SIGHTINGS back from so pac — continued
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cally collecting samples of floating garbage via trolls dragged behind them. As we reported at the time, the goal was to map Eastern Pacific pollution for the ambitious parent project, The Ocean Cleanup, which aims to rid the Patch of at least half of its ubiquitous debris — particularly plastics — in the next decade or so. Carinthia's crossing to San Francisco over the top of a big high-pressure system took 21 days. "Deploying the trolls wasn't easy," recalls Dietmar. "But for me it was an honor to be a part of it." Although they're now back home on the West Coast, Dietmar and Suzanne definitely have not given up cruising. In fact, they're already making vague plans to head south again, but this time they'll hang a left at Panama and check out the Caribbean. In the meantime, Dietmar is working on version two of his crowd-sourced worldwide anchorage app called Good Anchorage. (Learn more about it at www.goodanchorage.com www.goodanchorage.com). His contrarian route won't appeal to every SoPac cruiser, but it's nice to know that this option is doable. — andy
Andy Turpin, who will talk about the cruising rallies founded by the magazine: the Baja Ha-Ha, Pacific Puddle Jump, SoCal Ta-Ta and Delta Doo Dah. For complete details, check out the official page for the festivities at EYC, www.summersailstice.com/sf, and view www.summersailstice.com/sf SailSFBay.org's entire collection at www. summersailstice.com/Sailsfbay2016. Speaking of the Delta Doo Dah, sailors in that rally will observe Summer Sailstice with a BBQ at Owl Harbor on Saturday and a run up the San Joaquin River to Little Venice Island for an 8-Ball Tournament on Sunday.
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"You used to be able to sail up the Seine River," reports Allem Nefra, an architect who lives in the Caribbean. "About 30 years ago, a friend and I took his dad's 23-ft Challenger and started up the Seine from the Atlantic port of Ouistreham. We stopped at Honfleur for a night after a few hours of rough wind on the nose, having had to tack between the last buoys of World War II wrecks and the first buoys of the shipping channel of Le Havre and the river Seine. It was a low and sandy coast of Basse Normandie, a bit to the east of the World War II landing site to the west of Ouistreham. "The second day we had some good wind and even set the spinnaker on the Seine for a few moments. We took it down after it got too hairy, what with all the turns in the river and the commercial traffic. We stayed for the night at Les Andelys, if I remember correctly. The first part of this river trip was more or less under the Viking or feudal spell, as there were ruins from lost castles and battle sites everywhere. "During the night we were hit by a huge wave, which was either caused by a big bulker speeding up the river or a tidal wave known as the mascaret. We had taken a buoy and were nearly thrown out of our bunks. We opened the hatch to look out on the cold — it was winter and freezing — and completely black night. Since there weren't any more disturbances, we went back to sleep. Up the Seine you'll discover idyllic "There wasn't much wind the next day, scenes like this. No wonder Impres- so we motored up to Gaillon, where I sionist painters loved the area. think there was a lock, and then on to Vernon. I don't remember where we took the mast down, maybe in Gaillon, as we were no longer sailing and we were getting closer to a low bridge. The bridges up to the big city of Rouen were high enough. "Getting fuel wasn't ever easy, but as we'd been studying at Rouen the previous year, we knew where to hike up the hill to the gas station. "This last leg wasn't interesting for sailing, but much more for the area being home to Monet and being the nexus of all the tremendously influential Impressionist painters. Most of their paintings
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