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
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
April 2006
april 2 2006 : asmara, eritrea, africa Yesterday morning we caught a bus to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, about four hours away. The bus was a small Japanese minibus converted to seat about twenty-five people, a couple of babies, dozens of boxes of salt, possibly some livestock, and whatever … Read More
February 2006
february 1 2006 : kandy, sri lanka Today we were finally off for the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage. It was an hour and fifteen minute train ride back the way we came the day before and once again the train left at the crack of dawn. We found our way to … Read More
January 2006
january 3 2006 : phuket, thailand 2006! A big year for us. We’ve got a lot of sailing to do in our last full year on the boat. Hopefully at some point boat repair costs will start to decline, while our sailing will continue to go well. The other day … Read More
October 2005
october 1 2005 : darwin, northern territory, australia The last couple of days have once again been spent around the boat getting the last of our boat list done. We are actually very close now. There is even a slight possibility that we won’t have anything to do in Bali. … Read More