{"id":29111,"date":"2015-06-28T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T14:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2015\/06\/aventuras-new-attempt-northwest-passage-2\/"},"modified":"2015-06-30T17:01:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T17:01:04","slug":"aventuras-new-attempt-northwest-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2015\/06\/aventuras-new-attempt-northwest-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Aventura\u2019s new attempt at the Northwest Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Early this Saturday morning Aventura<\/em><\/a> left Victoria, British Columbia,\u00a0 bound for Dutch Harbor …. and the Northwest Passage. She had spent\u00a0 the last month in Seattle, in the care of Swiftsure Yachts<\/em>, the US\u00a0 agents for Garcia Yachts<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Aerial view of Nautical Landing Marina, Seattle<\/p><\/div>\n

As part of the preparations for the transit of the Northwest Passage, we\u00a0 acquired a drone that will allow us to look ahead at the ice situation\u00a0 and also take photos of the boat. The evening before our departure\u00a0 Dunbar sent up Amy (after Amelia Earhart) to take a photo of the marina.<\/p>\n

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Nude biking on Midsummer Day<\/p><\/div>\n

The end of our stay in Seattle coincided with summer solstice. This\u00a0 seems to be an important local festival especially in Fremont, the\u00a0 oldest part of Seattle.<\/p>\n

The spirit of the 1960s seems to be alive and well here and nature\u00a0 lovers had a great time cycling up and down Main Street wearing only\u00a0 hats and sunglasses.<\/p>\n

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Dawn<\/p><\/div>\n

We left Seattle before dawn to go through three opening bridges before\u00a0 the morning rush hour. As we left Seattle sealock and entered Puget\u00a0 Sound, I looked back and there was the amazing sight of Mount Rainier\u00a0 bathed in soft pastel colours by the rising sun.<\/p>\n

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Sam and Aventura<\/p><\/div>\n

Our next stop was Victoria, in British Columbia. As we pulled to our\u00a0 slip in the marina, I noticed right next to us an older Garcia of about\u00a0 the same size as Aventura<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Jimmy with Peter Molnar<\/p><\/div>\n

I was almost blown off my feet when the captain called across and\u00a0 greeted me in Hungarian! Although born in the US, Peter Molnar\u2019s parents\u00a0 are originally from Hungary from where they escaped during the Hungarian\u00a0 Revolution of 1956. Besides sailing, Peter\u2019s other passion is wine, and\u00a0 he is the owner of the renowned Poseidon winery in Napa Valley. We\u00a0 toasted to our common Magyar genes with a glass of his excellent Pinot Noir.<\/p>\n

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Greater Victoria Harbour marina<\/p><\/div>\n

The perfect location of the marina in the centre of town in front of the\u00a0 old parliament building gave us a grandstand view of this attractive and\u00a0 lively town.<\/p>\n

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Jazz band<\/p><\/div>\n

The annual jazz festival was held wile we were there, with many artists\u00a0 performing in the street, as was this young trio. The weather was warm\u00a0 and sunny, contributing to the pleasant atmosphere.<\/p>\n

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Hanging flower baskets<\/p><\/div>\n

As we set off on the long passage to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands\u00a0 I leave you with this image of these colourful hanging flower baskets, the\u00a0 hallmark of Victoria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Early this Saturday morning Aventura<\/a> left Victoria, British Columbia, bound for Dutch Harbor …. and the Northwest Passage. She had spent the last month in Seattle, in the care of Swiftsure Yachts, the US …<\/p>\n

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