families on board

With a population less than 200 this little settlement proved a great stop.

Fogo Island, Finally

We got out of Lumsden at last during a rare dead calm, and it was strange to motor gently between reefs that had been vicious, ship-killing breakers just a couple days before.

Del Viento- Eleanor

MOE-GEE-OAT-EH

In this traveling life, I’m always a visitor, wherever I am. I’m transient, not of the place I was, the place I am, or the place I’m going.

This picture is a perfect example of the serendipitous nature of the learning that does happen. I walked past these two twenty-somethings on the way to Del Viento one afternoon. They were lying on the dock about ten feet apart with their heads and arms hanging over the edge. I interrupted them: "Are you guys marine biologists, by chance?" They told me they were and wondered how I guessed. I told them I have two girls who would spend all day in the same position if we let them. I introduced Eleanor and Frances to them and the four of them looked at the water and talked about stuff in the water for two hours. The girls love that stuff and know a lot.

Boatlearners

How does school happen in this cruising lifestyle? The truth: it doesn’t.

The sweet scent attracts bees to these flowers. Where they grow you’ll find the raspberries in the center where it’s most boggy and the blueberries on the outskirts.

Are We in Narnia?

We’ve been to hundreds of harbors in our cruising lives, but this was hands-down the prettiest place we’ve ever been.

ZEZmily racing crab shell boats

Puzzled in Old Perlican

While he might not have figured out the meaning of the Newfoundland harbor’s name, Ben Zartman he did have ample opportunity to ponder life’s greatest treasures.

Martin Williams, the duty officer at Bermuda Radio, presides over the array of VHFs, SSBs, and computer monitors that watch and listen to everything happening to boats within a 200-mile radius of the island.

A Visit to Bermuda Radio

While the Clarke family aboard Osprey were cruising Bermuda, they made a side trip to the headquarters Maritime Operations Centre.

Windy with the girls at Matia Island.

In Pictures, Part 1

Since leaving Victoria two months ago, we’ve been overwhelmed by all we’ve seen and experienced. Now that we’ve reached our northern-most point at 59 degrees latitude, we’re going to head south, back to Mexico.

A rare treat to improve a calm day, lookout duty on the foredeck.

Turning the Corner

It may be that we never make it this far east again, but it’s a rare treat to have done so, and the easternmost city in North America is a fine place to have been.

Ben Zartman, Ganymede

Current Collision at Cape Race

Word seems to spead quickly in these parts, and every few minutes someone else would be brought in to see the people with three little girls off the sailboat everyone had seen anchored out.

With a population less than 200 this little settlement proved a great stop.

Fogo Island, Finally

We got out of Lumsden at last during a rare dead calm, and it was strange to motor gently between reefs that had been vicious, ship-killing breakers just a couple days before.

Del Viento- Eleanor

MOE-GEE-OAT-EH

In this traveling life, I’m always a visitor, wherever I am. I’m transient, not of the place I was, the place I am, or the place I’m going.

This picture is a perfect example of the serendipitous nature of the learning that does happen. I walked past these two twenty-somethings on the way to Del Viento one afternoon. They were lying on the dock about ten feet apart with their heads and arms hanging over the edge. I interrupted them: "Are you guys marine biologists, by chance?" They told me they were and wondered how I guessed. I told them I have two girls who would spend all day in the same position if we let them. I introduced Eleanor and Frances to them and the four of them looked at the water and talked about stuff in the water for two hours. The girls love that stuff and know a lot.

Boatlearners

How does school happen in this cruising lifestyle? The truth: it doesn’t.

The sweet scent attracts bees to these flowers. Where they grow you’ll find the raspberries in the center where it’s most boggy and the blueberries on the outskirts.

Are We in Narnia?

We’ve been to hundreds of harbors in our cruising lives, but this was hands-down the prettiest place we’ve ever been.

ZEZmily racing crab shell boats

Puzzled in Old Perlican

While he might not have figured out the meaning of the Newfoundland harbor’s name, Ben Zartman he did have ample opportunity to ponder life’s greatest treasures.

Martin Williams, the duty officer at Bermuda Radio, presides over the array of VHFs, SSBs, and computer monitors that watch and listen to everything happening to boats within a 200-mile radius of the island.

A Visit to Bermuda Radio

While the Clarke family aboard Osprey were cruising Bermuda, they made a side trip to the headquarters Maritime Operations Centre.

Windy with the girls at Matia Island.

In Pictures, Part 1

Since leaving Victoria two months ago, we’ve been overwhelmed by all we’ve seen and experienced. Now that we’ve reached our northern-most point at 59 degrees latitude, we’re going to head south, back to Mexico.

A rare treat to improve a calm day, lookout duty on the foredeck.

Turning the Corner

It may be that we never make it this far east again, but it’s a rare treat to have done so, and the easternmost city in North America is a fine place to have been.

Ben Zartman, Ganymede

Current Collision at Cape Race

Word seems to spead quickly in these parts, and every few minutes someone else would be brought in to see the people with three little girls off the sailboat everyone had seen anchored out.

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