We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
After a loooongg nine-days of sailing, we finally spotted the white spray of breaking waves far off in the distance. This was our first glimpse of Beveridge Reef, a partially submerged coral reef in the middle of the ocean. As we got closer, Matt pointed out the lagoon, a flat shimmering line just beyond the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Adventures in the Dinghy'
Going where not even Google has gone… Beveridge Reef (Aug. 19-23)
September 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Adventures in the Dinghy, Beautiful, Our Route, Passages
Tags: Beveridge Reef·snorkeling
This is the life – Part II: Slurpee Returns (Rangiroa, July 11)
July 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Adventures in the Dinghy, Famous Firsts, French Polynesia, Life on the Boat, Somebody likes us, Tuamotus
Yesterday Jon walked around for approximately ten hours, beating a path along the lagoon edge, knocking on doors and miming the story of our missing dinghy. By the time he returned to the boat, bumming a ride from another cruiser, all of Rangiroa between the two northern passes knew that Syzygy had lost its tender. […]
Tags: Rangiroa·Slurpee McSlurpster
This is the Life (A real-time post! Rangiroa, early A.M. July 10)
July 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Adventures in the Dinghy, Famous Firsts, First Mates, French Polynesia, Funny, Oh Crap., Our Route, This sucks, Tuamotus
It’s not often that I get to post something as it’s happening. But, this morning, I got up early and wrote something up because it’s actually kind of exciting for me to share something immediately instead of always having everything be post-dated. So, this is what happened last night and what we are dealing with […]
Tags: Rangiroa·Slurpee McSlurpster
Life as we know it… in San Diego
February 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Adventures in the Dinghy, First Mates, Funny
Tags: outboards·shoe-cruising·the dinghy