The Crew's All Here!

2013 is a happy year for the Bells. In addition to Westward sailing Transpac and all the excitement that brings, we have two weddings and two babies to celebrate. The year of celebration started at San Diego Yacht Club on June 29, 2013 when we celebrated the wedding of Daniel Bell and Trisha McCanna.

This was also the day Westward's Transpac crew was reunited for the first time since the shakedown sail.

Westward's home port is San Pedro, but the crew is international. Sam, Willie, and Graham all live locally. The rest of the crew has wandered a little farther from home. Jon lives in Santa Barbara, Alli in Washington, D.C., and Mara in Japan. The local guys were all very relieved when the out of towners showed up to take on their share of the boat work.

The week prior to departure was a busy one. There were about a million little boat projects, sail testing, provisioning, and send off parties. 

Westward has a sailing crew of six and a support crew of dozens.

Mara, Alli, and Lauren at the grocery store.

There might only be six people sailing Westward to Hawaii, but the actual crew of the boat numbers well above 20.