and are soaking it up after a cold British Columbian summer….call this summer take two:-) The following are photos taken has we passed under the Golden Gate Bridge.

The fog has Tawn confused. The sign is correct. She is pointing at a boat.

I like bridges!!

Yaaayyyy, Bridges! And San Francisco at last.

And here we all are tied up to the dock in Berkeley California. The whole crew.

The Crew

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Goodbye Newport, thanks

Newport has been great. Got all the stuff that we knew was broken fixed and a few other things as well.

Met some great people and crews from other boats heading south. Had a little too much fun a few nights, but now it’s time to go. Weather has mellowed out a bit and there is some good NW winds out there.

So here we go. Will be shoved off the dock around 9am. I’m not even gonna mention where we are planning on going as we never really know. (San Fran)…

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

We have beaten the Bella Star record of 100 islands landed on during the summer shakedown breakdown cruise…I think these pictures will say it all folks!

This is 100…wait for it…

About to conquer this and make it mine!

I declare Haines island 101!

Left May 11th from Seattle and conquered 101 islands August 3rd on Haines island in Dodger Passage (the sign says “Eat it Bella Star”.

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