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Greetings subscribers! We are pleased to announce that our final yard period prior to launching on our cruise in April has been scheduled for the last week in Jan/first week in Feb … at Anacortes instead of Friday Harbor. Major jobs include the usual bottom painting and hull wax n buff and a propulsion trainContinue reading “Prelude – 18 December update”

Chronicles of our first-ever four month sailing cruise. SY Encore C-400 MkII #264 – sea trial day, August 2021

The nap helped. The departure from Lukla was a hoot save for an overly careful hand-security inspection of everyone’s small backpacks. Three twin-otters landed within several minutes of each other, and the first one was taxiing, fully loaded again, back out onto to the iconic inclined, abbreviated runway just as the third plane was taxiingContinue reading “14-16 April – Return to Kathmandu and thence home”

Dawn came eventually, very cold and clear, but thankfully without much snow accumulation. Nine of us trekkers, Conan included, enjoyed a last delicious breakfast at the Madison Mountaineering Everest Base Camp, packed our duffels, and walked to the helo pad to await four 5-minute shuttle flights to Pheriche and two 9-minute combined flights to Lukla.Continue reading “13 April – Return to Lukla by helicopter”