We’ve been in Spanish speaking countries since we left Florida in April. That’s a long time. My Spanish definitely got a little better and Mike started to pick up a few words here and there. I even heard Gary actually say Gracias the last few days we were in the Galapagos… So now [...]

Well here we are, day 3 of our 24(ish) days at sea. It is quite peaceful out here, just as all the sailors we have met said it would be. Calmer seas and good wind. We actually put the spinnaker sail up this morning and are making great time. Our goal [...]

The Hammerhead Sharks
Well it was the big day, diving with the hammerhead sharks. So we boarded a 30’ boat 7’ beam and on this boat there were 8 divers, 2 dive masters and 2 crew. Needless to say it was very tight, but we were going to dive. On the way to the sight we [...]

Hi Everyone. It’s been a little tough to get a good connection on land here so I am not able to download pictures at this time, I am sorry because we have some great pics of our adventures.
The Galapagos Islands are beautiful volcanic islands that began hundreds of thousands of years ago. It [...]

The Galapagos Islands
Well we did make it on Monday, with about 20 gallons of fuel left. Near the end the wind finally did shift in our favor so we sailed the last 10 miles into the harbor (just in case). So here we are at anchor at the Island of Santa Cruz in Academy Bay. [...]

Hello everyone. We are still in the Galapagos Islands. We spent the first few days catching up on some rest after our long sail from Panama and cleaning the boat as it gets quite dirty on a long passage.
I wanted to fill you in on our ‘crossing of the Equator’ experience. I [...]

We’ve arrived at the Galapagos Islands! We are safe and sound and have arrived around 1pm today! We came in on practically fumes…but we made it. We are anchored off Isla Santa Cruz and awaiting Customs and Immigration. We are not to leave the boat until they come. A Doctor is [...]

On the way to Galapagos…..We are all safe and somewhat sane! We were hoping to arrive at the Galapagos this morning however, our fuel supply has run lower than anticipated and we had to go well out of our way and tack to catch some wind….long story-short, we will be there tomorrow (Monday) late afternoon(ish). [...]

Just a brief wrap up of our time in Panama. Of course the Canal was very exciting. You read about what Mike and Gary had to say…so you know that none of us were thrilled with Panama City. We heard such great things about it, but don’t feel it was worth a trip [...]

We departed Panama, finally! We expect to arrive Gallapagos by Sunday(ish). Mostly calm seas await us on this sail, not much wind so we are motoring a good portion of the way. Read on for Gary’s latest column. ….
Paralyzed in Paradise by Gary Dawson
Paralysis is not being able to move. Could be [...]