{"id":630,"date":"2006-06-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=630"},"modified":"2009-04-15T08:59:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T13:59:19","slug":"s_logs-dashew-dashew253","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/s_logs-dashew-dashew253\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Madison – Circumnavigator Magnet?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Port Madison, and a serendipitous gathering of circumnavigators.<\/div>\n

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Cruising is very much about serendipity, doing the unexpected, varying from routine. When we left Lake Union for the second time a couple of days ago we had planned to quickly head north, after a brief stop in Port Madison to see a cruising couple with whom we’ve corresponded many years, but never actually met.<\/p>\n

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Beth Leonard and Evans Starzinger circumnavigated the first time on a Shannon ketch, and then had this 47-foot (14.4m) Van de Stadt aluminum cutter built. Since then they’ve spent most of their cruising lives in the high latitudes. They like the wilder areas of the world – and are headed back towards Chile and the channels of Tierra del Fuego. As we’re trying to decide where to head next, their input on that part of the world has been invaluable.<\/p>\n

One of the questions we asked them about was in-the-water maintenance. We carry a cumbersome, old-fashioned wet suit of substantial thickness aboard and know that there is better gear available these days. Evans uses a dry suit, and he says it really works well. Well enough, in fact, that today he was wiping down Hawk<\/em>‘s bottom in 47F water!<\/p>\n

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It even works to keep him dry when he is getting his hair washed.<\/p>\n

Port Madison is a great spot to tour in the dinghy, with lots of interesting boats to take in.<\/p>\n

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We were out in the dinghy, looking around, when we spied a Lyle Hess designed cutter, just like Lin and Larry Pardey’s Talesin<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Then we noticed the Canadian flag flying and started thinking…The last time we saw the Pardeys had to be 20 years ago. Could they be in moored in Port Madison?<\/p>\n

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They had just flown in from New Zealand, and are getting ready for some Northern Hemisphere cruising. Larry is busy inspecting and varnishing the spar, while Lin attends to lower level brightwork.<\/p>\n

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So what are the odds of having three circumnavigators at one spot at the same time? But wait – there’s more to the story.<\/p>\n

While Evans and Beth and then Lin and Larry are hanging out on Wind Horse<\/em>, along come Tad and Joyce Lhamon in their dinghy. They live in Port Madison and keep their Alden cutter, Lyric<\/em>, in the harbor too. We met Tad and Joyce in French Polynesia in 1997. They were then outbound on a circumnavigation.<\/p>\n

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Tad and Joyce teach sailing to the kids in Port Madison. When we took this photo they had just finished an "offshore" voyage for the Optimist Prams outside of the harbor.<\/p>\n

Tad and Joyce invited all of us over for hamburgers. They also invited Richard and Krista who circumnavigated aboard the Amels ketch Cloud 7<\/em> and who will soon live in the Seattle area. So that’s five circumnavigators sitting at the table below.<\/p>\n

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For those of you wanting to match faces to names, from left to right, Richard, Krista, Lin, Linda, Steve, Joyce, Larry, Tad, Evans, and on the far right, Beth.<\/p>\n

But we’re not yet finished with this story. Just in time for desert Bryan and Mary Alice O’Neil dropped by (good timing, that, as Linda had prepared a scrumptious berry pie with whipped cream topping). <\/p>\n

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The O’Neils are Tad and Joyce’s neighbors, and sailed around the world on Shibui<\/em> (also moored nearby). That brings the total to six pairs of circumnavigators at one gathering. We figured there were more than 600,000 nautical miles of cruising represented by those eating desert!<\/p>\n

It was a very interesting evening, and we didn’t once talk boat systems or design. And nobody asked about storms at sea or whether on passages we anchored at night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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