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In May 1946, John Caldwell, stranded in Panama afetr the war, set out single-handed on a 9,000 mile journey aboard the 29-foot Pagan to rejoin his wife in Sydney. This is an interesting read! You can order it from Amazon.com.
In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, [...]
In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, California, in a 24-foot sloop. Five years and 33,000 miles later, he returned to home port with a wife and daughter and enough extraordinary experiences to fill this bestselling book, Dove. This is a pretty good read. You can order it [...]
Wind was forecast to be around 10 knots in the morning and building to 10-15 knots by afternoon. We headed out after lunch with Ken off our stern. The wind was more like 2 knots when we made it out onto the Bay. Ben and Ken were on the VHF discussing whether or not either [...]
Our original plan was to head out Saturday and return on Tuesday. School is out of session for Monday in observance of Reverend Martin Luther King, then is out of session Tuesday for teacher planning day. The weather forecast began really nice for all 4 days, but as it seems to be the new routine, [...]
The morning started foggy with a cool view of s/v Peacemaker heading into the Port of Pensacola. Here’s a picture of Peacemaker later in the day once we were out on the water. Another picture of Peacemaker, which is a large sailing vessel, next to another much larger ship at the port. We had the [...]
No sailing today on January 7, 2012, but we did see dolphins. We took a trip over to Fort Walton Beach via car to the Florida Gulfarium and were treated to some great shows; Blake even had the chance to feed and pet a dolphin. If you’ve never been, it is worth a visit. We’ll [...]
What a way to end 2011! The weather forecast originally called for great weather through Sunday, January 1 of 2012. Our plan was to depart Wednesday sailing to Ft. McRee, Thursday to Ingram Bayou in Alabama, Friday back to McRee to join friends, Saturday head to Little Sabine for New Year festivities, then return to [...]
