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Welcome to New Adventures Sailing

Take a break from the "real world" and enjoy a daysail or a weekend getaway. We offer daysails 4-5 hours most days during the summer. Or plan a longer adventure into the San Juan Islands. Stimulus Detox on a fast, safe and comfortable sailing yacht. You'll have the opportunity to help crew, raise the sails, crank a winch and steer to the wind. 
Check out our options below or call for custom experience. 


New Adventures since 1623

4 Hour Daysail - (per person)

$130.00

Experience a sunset sail in Sequim Bay, out to Dungeness Spit Lighthouse or out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Depending on conditions, you may have an opportunity to be on the helm. 4 hours of sailing with select food & beverages complimentary. $130 per person, $600 for group of 5 persons, 6 maximum. Must be scheduled in advance. Weather may postpone or cancel sailings.

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Weekend in the San Juans - Per couple (2 couple max)

$2,350.00

Embark Friday afternoon, sail across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the San Juan Islands. Anchor in a quiet bay and enjoy nice meal. In the morning, we weigh anchor and go to discover so many of the options available in the islands. We could do a stop in Friday harbor, walk the town, grab lunch at a local brewery or over-water restaurant. Then sail up to Roche Harbor or Garrison Bay, grab some ice cream or local fresh seafood. Then on Sunday, work our way back to John Wayne Marina to disembark.

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Stimulus Detox Experience

$1,150.00

Are you tired of running from one thing to the next? Do you feel like your life is on rails? What quality of decisions would you make if you could just stop long enough to think? 


Maybe you need a stimulus detox. 


New Adventures Sailing offers an exclusive 4-7 day detox experience.


Start with a ferry ride, we’ll pick you up and take you for a home cooked meal, a 1 hour massage with a nationally certified massage therapist. Then you arrive at the sailing yacht Redemption where you will spend the night aboard in your private cabin. We'll leave for a nearby anchorage for a good night sleep. No technology, we’ll gladly hold your phones or place them in airplane mode. They make good cameras. No social media, news or other external stimulus. We may offer Mocktails or tea for a relaxing evening. 


We depart in the morning for the San Juan Islands 25-35 miles across the Strait of Juan de Fuca and arrive a peaceful anchorage on San Juan or Shaw Island.


Since this is a detox, we encourage walks in the woods, paddle boarding or maybe a cold-plunge in the 55 degree Salish Sea. Then warm up and read a book, or just chat about life. 


We can arrange whale watching excursions baed in Friday or Roche Harbors via kayak or tour boat. 


Sample locally sourced seafood, coffee, ice cream and stroll through small towns along the waterfront. 


Maybe even take a nap in a hammock slowly rocking at anchor. 


This will be a sober experience, no alcohol needed. We encourage journaling and time to take inventory of your life and opportunities. 

Ready to reset? Sail on Redemption.


Add to cart qty = the number of days you want, 4 day minimum.

Price per cabin per day, one couple max for privacy.

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Reflections

27/9/2016

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Reflections at 20 days
Lynette:


My biggest challenge is getting things done! It seems everything takes so long to do. For me, having the cabins, galley and head orderly are really important. I wonder if it's because at home you can leave things until later and it really takes the same amount of time to do but because I’m doing it as I go, steps seem to take longer? Dishes have to be done after every use or it takes longer to get the next galley operation done. I will be glad to have a dish drainer again. That is on the purchase list. 

My wardrobe is being redefined and I’m figuring out what needs I actually have and what needs to be out and off the boat. It’s a 4 seasons thing. In this 20 days we’ve encountered temperatures from 42 to 96 degrees! I definitely need a light to medium weight wind breaker type, the sweatshirts I have aren’t pulling their weight. I am also less concerned about my hair, it’s always been brushed but it’s always out of order! I wear ball caps and my bangs get all kinked and then when I wear the beanie or stocking cap my hair is simply crazy! When we get to port or we leave the boat, I do what I can and the rest I don’t worry about. I go without eye make-up most of the time now.

I’ve been pretty tired. Now that we are in a slip again here in Santa Barbara, I slept deeply and soundly. At anchor I found it hard to just let down and sleep because different sounds would wake me up. My mind racing with: Are we dragging? Are we in the same place? Are we getting too close to another boat? What’s that sound? Is there a seal on the boat? I also sleep pretty well on our overnights. I’m sure once we get really great at anchoring I won’t have so much trouble sleeping. All the places we have moored or anchored have had wind and strong currents, issues that can cause an anchor to pop free if not completed well in the set. I’m also in a steep learning curve, it seems there are things every day that are still very new or the first time I’m doing it. These items use lots of brain juice and take time to settle into memory which requires sleep. This feels a little like boot camp, but different.

Since I have been tired, there’s been a general lack of motivation. We have no shortage of things to do or fix or to try out. Having the strength of an achiever, I’ve had to dial back what achievement looks like. For instance, today I’m going to clean the head and that’s enough. I can always find a cleaning chore, but I need to make time for reading up on using our wind steering vane, learning knots and practicing, planning with Tim our next leg of our travels. When I sit down at that end of the day and list off all the “things” I accomplished, the list is always long. I’ve learned now to list every little thing, because that’s what I’m doing right now.

