june 3 2007 : st. paul, minnesota, usa Check out the June issue of Latitude 38 for a funny article about our trip. We didn’t do any of the writing but they put together what we think is a pretty good story, even taking a few jabs at the armchair critics. … Read More
Cost for a Sail Around the World
What does it cost to sail around the world? Here is our answer. Quite possibly the only accurate accounting of a trip like this on the net. We estimate that there is less than $10 missing from this page. (figures in USD) 2003 35′ Wildcat Catamaran (used) 157,000 … Read More
April 2007
april 1 2007 : cap-haitien, haiti By the morning of day three in Haiti we were feeling much more at ease with the country. The people would crack a smile after we spoke to them, and it became clear that their brash ways were not really meant to be as … Read More
March 2007
march 3 2007 : rincon, puerto rico A couple days ago we hit the road and headed for the west coast, Rincon to be exact. The drive from Salinas to Rincon is less than inspiring. It’s a rather flat, dry area, and the roads don’t travel anywhere near the coast … Read More
February 2007
february 2 2007 : charlestown, nevis The passage to Nevis was just a quick overnighter. Our first since the Atlantic. We really prefer an overnight passage to an all day race in the heat of the sun. It was an easy downwind sail most of the night but in the … Read More
January 2007
january 1 2007 : grenada What does the New Year have in store for us? Since our arrival in Grenada that question has been posed to us a thousand times. The end of this sailing adventure is certainly near. And yet, Ali and I are still sort of winging it, … Read More
December 2006
december 2 2006 : atlantic ocean crossing It’s been somewhere around a week now and everything continues to go pretty well. We didn’t have any repeat showing from the crazy Frenchmen. Although two nights later we did see another sailboat about a mile or two in front of us who, … Read More
November 2006
november 2 2006 : lanzarote, canary islands The Canary Islands passage is over. Aside from our problems with the sails there really wasn’t anything to talk about. The engines worked fine as they throbbed away, one after the other, for the entire trip. There was barely any wind, making the … Read More
October 2006
october 1 2006 : costa de sol, spain Thankfully the weather cooperated and did what was predicted, which was to be very light and on the nose. We are now running a mile offshore along the southern coast of Spain. The view is beautiful, with layer after layer of mountain … Read More
September 2006
september 1 2006 : naples, italy We spent all of our second day in Palermo just walking the streets. We checked out a few of the sights around town, most of which were amazing churches or ornate fountains. Around pretty much every corner was something else interesting to look at. … Read More
August 2006
august 1 2006 : bodrum, turkey It’s been sort of a rough month for Ali and I. It seems that when things go wrong on the boat they just come in waves. Yesterday morning we took the dinghy into town. On the way in the outboard broke. It still drove, … Read More