The first email arrived on the morning of February 12. Imagine me, happily unaware, opening Gmail to find this: “Well, things have been better. Last
The Tehuantapec is known for high seas and big winds, but if one waits for a weather window, it can look like this: Or this:
The latest from on board Sea Venture, sent by radio: “We’re finally in Guatemalan waters, cruising about 30 miles offshore. Crossed over around 4:30
We’d heard only that Huatulco was a good place to wait for a weather window before crossing the Tehuantapec, a bay known for terrible wind
A number of cruisers suggested that the occasional sea turtle would appear en route south. Instead, hundreds greeted Sea Venture’s crew. Thursday night they made
It seems that Sea Venture’s crew encountered fog, fog, and more fog as they left Marina Mazatlan on Saturday, which meant good practice for the
I just added a page about moons from a short article I wrote in 2007. We’re years past then and certainly miles from Richmond, CA,
Well, we’re back on board Sea Venture and so very, very glad to be here! The frenzied pace is now our own, determined by the
A friend just sent this of us sailing my little dinghy in PE this spring. Isn’t my mama the cutest 82 year old you’ve ever
We turned on the computer after the wind woke us. We’d been watching this NASA site since early evening. Here’s what the satellites showed as