Physically, I’m sore all the time. I feel much better when I take the branched chained amino acids (body builders use these for muscle building). My knee is a challenge, it’s all muscle imbalance and I have to do self care to get those loosened up so my knee moves freely. Tiger Balm is my friend these day. I am getting much stronger! That’s good! I have to remind myself to eat! Tim is really good at not eating, so part of my support role is to help remind him it's best to eat now. When he looks at his watch, he will agree. I’m thinning out and my clothes are beginning to be loose. I feel like I’m eating more, but I’m not 100% on this thought.​

The challenge of getting around and finding things in town at our stops has been filled with many feelings. Frustration at not being able to just get into a car and drive myself to all the places. Feeling that Ubering or Lyfting was more expensive than I’d like, and then feeling limited by how far I wanted to walk and the lack or selection at the places close by. Also the pricing close in is expensive! I’ve resorted to calling to see if the things we need are available at the store before heading out. Laundry facilities have been scarce and I’m glad to have them now in Santa Barbara.

Tim:
The following has to be taken in the big parenthesis of (we're sailing down the coast of California on our own sailboat, so any whining should be ignored or discounted.) 
I really love sailing, so the 20 hour motorsail we just did was OK, but I much prefer to have enough wind to really bomb down the coast. For the sake of comfort and risk management we are avoiding the biggest winds. We are looking at the weather, the isobars and NOAA data to see what we can handle. I don't need to have sea stories about how we managed in a 35 knot gale to survive another day. Lynette does not need to have a traumatic experience either. So we are taking the conservative approach at delivering our boat to San Diego. 

Sleep is nice, get it while you can. Generally I'm lacking in that area. I feel a sense of responsibility to keep things solid and safe at my own expense — which in the long run is bad for safety. Lynette is doing a great job at keeping the fuel in my body, food is important, I've heard. I am enjoying watching Lynette get more confident, make her own discoveries and generally becoming a capable sailor in her own right. 

There is a saying about cruising, "Cruising is doing boat maintenance in exotic locations." In a way, that is what we're doing. From changing anchors, running out the 200' of chain onto a dock and checking, measuring and returning it to the boat looks like a crossfit drill. To adding new gear, caulking, epoxiying leaks, troubleshooting all the electronics, care and feeding the engine, rigging up a better reefing system etc.

For those who struggle with ADD, I can really understand that. Just moving on deck from bow to stern (front to back) the internal conversation goes like this: Objective, to make sure the anchor is secure so it does not fly off the boat in a heavy sea. Go to the bow, on the way, see a line that is wrapped around the dorade vent, fix that, moving forward, oh! look at the sea lion in the marina eating a huge fish. What was I doing? I need to get that hatch opened for some ventilation, where is that bungie I used for that? down in the aft cockpit locker, pull that out as it grabs everything in the locker in its hook, letting go at the last second to snap me in the knuckles, which are already scabbed over from other similar events. I see the flag is wrapped up, so because I love my country I free the star tangled banner. Onward, back to get the hatch opened. Gosh why can't I finish a single thing? Oh, wait, the anchor! Go to the bow and come up with a good way to secure it, realizing that the line I need is in the same locker I was just in. Head back to the cockpit and cram my toes into the cleat on deck because I was looking at the pretty bird flying by. %$&*@ that hurts! Line in hand, heading back up to tied down the anchor. Good, done. I wonder, if there is a piece of gear I can get to make that anchor really solid on the bow. No need to replay the Morro Bay anchor hanging incident. I'll get on the net and look for something. 
Bottom line, it is REALLY hard to get one thing done on a boat. Everything is shouting for attention, there are so many things clamoring for improvement, fixing or tying down.
My hands are really sore, the pulling, smashing, crushing and general abuse they take is astounding. 

I spend a lot of time using navigation tools, weather resources and other geeky things to ensure we are not going to blunder into a storm or a gale. It has paid off so far, by spending 4 extra days in Alameda, 3 in Santa Cruz, then 3 in Monterey and 4 in Morro Bay add up to a slow trek down the about 400 miles to San Diego. Being an achiever you have to realize that most goals are arbitrary and pushing to hit those marks can be very costly. We've got a question we ask that seems to work for most things, "why not?" Why not stay, why not go? It's helped Lynette and I get on the same page for routes and timing. It's all part of the adventure. 
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Jim Quinn link
28/9/2016 18:07:32

This is so good. Your blog let's us know your every success and struggle you face, and how it effects the journey. We feel like we're with you. Proud to call you "friends".
(can't wait for the next blog!!)

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Sharon Sumstad
29/9/2016 20:54:41

Good to hear from you two. Sounds like you never have a dull moment and are very busy. But, also times of wonder.
God bless you as you sail.

Love you both,

Aunt Sharon

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    Tim & Lynette Jenné have their feet firmly planted in midair. We don't know what tomorrow brings, but are very excited to see what surprises come our way. ​Tim's favorite leadership quote:
    "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    ​Captain John Jenne (1596 - 1643), son of Henry Jenne and Mary Smythe, was born 21 December 1596 at Lakenham Parish, Norfolk, England; He married Sarah Carey. They emigrated to the Colonies from Leyden in 1623 aboard the Little James, accompanied by the ship Anne. Their daughter Sarah was born 23 July 1623, at sea.
    — New Adventures since 1623

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