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Released week 2 of the logs documenting our recent sail from Victoria to Sitka(Southeast Alaska).

In this part, we sailed through a bunch of rapids and battled giant ants.

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21 September at 0:41 | Open on merveilles.town
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R E K

A preview for Week 3 of the logs, featuring a doodle I scanned from the logbook.

The weather is *such* a bully...
21 September at 22:24 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

Drawings from Week 4, showing the ridiculous amount of layers we each had on when sailing in cold wet weather this year.

Ninj, being bead-blooded, is superior to us in every way, he needs no additional layers.

100r.co/site/victoria_to_sitka
16 October at 18:45 | Open on merveilles.town
Apostolis

@rek If I remember correctly, you were to go to an anarchist conférence. I was wondering if the talks will be online.

16 October at 19:25 | Open on social.coop
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R E K

@tty we did on the way north in early May, when it was raining a lot (esp when leaving Vancouver Island). Steering outside in the wind/rain for hours, while standing relatively still, really makes the cold feel worse.

16 October at 21:48 | Open on merveilles.town
bouncepaw 🍄

@rek just the thought of taking it all off is tiresome :flonshed:

17 October at 9:19 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

Being back in Victoria has slowed down the transcription process for the logbook(so many things to do!), but we'll get through it!

Just released Week 3 (week 4 is out too, but I need to do a few more correction passes).

100r.co/site/victoria_to_sitka
19 October at 15:23 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

When sailing downwind, with both sails extended outward, Pino takes on the width of a catamaran.

"Watch out! Pino's coming through~!" :goose_honk:
21 October at 17:18 | Open on merveilles.town
Kira, feral fox 🦊 🏳️‍⚧️

@rek It's like Pino fluffing xyrself up real big to scare off predators (or annoying motorboaters). >:)

21 October at 17:26 | Open on sunbeam.city
cerement

@rek

r/sailing calling this “wing on wing”

21 October at 18:08 | Open on social.targaryen.house
R E K

@cerement Am aware that it's called that, thanks.

21 October at 18:19 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

'Our goal was to sail to a place called Codville Lagoon, 40 NM away. "Ah, yes, Codville. The cod committee will be waiting," I said to Devine, "we must pay the cod tax." Our fantasy world was populated by greedy and opportunistic animals. "Yes, hello! You must now pay the gull tax!" A pair of black-headed gulls, perched on a piece of driftwood, said to us as we sailed past, but we pretended we hadn't heard. "You must paaay!" They continued to say, disappearing in the distance, folding back into the scenery.'

100r.co/site/victoria_to_sitka

'Our goal was to sail to a place called Codville Lagoon, 40 NM away. "Ah, yes, Codville. The cod committee will be waiting," I said to Devine, "we must pay the cod tax." Our fantasy world was populated by greedy and opportunistic animals. "Yes, hello! You must now pay the gull tax!" A pair of black-headed gulls, perched on a piece of driftwood, said to us as we sailed past, but we pretended we hadn't heard. "You must paaay!" They continued to say, disappearing in the distance, folding back into the scenery.'
3 November at 22:57 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

We had trouble checking in with the CBP when arriving in Ketchikan by boat last June. Our dumb phone couldn't make calls to the US, and our other devices were too old to support the official check-in app. In the end, we had to walk to the harbormaster's office to use their phone.
4 November at 19:02 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

Rain in Ketchikan is no joke.

I had the great idea of going out to fetch some groceries during a downpour, but did not think to wear waterproof pants, the result was that my jeans were soaked, it felt like having clingwrap around my legs.
7 November at 22:04 | Open on merveilles.town
Capital

@rek Oh god, wet jeans are the worst.

7 November at 22:06 | Open on scalie.zone
Kira, feral fox 🦊 🏳️‍⚧️

@rek That sounds like a sensory nightmare. :'(

7 November at 22:57 | Open on sunbeam.city
R E K

@tty the walk home was not fun :neofox_laugh_sweat:

7 November at 23:55 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

"We thought we would get soaked today, but the storm clouds never approached us, and once halfway across Dixon Entrance the sun dominated the skies. We saw no new wildlife here, but the water and Southeast Alaskan shores were always full of gulls, a gull on every rock. Everytime we looked ashore for a glimpse of something alive, something new, there was always just gulls. Gulls abound. We still haven't seen a bear, maybe the gulls have agreed to act as stand-ins. The gull syndicate is strong on this coast."
8 November at 17:19 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

"The brightness of the day and the still waters created a perfect inverted reflection of the rocks and trees bordering the channel. This inversion gave the impression that the land continued, that we could see its underside, like it was floating in space. Looking around I felt nauseous, ungrounded, the world had stopped making sense, up was down, and our boat was flying in the void."
10 November at 19:41 | Open on merveilles.town
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