About us
We grew up in California, went to public schools receiving four year degrees from UC Berkeley, got married, worked for 20 years child free, are now retired and sailing around the world.
Sailing Interlude
The Adventures of Kurt & Katie Braun while sailing the world aboard the yacht Interlude
Sailing Interlude
The Adventures of Kurt & Katie Braun while sailing the world aboard the yacht Interlude
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Alameda Interlude
Ventura to Alameda was 34 hours dock to dock. We sailed a few hours yesterday but motored the rest of the trip to make it in during daylight. Good traveling weather with a light SW breeze. The Alameda…
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Underway Again
After 16 days in Ventura we are now underway again. The gale to storm force winds blowing down the California coast for the past two weeks have stopped and we hope to have a calm 36 hr motorboat…
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Del Rey Ventura
We had a very nice time in Marina Del Rey and would like to thank Errol ‘Deerfoot II’, Jeff and Gayle ‘Lazybones’ and Fielding and Nancy ‘Regatta’ for showing us around and making us feel welcome. We had…
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Easter Interlude
We are now in Marina del Rey where Interlude’s sistership Deerfoot II is berthed. On the way in Friday we were greeted by ‘Beowulf’ another Dashew design and had her crew over for drinks. Yesterday we visited some…
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Southland Sailing
We are finally back in the US of A after leaving Newport RI in September of 2012. After clearing customs at the SD Police Dock (had to give up some made in USA chicken in original packaging) we…
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Ensenada Escape
Ensenada has been a surprisingly fun stop. Our friends Jan and Ramona took us wine tasting in the Guadalupe Valley where we toured the oldest (Santo Tomas) and biggest (L.A. Cetto) wineries and had a great meal at…
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Corralled in Coral
We are now moored at the end of B Dock in Marina Coral, Ensenada (31d51.80N, 116d39.66W, 12 ft). They were serving a big Sunday buffet brunch at the Hotel Coral so instead of fueling the boat we fueled…
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Baja Bash Day 4
We did not stop at Turtle Bay yesterday afternoon and made it to the Northern tip of Cedros Island at sunset in calm conditions. Then coming out of its lee we hit 20 kn of cape effect wind…
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Baja Bash Day 3
We had the mainsail up yesterday to boost our motoring speed by about a knot. The wind picked up briefly to 10 kn but the trip remains a mostly calm motorboat ride. We made use of the electric…
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Baja Bash Day 2
Our nice sailing conditions across the Gulf of California continued almost all the way to Cabo San Lucas where we ran out of wind. That is a good thing going around this cape which can have quite boisterous…
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