I’ve been storing up memories instead of writing. My mama and I journeyed to Panama to meet up with my husband and Sea Venture for
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While Michael worked on cleaning up the storm’s detritus and prepared for the installation of new parts, Cousin Tom readied his world for the rescue
It’s hard to imagine an angry sea when a scene like this appears on the horizon. Michael is slowly putting Sea Venture back together. He
The first email arrived on the morning of February 12. Imagine me, happily unaware, opening Gmail to find this: “Well, things have been better. Last
A friend whose blog I follow wrote recently that readers should come dig her out with a backhoe if she failed to post for a
Sea Venture filled her diesel tank and added artesian well water to top off her water tank. This morning, she cleared out of El
The Tehuantapec is known for high seas and big winds, but if one waits for a weather window, it can look like this: Or this:
The latest from on board Sea Venture, sent by radio: “We’re finally in Guatemalan waters, cruising about 30 miles offshore. Crossed over around 4:30
We’d heard only that Huatulco was a good place to wait for a weather window before crossing the Tehuantapec, a bay known for terrible wind
A number of cruisers suggested that the occasional sea turtle would appear en route south. Instead, hundreds greeted Sea Venture’s crew. Thursday night they made