Blog from Red Sheilla

by Jim Innes, July 17th, 2012

Lots going on Mid Pacific! Read

Blog from Kinetic

by David Sutcliffe, July 17th, 2012

Kinetic 2012-07-16-1600 "Close Calls, Video Calls and Roll Calls" Read

Ghost Ship

by Richard Ballantyne, July 17th, 2012

Sailing on with a purpose but without a crew, like the Mary Celeste, there is a ghost ship on the seas between Victoria and Maui. Read

ETAs - Update to July 16, 2013

by Guy Walters, July 16th, 2012

As Big Ben had difficulty reporting this evening, she is not included in the ETAs. Read

Daily Position Report - July 16, 2012

by Guy Walters, July 16th, 2012

Subsequent to preparing the report, Big Ben did check in at N33° 31'. W 138° 30. Her distances and times were not calculated. Read

Blog from Family Affair

by Paul Michael, July 16th, 2012

Rhumb line distance to Lahaina, Maui = 922.4 nautical miles. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~ Mark Twain Read

ETAs - Update to 1700, July 15

by Guy Walters, July 16th, 2012

Daily Position Report - July 15, 2012

by Guy Walters, July 16th, 2012

Debris Update

by Richard Ballantyne, July 15th, 2012

"What appears to be a concrete dock 30 ft x 6 ft." - Red Heather Read

Blog from Kinetic

by David Sutcliffe, July 15th, 2012

Kinetic 2012-07-15-1300 "Who's Been Doing What" Read

Blog from Family Affair

by Paul Michael, July 15th, 2012

Rhumb line distance to Lahaina, Maui = 1,480.7 nautical miles. "Everybody's talkin' at me. I don't hear a word they're saying, only the echoes of my mind. Bankin' off of the northeast winds. Sailin' on summer breeze and skippin' over the ocean like a stone." - Harry Nilsson Read

ETAs - July 14

by Guy Walters, July 15th, 2012

Now we can begin to guess when the dock parties will happen! Read

Daily Position Report - July 14, 2012

by Guy Walters, July 14th, 2012

Daily Position Report - July 13, 2012 - REVISED

by Guy Walters, July 14th, 2012

GREMLINS!! I don't know what happened. I did calculate the Daily Position Report for yesterday, the 13th and then somehow managed to post the report for Thursday, the 12th. Then, when the error was pointed out to me, for some very mysterious reason I could not find or access the website I needed to get to to post the proper information. Hopefully, things will go better this evening. Guy Walters Read

Blog from Kinetic

by David Sutcliffe, July 14th, 2012

Kinetic 2012-07-13-1500: "Fish That Fly, and Thar She Blows!" Read

Blog from Family Affair

by Paul Michael, July 14th, 2012

Rhumb line distance to Lahaina, Maui = 1,266.8 nautical miles. "All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea whether it is to sail or to watch we are going back from whence we came." ~John F. Kennedy Read

Daily Position Report - July 13, 2012

by Guy Walters, July 13th, 2012

Half Way to Paradise

by Richard Ballantyne, July 13th, 2012

"I'M ONLY HALF-WAY TO PARADISE, SO NEAR...YET SO FAR AWAY" Tony Orlando Read

Daily Position Report - July 12, 2012

by Guy Walters, July 12th, 2012

Debris from Japan Tsunami

by Richard Ballantyne, July 12th, 2012

As if the preparation of the boat, the personalities of the crew, and the vagaries of the winds and currents were not enough, this year's skippers have one more problem to deal with. Read