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Gallery: Five of Coastal Deserts, Baha Mexico
Entrance to Bahia Santa Maria (West Coast, Baha) Rock & Sky, Cabo San Lucas Rock & Sky, Cabo San Lucas Yellowstone Beach, Sea of CortezSunrise at Los Gatos, Sea of Cortez
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The Ideal State of Momo
Lola & Jana hoist the flagof the Kingdom of Nateat Beveridge ReefWe are a proud democracy on board Momo -- not the kind that my own country has devolved into, plagued by sloppy elections and inane...
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Fiji -- Celebrating Taxes on Koro Island
The certainty of taxes may be universal, but it doesn’t need to be universally painful. At least, that’s what we learned when we visited Nabuna Village, on Koro Island in Fiji. We anchored off the...
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International Women's Day Then and Now: Women Rocking the World in Their Own Way
This month I’m thinking of all the women in my life, because March 8 was, after all, International Women's Day and this is, by extension, International Women's Month. The idea itself dates back to...
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Landfall at Pebble Beach (2006)
Weather interrupts our passage from Juan de Fuca to San Diego and we find ourselves anchored just beyond the kelp in the wealthy shadow of the Pebble Beach golf course. Coming off the sea, one never...
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Palmerston Island, between yesterday and tomorrow
We sailed to Palmerston Atoll from Rarotonga, and were glad to see the low lying main island after three days of a hard breeze and a lumpy sea. As we neared the reef, I radioed Palmerston...
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Seven Things...
Our Momo Blog recieved a nod for a BEAUTIFUL BLOGGER AWARD last month by the remarkable Martha Williams, who's not only an excellent writer but also a sailor, diver, mother, humorist, and too many...
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An Expression of Doubt — How can Hydrovane Self-Steering really be any good?
The Hydrovane in all its naked glory.Which of the two rudders do you think is stronger? Which of the two rudders do you think will steer the boat more effectively?During the past few weeks, two...
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Addendum to: An Expression of Doubt — How can Hydrovane Self-Steering really...
I’ve written this post as an addendum to my earlier piece, An Expression of Doubt – How can Hydrovane Self-Steering be any good? in part because someone questioned whether it was fair for me to...
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Flash Fiction (May 17, 2010)
http://52250flash.wordpress.com/Michelle & her "flash partner" John Chapin launched their new project today -- "52|250 A Year of Flash." The challenge: to write one piece of fiction (250 words or...
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Flash Fiction (May 24, 2010)
This week's theme was "Fancy Me." You'll find more stories at http://52250flash.wordpress.com/.From The Doctor, With Love(Michelle)I am tired, man, beat.feel like a whiny kid,are we there yet,need to...
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Cigarette Smoke in the Car
Hardly a sailing story, but that was last week's theme on the flash fiction site 52|250, and Michelle's Bedtime Story appeared there. You can read all the stories at 52|250. Here is Bedtime Story:Let...
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Up Close and Personal with Peppers
When I think back to our years sailing in Mexico and all its culinary delights, I recall with great emotion one thing: chili peppers. We spent one particularly glorious season in the Sea of Cortez,...
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Debunking the Baby Myth
The real deal about sailing with kidsWhen we moved aboard our 1961 Pearson Triton back in 2002, the most common question we were asked was “Isn’t it hard living aboard a sailboat with a baby?” Our...
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More than you wanted to know..
As if our own website doesn't offer enough of a venue for us to go on and on about ourselves...you can read all about Momo and her crew, distilled down to one (long) page, at Kathy Parson's Women and...
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introducing thirteen
I've been busy this month getting the first quarterly review of my flash fiction website out the door. And it's here now!thirteenfeatures the best of the first thirteen weeks of52|250 A Year of...
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Making the Shift from Land to Sea: Moving Aboard with Kids
Most people planning to go sailing with kids wonder how they will feel living in a small space 24-7 with their spouse and offspring. Moving from house to boat is a major transition, no matter how much...
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Video -- Jana takes on our three-year-old sail.
We made this little video last January in Whangarei. An article about this sail will appear in the November issue of Blue Water Sailing (available mid-October). Once it's published, we'll post it to...
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Need to Control Your Twist? Consider an Off-Center Vang
(A version of this article appeared in Good Old Boat in March/ April 2007)Momo uses two off-center vangsled to positions near the toe rail on the side deck. They help control the boom in all sailing...
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The Short and Unhappy Life of Momo's "New" Mainsail
Flying the 'old' sail from Fijito New Zealand-- a version of this article appeared in Bluewater Sailing, November 2010 --In November 2006 we installed Momo's new main, replacing one that was as old as...
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