From Seattle, Washington to Sydney, Australia . September 22, 2023 – November 20, 2023 More countries off the list! Note that we missed 2 of the 3 stops in Fiji (Lautoka and Dravuni Island) due to Tropical Cyclone Mal.
It has always been a dream/bucket list item to visit the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and on October 29th, 2023 we were able to realize that dream. To begin our journey, we boarded the QuickSilver Wave Piercer fast catamaran in Port Douglas, Australia for a 90 minute trek offshore…
Sue and I were cleaning out an old storage bin in the backyard today and uncovered our original West Marine inflatable life jackets. We procured these manually inflated vest to use on our 1st sailboat, a Hunter 26′ water ballasted trailer-able called Snoozie, that we purchased new in 1995 just…
Taking advantage of this perfect June day to paddle around the delta home. Video made from camera stills set at 30 second intervals. Click to play.
It’s been a long travel day and there is still a long way to go. We landed in Doha, Qatar after a 14.5 hour flight from SFO. We spent 3 hours navigating the massive Hamid International Airport along with a quick visit to the business lounge for snacks and refreshment…
It’s Easter Sunday in the US and after many months of planning, itinerary changes, and travel visa applications, we are finally off on our 52 day trek. The car service picked us up at the appointed hour and whisked us off to the airport. For the 1st leg of this…
Taking advantage of this wonderful February Spring-like Sunday to enjoy some time on Narnia. Tide is a little too low to head out sailing.
As folks know, we generally tend to plan our longer duration bucket list travels well in advance, and this trip is no exception. We have been in the planning stages for well over a year and yesterday we reached another milestone. We have finalized our high level itinerary, ticketed all…
Another beautiful warm October day for a paddle around the delta. Was visited by 6 river otters. Camera set on 45 second time-lapse. Enjoy. Click below to watch video:
Since it’s been awhile since I’ve done a Kayak post, I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous Fall day and make a short time lapse video of today’s 3 mile paddle around the delta (while Sue was working). The camera shy wildlife was out in abundance. Kayak mounted camera…
Today we have the 4th installment that covers exploring the island of Nuku Hiva, Marquises, and S/V Dreamers onward passage to the Fakarava Atoll with only David and Chris onboard (Dan flew from Nuku Hiva to Papeete, Tahiti to reunite with Sue) You can find the 1st Video Here, the 2nd…
Chris Huang took video during our voyage from Panama to French Polynesia in March/April of 2022. Today we have the 3rd installment that covers the last couple weeks of the ocean crossing and the arrival at the island of Nuku Hiva, Marquises. You can find the 1st Video Here, the…
The temperature outside our based land home was hovering above 112 degrees over the last weekend, a bit too hot for outdoor activities, so we passed the time surfing our favorite travel sites. Oh, the danger of Labor Day Travel Sales! As some may remember, we had to cancel the…
Today we set off to explore just a small portion of old town Lisbon. Our first stop was the Belem Tower (or Tower of St. Vincent). This historic 16th century fortification was the official ceremonial gateway of Lisbon. The surrounding park and waterfront was alive with mobile port wine vendors…
August 15, 2022; Lisbon, Portugal: With an 8 hour time difference from home, we were a bit jet lagged on our first full day in Portugal. We had booked an all day small group tour to Sintra and the surrounding areas so we pulled ourselves out of bed @5:30 AM,…
My long time friends Frank and Paul both retired this year from the company where we had spent most of our adult lives. We became friends back in the 90’s when we worked together “Transforming the World of Healthcare” with such “bleeding edge technological innovations” as Desktop Computers, Networks, Email,…
It’s been a hectic couple of months. We hauled Narnia for what was expected to be a 1 week stay in the boatyard, but of course it turned into 15 days. We didn’t really have any unexpected issues, it is just that everything takes more effort, time and $ then…
Narnia’s refit began way back in October 2021(See here and here) when, after attending the Boat Show in Annapolis, Maryland, we decided to replace most of the circa 2005 electronics/navigation gear. We made good progress in November (see here) removing/replacing the Nav Pods, Chart Plotter, Wind and Depth Gauges while…
About a month before Dan left for his South Pacific Ocean crossing, we pulled the Avon inflatable runabout off the dock behind our home and put it in the garage The fiberglass hull portion of the boat had developed a fairly steady leak that required us to run the bilge…
From March 15 – April 20, 2022, Dan crewed aboard S/V Dreamer. Along with the boat’s owner, David and his son Chris, Dan sailed 4000 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean from Panama City, Panama to Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia. The posts and position information for this trip are located…
