Category: Uncategorized
-
2025 Year in Review
Stats A quick recap In the summer of 2025 we managed to get Luna Moth into the realm of close enough and were able to (metaphorically) cut the dock lines and start cruising in earnest. For the last year we had been moored at Owl Harbor, which is located near the little town of Isleton…
-
Cruising Santa Catalina Island
After a week dodging gales and Space X rockets in the northern Channel Islands, we decided to sail on to Santa Catalina Island. Generally we like to both depart and arrive in the light, something that makes for a lot of night passages in short fall days. We do not love night passages, at least…
-
Big Sur, San Simeon, and Morro Bay
On September 24th, we left Monterey to head south along the stretch of coast known as Big Sur. If you haven’t gotten to experience the coast here, it’s definitely worth a visit by car as the dramatic cliffs and ocean views are breathtaking. By boat…you probably want to steer clear of the dramatic cliffs and…
-
Touring Monterey…While Fixing Luna Moth
After a long sail to Monterey, on which the autopilot broke, and a rough night at anchor, we settled into Monterey’s municipal marina to recover a little. With Luna Moth secure on an end tie, we decided to not look at our mechanical problems for 24 hours and instead go for a walk around town…
-
South to Monterey
After about a week in Half Moon Bay, we found a good weather window to sail to our next destination, Monterey. What time of day to leave was a little tricky as the days were getting shorter, morning fog and fishing made leaving early difficult, and we didn’t want to arrive at our next anchorage…
-
Battery Combiners, Why They’re Evil, and What You Can Do to Replace Them (Lisa’s Tech Corner #1)
Today Lisa takes over the Luna Moth blog for her first Tech Corner post. While our blog is generally going to be about life on board, often touching on aspects unique to blind sailing, this series will be a lot more technical in nature, with deep dives into the details of various boat systems and…
-
Blind on Board
Let’s live on a cruising sailboat she said. Let’s do all of the maintenance and repairs ourselves she said. I had no idea what that meant a handful of years ago, but now living aboard our Outbound 46 blue-water cruising boat Luna Moth full-time, I have a much better idea. Almost three years ago my…
SV Luna Moth 