Here you will find tales of voyages past and present on our trusty Pacific Seacraft Dana 24, "Sockdolager," and our Bigfoot29 powerboat, "Raven," from Port Townsend, Washington, USA. In 2009 we sailed north from Puget Sound up the west coast of Vancouver Island to the Queen Charlotte Islands (now called Haida Gwaii.) In 2010 we went back to the west coast of Vancouver Island. In July 2011 we left the Northwest, sailed to Mexico, and in March 2012 we crossed the Pacific to French Polynesia, then on to the Cooks, Niue and Tonga. We spent several months in New Zealand, and in May 2013 loaded Sockdolager (and ourselves) on a container ship for San Francisco. In June and July 2013 we sailed north along the California, Oregon and Washington coasts, and in August we arrived home. In October 2016, Sockdolager found new owners, and we began cruising on Raven, a unique wooden 29' powerboat. In 2018 we cruised up to Glacier Bay, Alaska, and back. But in 2024 we had the chance to buy Sockdolager back (we missed her), so we sold Raven. We hope you enjoy reading about our adventures as much as we enjoy having them. (And there will be more.)



Friday, October 18, 2013

Sockdolager in the Movies!

Click here for this video.
Dreams vs budgets:  that's a new category of video at Off Center Harbor, the Maine-based, exceptionally talented marine documentary group who just made a film starring Sockdolager (!!) and called it "Outfitting a Small Cruiser for Voyaging, Part 1." You can see it by clicking on the title or photo caption above.  Filmmaker Steve Stone put us right at ease and made the filming part feel effortless and fun, the extent of which you'll be able to gauge by the amount of giggling coming from yours truly (K).

But! Hang on to your hats! Steve also made us our very own Off Center Harbor web page for our friends, family and blog readers!  Can you beat that!  AND!  This video, which is part 1 of 2 parts, has been paired with an article written by Karen Larson of Good Old Boat magazine, that appeared in 2010 and featured my former Dana 24, Minstrel.  You can find it by clicking here.  I didn't know they were going to do that, and okay, I'm blushing now.

**NB, November 19, 2013: Part 2 has now replaced Part 1. And Part 3 will be replacing Part 2 in a few weeks. You'll be able to see all 3 parts by signing up for the 10 free videos in the box on the right side of the special page the links take you to.

Click here to see OCH's highlight video and 10 others.

Off Center Harbor is a subscription-based video service, and so far we've been unable to plumb their fathomless depths because they have so many cool videos to choose from.  I found myself sitting back and saying "Ahhh!" a lot.  In addition to films about voyage preparation, their topics cover seamanship, boatbuilding, tools of the trade, tours of historic boats, and instructional videos for kids, plus links to many blogs. Sailing is a small world, so I'm delighted to be seeing a lot of people I either know or have heard of.

So, enjoy Part 1 and its accompanying article and other videos, and we'll let you know when Part 2 is ready (or Off Center Harbor will if you decide to subscribe.)

Finally, for those of you in the northern hemisphere who are getting ready to put your boats to bed for the winter, or, for that matter, for those of you in the southern hemisphere where it's Spring and time to do something for the boat, here's a simplified maintenance flow chart. You're welcome.


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  1. UnknownOctober 21, 2013 at 11:39 AM

    Outstanding: Just in time for out winter projects! And I get to learn to pronounce sockdolager correctly, too (for some reason I kept saying "chock-dolager:)... Waiting for part 2...

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    1. Karen Sullivan and Jim HeumannNovember 20, 2013 at 9:54 AM

      Ah, but in Tahiti we gave the name a French flair. While radioing the control tower for permission to cross the channel at the foot of the airport runway (yes, it's the law) the name baffled the authorities until we pronounced it "Suk-doll-uh-ZHERE" and of course they came back saying, "AH! SukdolloZHERE, yes, you may cross ze runway, no planes landing for a few more meenoots."

      Part 2 is up, and will be replaced by Part 3 in a few weeks.
      Cheers,
      K&J

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    2. UnknownNovember 21, 2013 at 2:32 PM

      Hee heee... Whenever people don't understand my English I feel the need to revert to a thick French accent: surprisingly that removes most misunderstandings...

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  2. AnonymousOctober 21, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    Nice job on part one of the video. Great article about Karen. I love the Sailboat Maintenance Flowchart. What a great adventure you had! Harriet

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    1. Karen Sullivan and Jim HeumannNovember 20, 2013 at 9:56 AM

      Thanks Harriet! A book is in progress, and we're looking north for more adventures.
      K&J

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