FROM THE HELM OF A 30 METER SAILING SCHOONER, 300 HP ZODIAC HURRICANE RIBs OR ON A TRAIN OF PACK HORSES, WE WANT TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE ALL WE CAN.
Hi there, Kristy and Michael here. We love traveling, discovery, eating delectable food from other cultures, and spreading our love and knowledge about environmental education and ocean literacy. Our motivation is to experience and sharing our experiences with our friends and family as we explore this amazing planet. Putting miles under the keel, hoof or tread is our goal every day. We both have independently sailed across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. We want to share these journeys with you. What will it be like to commission and launch a large sailing schooner, organize and conduct research expeditions, hire crew, outfit and provision in foreign ports, sail the high seas, catch and eat local delicacies, compete in international spearfishing competitions, explore mountains and inland cultures and look for that perfect anchorage? Come with us from our first launch, to our most remote expeditions and beyond.
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A Beautiful day of rolling waves and trailing winds, today has been the most calm and pleasant day of sailing since I can remember. Far out to sea, today slid by in the endless wake, with the gurgle of water sweeping past the hull and a gentle lull of the waves lapping as we are swept on by. We dislike passages so much, but one could dream, if we had experienced the elusive “trade wind sailing” on the trip, today would be what it should have been like. I watched a movie today, actually several movies. Pleasant, lazy and enjoyable. I promise that even in this lifestyle, those days are few and far between. Watching a movie or being enthralled in a book far out to sea is like nowhere else.
The Pacific Doldrums
When you stop to take your mandatory 360 look around, you are transported out of your dream in to another reality that is so vastly different than your mind is ready for. You step outside of your faraway place, back into a tiny boat. When you look around, you are in the middle of an ocean. Water, windswept water as far as you can see, farther than you can even imagine. The vastness here is so grand, it extends farther than your book or movie can take you. This endless water is our reality.
Our world is huge and filled with brilliant natural wonders, cultures and intricacies that we’ll never see and experience all of it, but, we’re going to try! What better way than to use a series of sailing and exploration expeditions to get there? Most of all, we’d like to take you with us. So please enjoy our world adventure posts, subscribe to get all the latest updates and videos and make this journey with us.
The Pacific Doldrums
