Long time no blog!When last we posted, we were readying to travel from the Czech Republic to Portugal, where we planned to spend 5 weeks before returning to the States in mid-September.We departed Prague sadly. I know many of you are envious of the len…
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Five….
Last minute details are being handled, lists are being completed, tasks crossed off. We’re on target to slip dock lines on Black Friday. Propane tanks are topped off, all those maintenance chores are complete, logs are up to date, electronic chart up…
Countdown!!
OK, so this has not been much of a cruising blog since May. Not what we planned, in fact nothing this summer had much to do with planning, and after the first three weeks of May slid by, we just gave up on planning and determined that we’d simply go …
Maerin appears in Passagemaker Magazine!
In December of 2009 we were contacted by Bill Jacobs asking for information about our blog and how we created and maintain it. Over the course of the ensuing months, we communicated periodically with Bill, then with the Passagemaker staff earlier this …
On the “Road” again!!
It’s been awhile since our last post- longer than anyone could have anticipated at the time, but we now have a great land base in Lexington and we’re back into the cruising’ life on Sojourner! We started our southward meanderings from Camachee Island in St. Augustine, FL with our ultimate destination for the season being […]
Heading South into South Carolina
Here it is almost Halloween and almost a month since we lastadded a posting to our blog. To behonest, we haven’t moved much further south despite our best attempts. After leaving the Pamlico River and headinginto Pamlico Sound we continue…
Nuka Hiva to San Diego
Sunday, October 23, 2011The day started out sunny and warm, with a strong breeze from the east, which generated a beam swell that rattled the ship occasionally. Today is a traditional Rijstaffell lunch in the Pinnacle Dining Room for those of us …
Papeete to Nuka Hiva
It is about 780 nautical miles from Papeete to Nuka Hiva, or somewhat further than Seattle to Ketchikan. About halfway to Nuka Hiva we passed by several atolls in the Tuomotos, including Takaroa atoll which has the remains of an old square rigger…
A New Boat!!
Big News! We have traded our coastal-cruising Krogen Express 53, for an ocean-crossing 2007 Nordhavn 55 motor yacht!! A huge change for us, and for our cruising plans – instead of shipping Aries Too to the Med, we will head South then West. (Con…
Moorea to Papeete
We actually arrived in Papeete by 2000 and we were able to leave the ship as soon as dinner was over. The bars and clubs close to the ship were packed, but we found a table and shared some Tahitian beer with some of our cruising mates. We g…
