First Overnight Sail

We made our way to Morro Bay and had our first over night sail. We have put away toys, food, bed stuff, books, the dinghy and maps. I slept in the cockpit with my dad because I get seasick when I am down below when we are out at sea. We saw small dolphins called porpoises, sea otters, sea lions, jellyfish and other fish. The water is not totally clear yet, but we could still see underneath.

My birthday was yesterday and we had donuts for breakfast. We had lunch and watched the 49er game at a restaurant. Then we went out to dinner where we had sushi.
Tonight we are barbecuing sliders on our little grill.

This is me on my birthday on the way to Morro Bay.

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J.P. is asleep. He is a great sailor!

The sea otters and sea lions were our neighbors in Monterey.

Bye-Bye!!...from Mickey

Every trip starts with a begining. This is us sailing from Emeryville, underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, and our destination was Half Moon Bay.

In Half Moon Bay, we anchored out, fired up the dinghy, went to land and had dinner.

One year earlier we buried a one dollar bill on a sandy beach under a rock. We decided to try and find the one dollar bill. When we lifted up the rock we saw a TWENTY DOLLAR BILL!!!!!

Here is a picture of us sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge:

Now we are in Santa Cruz. Hopefully we will sail to Monterey later today.

Bye Bye!!!

Pictures of the Boat (Knee Deep)

A picture of our boat:


This is me in the V-berth. It is JP and my bedroom to sleep in.

This is me driving the boat. My dad is teaching J.P. something about the sails.

Every boat needs a pirate!!

ABOUT KNEE DEEP...

NAME OF OUR BOAT:

We are naming the boat Knee Deep. It is my parent's favorite song by Jimmy Buffett. Here is the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTU0p3_ra5A


DINGHY LOADING:




You have to load the dinghy on your boat sometime. This is my dad and I loading the dinghy onto our boat. The dinghy is inside the bag all folded up without any air in it. We will fill it with air when we are ready and will buy an engine for it.

Mickey 9/19/11














The rest of our floating home, Knee Deep......

The Galley (for you land lovers, the kitchen)

The Navigation Table (or breakfast table)

A place to hang the Nerf swords in Mickey and J.P.'s bedroom

The main salon area (also turns into a dining area)

Mickey and J.P.'s bedroom (a.k.a. v-berth)

Door to Mickey and J.P.'s room

The head (a.k.a. the bathroom), complete with pump toilet!

Where we spend most of our time, the cockpit.

The playroom :)

WHERE IT ALL STARTS

Hi! This is Mickey and J.P. Doolittle. This Fall we are going on an sailing adventure. We are headed down to the Caribbean, Mexico, Panama Canal and other places on the coast. We are going on a sailboat called a Catalina 38. So follow along and every once in a while check back in with us!

Mickey Doolittle - I am 9 years old and will turn 10 on October 9th (send presents...just kidding!). I am in 4th grade and I like traveling, sports, video games (obviously), and spending time with my family. I am very excited to go down the coast with my family, stopping by different places, such as San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Mexico. I am excited to see whales, dolphins and other tropical fish.

J.P. Doolittle - I am 7 years old. My date of birth is March 13th, 2004. I like Legos, video games and especially my family. I really am going to miss: t.v., beds, big space, kickball, four square and definitely my friends. I'm going to have fun with: swimming with the dolphins in clear water, sword fighting on the boat with my brother, sleeping in the V-berth and especially having this blog.

This is us with our mom and dad shopping for a dinghy. This is the little boat we will take into shore from our big sailboat (kinda like an escape pod).