From the shores of southern Turkey on the same docks where we bought Tamarisk three years ago, and with no miles remaining in our voyaging plans, there’s no longer any denying that our around the world sailing dream has officially … Continue reading
In around 500 BC the Greek philosopher Pythagoras suggested for the first time the idea of a spherical Earth. He lived on the Greek island of Samos less than 100 miles north of our current position in Rhodes. It was … Continue reading
In a way, using either of the world’s main artificial shipping canals (Panama and Suez) in a sailing circumnavigation is a form of cheating… the natural world was not formed (or designed?) in this way. The existence of these canals … Continue reading
If you’re at all like us, you were brought up thinking about the concept of a country as a pretty straight forward thing. A country has its own territory and borders, a government, an official flag, its own set of … Continue reading
Since leaving Thailand in early December we’ve felt immersed in utter chaos nearly every minute of every day. Partially that’s because of decisions we’ve made along the way and the unique situations we’ve created for ourselves, for which we accept … Continue reading
Hi Mom and Pop, Sending you warm thoughts today and wishing you a VERY happy wedding anniversary… celebrating the most important day of your lives, and a day we owe the existence of our own lives to!! So cheers to … Continue reading
A line in a famous college graduation speech by Bazz Luhrman goes like this: Don’t worry about the things that scare you. The real troubles in your life are apt to be ones that never crossed your worried mind… the … Continue reading
What a shame it is that the theme of our final ocean crossing is the issue of piracy. It’s an issue that few people understand, so a few words on its history are in order. Since the Somali government collapsed … Continue reading
If you were to make a list of the most peculiar and interesting places on the planet, the Maldives would surely be very near the top. It’s a volcanic island archipelago sitting in the middle of the Indian Ocean with … Continue reading
As we concluded our last update we mentioned we were hoping to make it all the way to Maldives unless a fuel shortage forced us into Sri Lanka. As it turned out fuel wasn’t a major issue, but a communications … Continue reading
It was the early explorers from Spain, Portugal, Holland, France, and Britain who first ventured across the world’s great oceans to discover what was beyond the visible horizon. Before that time, the European belief was that the world was flat, … Continue reading
Our time in the country known both as Myanmar and Burma has been short and we have not made it far outside of its capital city of Yangon. We flew from Veintiane, Loas.. via Bankok.. to Yangon because foreigners must … Continue reading