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What Goes Up, Must Come Down

What Goes Up, Must Come Down

Jan 23, 2023 | Blog, Coastal California, Family, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

San Francisco Bay to Santa Cruz My mind was flooded with excitement and uncertainty, a molotov cocktail for explosive...

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Richardson Bay has a long history of being a gathering place for the eclectic, creative and wealthy but most recently has gained notoriety for its local governments attempts to remove all liveaboards that they have nicknamed the "anchor outs" who have enjoyed living in rent-free boat homes in the Bay Area. Their boats, anchored just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, float illegally in the sightline of one of the country’s wealthiest zip codes. But now, as enforcement ramps up, their way of life could be coming to an end. Although our time in Richardson Bay was short, we had the opportunity to meet with some of the anchor outs who were the kindest people just trying to survive. This issue is multifaceted so we recommend you check out some of the documentaries on issue!

We also had the opportunity to get a birds eye view of the bay, flying with Seaplane and Aero Adventures thanks to my pal Ashley, in between chores of course 😉

Check out the Vice documentary on Anchor Outs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnbpLcH59lI
Check out Seaplane Adventures: https://seaplane.com

Chapters:
0:00 - 1:14 Richardson Bay Anchorage info
1:14 - 2:33 We Almost Bought a Smoker Boat!!!
2:34 - 2:57 Lay of the Land
2:58 - 3:38 Sausalito/Richardson Bay History
3:39 - 4:51 Living Aboard is ILLEGAL?!
4:52 - 7:39 Chores Ashore
7:41 - 11:56 Flying HIGH with Seaplane Adventures
11:57 - 13:01 What's Next on Sailing Avocet

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Oh Ventura… our time was short and sweet. We pul

Oh Ventura… our time was short and sweet. We pulled into our old marina where we picked up our new sail, some other odds and ends and had the opportunity to catch up with friends - but mostly we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off. We didn’t get to see everyone we wanted to (including @voyagesofagape crew) but we look forward to reconnecting again in the future.

While leaving at 4:00 am, Chris accidentally skied our main halyard which meant I got to take a first class trip to the tippy top to retrieve it 😝 Once connected we raised the main and basked in all the glory of our new sail under the starlight 🤩

A few hours later we were in a complete washing machine with confused seas and gusts of easterly winds as we chased down our pals aboard Kessel. Eventually we pulled into Cat Harbor, just in time for sunset where we snagged a discounted mooring ball (yay off-season!) Catalina wasn’t part of the plan, but we will explain more later 😅

💥NEW SAIL DETAILS💥 We are really stoked on o

💥NEW SAIL DETAILS💥 We are really stoked on our new @precisionsails mainsail and how they worked with us on these specific modifications. Our first sail with it from Ventura to Catalina was wonderful. The sails power to size ratio was surprising, and it absolutely out preformed it’s predecessor (to be fair, our old sail was OLD). We can’t wait to see where this sail takes us!

LOVE my @instantpotofficial 🥰

LOVE my @instantpotofficial 🥰