http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/ A record of Adventure. en-us 2010-01-01T23:15:40-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2010/01/2010-day-one.html A picture is worth a thousand words. Bluewater returns to the harbor at the end of New Years DayLast year is gone.There is only the future.Past successes and failures are meaningless, they only weigh us down.We take only what we should, forging into the unknown with only our wits and dreams.In an instant the silence is washed away and story begins to flow once more. Happy new year and... Sailing Michael 2010-01-01T23:15:40-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2009/03/ski-skirt.html Susanna in her Ski Skirt - Photo by Michael J. SharpSee a full size version of the image here. For Christmas I made Susanna a fleece ski skirt with matching hat, mittens and scarf. I hoped that she would wear it telemarking and touring. She wears it so much, that I think I will have to make her another one! This past Sunday we went to the local rope... Photo of the Week Michael 2009-03-05T15:23:40-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2009/02/berry-woman.html Susanna has Evolved - Into a Berry Bush - Photo by Al SharpSee a full size version of the image here. Turns out your mother was right! If you eat too much of one thing you will turn into it. Susanna has a love of all berries. She ate so many that she has now turned into a berry bush! Starting this spring Michael will to go down the... Photo of the Week Michael 2009-02-24T13:27:24-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2009/02/sclupin-pw.html Denizen of the Deep - A Sculpin - Photo by Michael SharpSee a full size version of the image here. The summer of 2008 was full of surprises. While shrimping in Northwestern Fiord, the trap brought up more than the tasty Spot Prawns we expected. A sculpin had entered the trap, and only he knows how many shrimp he ate. The most amazing part was the voraciousness of the... Photo of the Week Michael 2009-02-05T16:01:36-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2009/01/friend-or-snack.html Friend or Snack? - Photo by Susanna Sharp See a full size version of the image here. ... Nisa the Wonderdog! Michael 2009-01-29T16:45:29-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2009/01/januray-beach.html Bishop's Beach - Photo by Michael Sharp See a full size version of the image here. The Omega Block suffocating us with sub-zero temperatures was smashed by a series of storms known collectively as a Pineapple Express: Storms connected to the tropics. The massive storms brought 100 m.p.h.(161 k.p.h) winds and several inches of rain. Warm rain. It had been -10ºF (-23ºC) and quickly became 45ºF (7ºC). The snow... Photo of the Week Michael 2009-01-22T09:38:01-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2009/01/taroka-arm-pw.html Bluewater Anchored in Taroka Arm Along the Outer Coast with Tilt Shift Effect - Photo by Michael Sharp See a full size version of the image here. Here is a sneak peak of the summer gallery: Bluewater anchored in Taroka Arm, a fjord on the Outer Coast. Past Granite Cape the Outer Coast is seldom visited. The tilt-shift effect gives a sense of scale, perhaps with a greater sense... Photo of the Week Michael 2009-01-15T15:39:53-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2009/01/ice-rocks-pw.html Ice Rocks and Tilt Shift - Photo by Michael Sharp See a full size version of the image here. Everything is a matter of perspective. Are those white pebbles or ice-covered boulders? How big is the sky? How deep is the ocean? The cold temps continue, with highs just above 0ºF (-18ºC) and overnight lows hovering around -8ºF (-23ºC). Everything along that magic space between the sea and land... Photo of the Week Michael 2009-01-08T12:11:13-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2009/01/slurpee-sea-.html Frozen Edges, Michael by the Slurpee Sea - Photo by Susanna Sharp The first day of the year. A new project. A picture of the week. I can't claim the idea as my own, it comes from a good friend that I don't see nearly enough. Also, keep your eyes peeled for the revival of the Tuesday Tease starting next week. The new year is starting with lots... Photo of the Week Michael 2009-01-01T23:37:03-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/11/gp-sara1.html ...the experience was so big, so damn big, that even now, 6 months later, I find it difficult to bring it into focus. Alaska itself, immense, unforgiving, and yet nourishing in its ability to sustain life with an abundance of fish, berries, mussels, clams, and shrimp, seemed to me like the Old Testament deity ... Alaska! Michael 2008-11-25T11:38:45-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/11/more-bananas-se.html Yes, we hear your pleas! Here's to hoping this will be the first of many new Tuesday Teasers now that we are in port ... Check out the current issue of Blue Water Sailing, on stands now in a store near you (unless you live in Homer, Alaska, that is). You can read our article about living aboard over winter in Valdez here. And if you haven't seen the... Susanna 2008-11-13T13:25:20-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/10/homer-yea.html We have officially arrived in Homer! The summer was amazing. We spent three weeks this spring working on Bluewater. We removed her ceiling liner and insulation to paint the underside of the cabin with a mixture of super-toxic 2-part epoxy paint and microbeads. The microbeads are super-tiny hollow glass spheres that add just enough R-value to stop the steel from condensing—so small that we wore super-duper respirators so as... Sailing Michael 2008-10-09T15:30:35-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/08/westward-ho.html After a brief stop in Seward, having filled up on bananas, Cheetos and ice cream we are headed west into Kenai Fjords National Park and beyond. We will be traveling through places with names like Aialik Bay, Taz Basin, Northwestern Fjord, Thunder Bay, on to Gore Point and in to Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay arriving in Homer -- the home of people like Tom Bodett, Jewel and... Alaska! Michael 2008-08-05T23:41:12-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/08/sealers-for-sailors.html Pausing in Seward for fuel, water and fresh bananas. Then on to Homer and expect to arrive by middle September. Got word my article for Blue Water Sailing is on the stands in the August issue. I still have yet to see the paper version, so online will have to do. Take a look here.... Tuesday Tease: Flirt With Adventure Susanna 2008-08-04T23:10:32-09:00 http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/04/happy-birthday.html i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is... Life and it's Mysteries Michael 2008-04-08T02:07:20-09:00