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Michael had been quiet since we returned from visiting John and Elaine in Maryland. I grew accustomed to…

Tahiti

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You know you’ve been hanging out in some incredible places if Tahiti is considered a pit stop. Heading…

The Sweet Spot

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It’s been twenty days since we sailed in the open ocean, and a maramu has been blowing for…

Nothing but The Greatest Show on Earth

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By all modern measures, the Tuomotus archipelago is the most relaxing place in the world. There are very…

Time has Sped Up

July 5, 2024

Ships Log: June 21, 2024, 08:14 Ua Pou to Raroia. TWS 15.5, AWS 10.5, TWA 147D, AWA 103D,…

Tears to a Wish

June 19, 2024

Stunning. That’s how Michael saw Nuku Hiva when we arrived. Spired mountains rise from the Pacific Ocean, lush…

I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

A ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for.

- Albert Einstein -

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

- Hunter S. Thompson -

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.

- Paulo Coelho -

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- Mark Twain -

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

- Groucho Marx -

Everything will be alright in the end … If it’s not alright, then it’s not yet the end.

- Sonny Kapoor -