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Spring 2008 |
Ventura to Vancouver |
I love bashing my way up the west coast of North
America. Harbour hopping with a constant eye on the weather
forcasts. |
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Winter 2008 |
Ensenada Mexico to Ventura California |
After picking up Mustang Sally from Dockwise a great
weather window invites us to press northward |
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Winter 2008 |
New Zealand to Mexico |
Dockwise transport carries Mustang Sally back to North
America |
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Winter 2006 |
Tonga to New Zealand |
1000 mile passage south to
New Zealand
to escape the tropical storm season. |
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Fall 2006 |
Nuie to Tonga |
The Kingdom of Tonga has three
main island groups. We sailed through them all. |
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Fall 2006 |
Cook Islands to Nuie |
Nuie is a lonely but
beautiful outpost in the south Pacific. Smallest country in the
world and clearest water in the world. |
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Fall 2006 |
French Polynesia to the Cook Islands |
We sailed from Bora Bora to the
Cook Islands, visiting the atolls
of
Aitutaki and
Palmerston |
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Summer 2006 |
French Polynesia |
Our passages through the
Marqueses, the
Tuamotu and the
Society islands took us to
some of the most beautiful places on the planet.. |
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Summer 2006 |
Galapagos to Polynesia |
3000 mile south Pacific passage to
Polynesia. 21 day crossing |
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Summer 2006 |
Ecuador to Galapagos |
Rolling over huge but slow Pacific swell, it is a quick
crossing to Darwin's inspiration. The
Galapagos Islands made a big mark on
us. |
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Spring 2006 |
Panama to Ecuator |
900 miles upwind and up current bash, across the
equator to
Bahia Caraques, Ecuador - all
to become leatherbacks and wash away the grimy polywog past. |
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Spring 2006 |
Central America Cruise |
Jumping over the
Tehauntepc to enjoy
Guatemala and
San Salvador. We zoomed our way through Nicaragua and the Papaguaos
winds to beautiful
Costa Rica. On to the Islands of
Panama and the canal. |
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Fall 2005 & Spring 2006 |
Mexican Cruise |
Mexico beautiful Mexico how we loved you so. The
Baja,
beautiful and remote. The
mainland so
exotic and lovable. |
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Summer 2005 |
White Rock to California. |
Shake down leg for our around the world trip. For
all the gory details click
here
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2004 |
Side Trip to Portugal |
We enjoy a 600 mile sail from Cais Cias (west Lisbon)
Portugal to the Pillars of Hercules (Gibraltar). Sailing on the
beautiful Moni Moni (a brand new Fountaine Pajot Lavezzi 40),
with Captain Dan Penner and owner Mary Ann Mustonen,
we enjoy the fruits of the Portuguese west coast and the Algarve |
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Sept. 2003 |
Juan de Fuca Romp |
After a long weekend of partying at
Garrison Bay on San Juan Island, we explored the entire north coast of
the Olympic Peninsula. |
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Summer 2002 |
Van
isle Circumnavigation |
A Trip to Alaska turns into a trip round
the island. A better voyage few get to enjoy. |
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June 2001 |
Puget Sound Puttering |
Admiralty Inlet and shadowing the boomers in the Hood
Canal. |
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May 2000 |
West Coast Bash |
We get ocean hardened on a tough 1000 mile beat from
San Diego, California to White Rock, British Columbia. More
details in
1000 Miles to Weather in a Reaching Machine. |
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Dec. 1999 through Jan. 2000 |
Tropical Delivery |
We hire Tony Elsdon to move Sally from
Houston, across the Gulf of Mexico, through the Panama
canal, and Northwest to San Diego. |
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Oct.1999 |
Down the Ditch |
Port Aransas to Huston Texas. |
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1996 |
Guadeloupe to Texas |
Shane Demmer of San Antonio purchased
the yacht and hired a crew to move her across the Caribbean and Gulf of
Mexico to Mustang Island. |
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1990 |
France to the Caribbean |
The boat was moved from the factory to Guadeloupe. Not
much is known about this trip. |
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