12/22/2009
Christmas is fast approaching, and so is our move to Odyssey and the beginning of a new chapter of our lives together. We plan to spend alternately three months on the boat and then three months in Ann Arbor. Our goal is to bec…
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GSSR Recap
Introduction:
Please allow me to introduce you to three power boats that are
voyaging around the world. They are all Nordhavn long distance
expedition trawlers – Grey Pearl 62 feet long, Sans Souci 68 feet
long, and Seabird 62 feet long. Th…
GSSR Recap
Introduction:
Please allow me to introduce you to three power boats that are
voyaging around the world. They are all Nordhavn long distance
expedition trawlers – Grey Pearl 62 feet long, Sans Souci 68 feet
long, and Seabird 62 feet long. Th…
Guernsey to La Coruna
St Peter Port certainly proved well fixed for interesting little restaurants and pubs and we managed to sample a fair selection. However, much as we were enjoying our time in Guernsey, we were keen to be heading South and to some warmer weather.&…
Hamble Point Marina -> Channel Islands
At 03:45 on a crisp late October morning we finally slipped the lines and motored Mad Sunday through the silky pond that was Southampton Water. We crossed the normally motorway-busy channel of the Solent, almost entirely alone, on calm waters. We g…
Ashiya, Japan update
We are only 4 days away from Thanksgiving Day (depending on whose time zone you use) and I just realized that we have been living in one place (Ashiya, Japan) for almost three months! We have seen and learned so much here that it is difficult to put …
In Flanders Fields
In November, my sister Mary and I realized a dream, by visiting our Grandfather’s grave near Ypres, Belgium. Mary, Phil, Dave and I took the Eurostar train from London to Lille, France. Our grandfather was killed in WWI, 3 months before our mother’s …
Yokohama to Ashiya
We just survived Typhoon number 2 while in Japan last night. Ken and Roberta on Sans Souci and Braun and Tina on Grey Pearl have long gone back to the US, storing their boats here for the winter months.
You usually get three or four days o…
Yokohama Bayside Marina
Yokohama was really a terrific place and we had mixed emotions about leaving there. Our last few days there were spent dithering about securing lines and fenders preparing for the impending Typhoon that was supposed to hit. The Marina had come and po…
The Rest of the Story
Yes we made it from Seattle to Tokyo…but there were some mechanical speed-bumps. Here is a partial list of malfunctions that occurred on the Grey Pearl during the GSSR.
Introduction – As can be expected on a long voyage there will be system…
