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Ugly Weather Moves Us On

Today has been…well…just one of those days. First we had to move our boat to a less rough spot for the night which still left us rocking and rolling throughout. Namena Island is a small dot in the middle of an ocean level reef, so when the wind get…

Be Amazed!

These are the words that suddenly pop into my mind as I am 50 feet below the water's surface staring up at a column of rock that is over-adorned with every conceivable hard and soft coral, with a million (yes, I mean a million)fishes in the most da…

Be Amazed!

These are the words that suddenly pop into my mind as I am 50 feet below the water's surface staring up at a column of rock that is over-adorned with every conceivable hard and soft coral, with a million (yes, I mean a million)fishes in the most da…

The Book Contest Winner is…

Congratulations to Rich Herron for winning a copy of the book through the From Left to Write Book Club Contest!

Into the wind

At this moment we are at about 30,000 feet on our way to Fort Lauderdale, hoping to get on a little plane tomorrow that will take us to the Exumas and Compass. The weather seems to be deteriorating, but who knows. That’s what I thought last year when I…

Efate Island and some sick time

From Tanna, we had a little rough water on our short passage to Port Vila but we snuggled deep inside Paray bay where we got a mooring and enjoyed the calm conditions. The next morning we dealt with the customs folks without problems and got our passp…

The surprise was on me

My husband surprised me with a wonderful birthday party at The Yacht Club this past weekend. It was so nice to see everyone! I was very overwhelmed! Thank you!!! Amy thank you so much for everything… You are one of a kind. If we hadn’t been gone for …

50th Birthday Party

EVIA ISLAND, THE GULF OF VOLOS AND SMOKE IN THE ENGINE ROOM

Photos will be added to this posting when we have better connectivity.
The island of Evia at about 90NM long and 10NM wide is Greece’s second largest island after Crete. Unlike Crete it’s very close to the mainland coast, being mostly about 5NM awa…

Taiwan and the New Boat

Captain’s Log July 18 to July 28, 2011
Visit to Ta Shing Shipyard and Taiwan
July 18: We left Detroit Metro Airport around 17:30 on a flight to San Francisco where we had planned a 24 hour layover on our way to Taiwan.  We wanted to spend time …