Santiago, Chile We have never chosen our travel destinations based on countries not visited. We do focus on having new experiences, often in places we’ve never been before, but the goal is much more than simply ticking off nations. We need a...
Argentina and Antartica Nearly every sailor dreams of conquering the world’s most infamous routes. Passages that challenge skills, test nerves, stress even the soundest of vessels. Waterways like the Bering Sea, Cape Horn, and the notorious Drake Passage. So, when we found ourselves traveling to South America for waterfalls and wine, we decided it was […]
Iguazu National Park, Brazil and Argentina Every year, we have extensive physical and mental exams to prove how fantastically we are aging. This year, our doctor added a balance test to rate our risk of falling. Given the fact that neither of us have ever fallen, except for the occasional tumble while waterskiing, we were […]
Ecuador and Panama It’s been a year since we sold Berkeley East and ended 15 years of cruising in the US, Caribbean, and Mediterranean Sea. Yet people still ask: What will you do now; what can possibly compare to “living the dream”? It is a very good question, one that deserves answering, and we intend […]
Ecuador and Panama It’s been a year since we sold Berkeley East and ended 15 years of cruising in the US, Caribbean, and Mediterranean Sea. Yet people still ask: What will you do now; what can possibly compare to “living the dream”? It is a very good question, one that deserves answering, and we intend […]
Los Roques, Venezuela Los Roques was one of the reasons we decided to go to Venezuela. I had been there in 1990, with my dad father on the Irish Rover, and swore that Los Roques had the best beaches in the Caribbean. As you can see from the pictures in this blog entry, and the […]
Blanquilla, Venezuela Another nighttime departure from Los Testigos and we were off to Blanquilla, a small, low-lying island about 90 miles away. This was supposed to be another great fishing area so at dawn we put the fishing pole out, only to discover that we already had a large catch. Sometime during the night, 25 […]
Offshore Island, Venezuela Until we arrived in Venezuela, our electric charts and chart plotters had served us well, guiding us through difficult passages and around shoals and coral reefs with accuracy measured in feet. As we approach Blanquilla, things appeared to be a little off on the chart plotter. The problem was confirmed as we […]
Los Testigos (The Witnesses), Venezuela Larry typically writes the blog. I take some pictures and offer content. But I thought I should do this blog entry because I am the reason we almost didn’t go to Los Testigos, Venezuela. When we first decided to go to the outer islands of Venezuela, we were at home, […]
