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
May 2006
may 1 2006 : cairo, egypt, africa This morning we visited the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities which was just a short walk away. This place houses over 136,000 exhibits and is really a pretty amazing place. There are so many artifacts that it has basically become impossible for the museum to … 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
March 2006
march 2 2006 : en route to oman Only 300 miles to go to Oman. There really has been nothing of note on this passage. We finally caught one small mahi mahi, but somehow managed to lose two more. About three days ago the winds finally shifted and we had … 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