2014

Year of Living Vicariously: Delightful Blog of Family Sailing Across Pacific

April 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

… latest posting Invisible Monster Fish Author: Mark Date: Apr 24, 4am MST Location: 07 16.57S — 114 05.20W Conditions: 10-12kts @ 180T, 288 COG, 5.5kts SOG, 2.5m swell with 10s period “Yesterday was the best day yet. We are now flying the Parasailor spinnaker and made some [read more]

Clean Air Act & Cleaning Up Chesapeake Bay

April 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Local Fight to Save the Chesapeake Becomes a National Fight Over the Clean Water Act April 23, 2014 by John Light Read full article at: http://billmoyers.com/2014/04/23/the-local-fight-to-save-the-chesapeake-becomes-a-national-fight-over-the-clean-water-act/ Here is an excerpt: The fight to [read more]

Rest in Peace, Shipwrecked Sailor Author, Gabriel García Márquez

April 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

The recent death of Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez at age 87 brought to mind his excellent book about sailing and the sea called The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor The complete title was “The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor: Who Drifted on a Liferaft for Ten Days Without Food or [read more]

Possible Itineraries with ideal times, miles and length of sail days

April 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

Starting Waypoint Departure Date Sailing – Overnights (0 = day sail) Ending Waypoint Miles Sailed Arrival Date Days in Destination Waypoint Ideal Time Turkey, Greece, Croatian Coast and all things Mediterreanean April-October May to October Cruising Turkey April 0 Cruising Turkey 162 April [read more]

Privilege 515 or Series 5

March 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

This is a video of a transatlantic voyage on one of the first Privilege 515’s to launch. Looks like a good [read more]

Panama Canal Passage: s/v Field Trip: Pathway to the Pacific

March 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

Do you wonder what it would be like to go through the Panama Canal on a 45′ sailing catamaran? Here is an excellent description from the Silverstein family, aboard s/v Field Trip: s/v Field Trip: Pathway to the [read more]

Other People’s Boats

March 22, 2014 // 1 Comment

It’s been said that the best boat is the one that is paid for. So, while neither of these would be the best boats…at least for us, it’s hard not to have a little boat envy admiring their beauty. I was recently at the TED conference in Vancouver and was introduced to two gentlemen [read more]

Outremer 5X

March 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

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Miami Sunset Sail on Bella Luna, an Antares 44i,

March 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

A highlight of our Miami Strictly Sail experience was a sunset sail on Gord and Debbie’s Antares 44i, Bella Luna. Although their boat is two years old, she is in pristine shape because they have taken care of her so well. We joined Rob, Jeff, Salwa, Debbie and another Antares owner or [read more]

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