Feb 27, 2025
16 June 2002 – 10° 30S / 128° 32W Land Ho! Marquesas Rebecca spots land, 19-days out of the Galapagos [An excerpt from Carl’s Log] We spotted Fatu Hiva, Marquesas at 0930 local time. Islands first appear as an indistinct gra.. Read More
Feb 13, 2025
6 June 06 22S / 111 51W. We’re more or less halfway there and all is well on-board. Stories to follow if I can pry Rebecca’s computer away from here during daylight hours. Don’t know if I reported mine has a keyboard problem a.. Read More
Feb 06, 2025
29 May – Underway to the Marquesas 02 22S / 092 37 W A large swell started curving into the anchorage off the tiny town of Puerto Villamil, Galapagos. The small anchorage, inside the broken rim of a small volcano top, was fairly crowded. .. Read More
Feb 13, 2024
An article by Carl and Eric… When you start planning to go cruising you seek advice from professionals, friends, newsletters, articles and any other resource you can find. You gather all of the information then you distill it into a plan, find.. Read More
Jan 14, 2021
15 March 2002 13°07N / 071°46W Headed towards the Panama Canal. This is an area of unusually high winds and seas so we’ve been waiting for a decent weather window for days hoping to have an easy trip. Twelve hours into the trip w.. Read More
Oct 05, 2020
I’m often asked what cruising sailors do when they are not sailing. Carl once replied to that question by saying his job during those times was “boat maintenance in exotic ports.” During their stays in the “c.. Read More
Sep 28, 2020
We spent another day running around trying to get ourselves organized. The big event was a visit to a riding school to sign Rebecca up for a weekly horse riding lesson. Like most girls her age she is absolutely nuts about horses. Horse riding is popu.. Read More
Sep 21, 2020
A note from Karen: Today’s science project was to go out in the dinghy and observe a small pod of killer whales, also known as Orcas, that came to play in the lagoon. When we got too close, Rebecca reassured the nervous adults that killer whale.. Read More
Sep 14, 2020
For the most part, Great Barrier Island belongs to the “Crown” – that’s “public property” in Texas. The Great Barrier Island lies about 40 nautical miles east of Auckland – the City of Sails. It&r.. Read More
Sep 07, 2020
36º12S / 175º20E Early yesterday afternoon, at low tide, Rebecca and I went exploring. We zipped around the bay in the dinghy, waded on the mud flats digging bivalves out of their holes, and followed a freshwater creek through the woo.. Read More
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