by Rachel | May 4, 2022 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine, West Coast USA 2021
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in November 2021. When we left off last month, we had successfully sailed our boat, Mosaic, from our protected home waters in the Puget Sound out the Strait of...
by Rachel | May 4, 2022 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine, West Coast USA 2021
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in October 2021 while sailing south. Critical preparations for sailing south complete and eyes on a weather window for our first hop down the west coast, in...
by Rachel | Apr 27, 2022 | Mosaic Voyage Blog, Sea of Cortez 2022
Sailing to Espiritu Santo and Isla Partida and Our Engine Won’t Start Last Saturday, we experienced the biggest emotional rollercoaster ride we’ve been on in a while. It ended with us being towed into an anchorage with a completely non-functional engine...
by Rachel | Apr 8, 2022 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in September 2021. After our epic orca encounter, we wrapped up our spring and summer cruising in the San Juan Islands and crossed the Strait of Juan de Fuca...
by Rachel | Apr 6, 2022 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in August 2021. Tonight, my husband and I sat in the cockpit of our 40-foot sailboat, Mosaic, musing about our spring and early summer spent cruising in the San...
by Rachel | Apr 4, 2022 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in July 2021. In the five years that we’ve owned and lived aboard our 40-foot sailboat, we’ve never had any visitors come stay on the boat for a weekend to...
by Rachel | Mar 8, 2022 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in June 2021. As liveaboard cruisers in the Pacific Northwest, I tend to think in terms of “cruising season” and “the off season”. The off season is the cold,...
by Rachel | Feb 28, 2022 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in May 2021. At the beginning of April, after months tied to the dock during our harsh Pacific Northwest winter, we brought our sailboat, Mosaic, back to life...
by Rachel | Feb 25, 2022 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in April 2021. This winter has been an interesting mix of anticipation, excitement, fatigue, and frustration. On one hand, we know this is our final winter in...
by Rachel | Feb 24, 2022 | Mosaic Family Voyage, Vancouver Family Magazine
This article was previously written by Rachel Messerschmidt for and published by Vancouver Family Magazine in March 2021. We spent our first winter in the Puget Sound in a temporary slip at the Port of Poulsbo. If you’ve never visited the quaint little viking village...
