Entries from 'Sailing'
Breaking Free From Your Mooring: Our TEDx Presentation
This is the “other side” of our trip. Our two year sailing voyage was neither a vacation or extraordinary. It was about planning and facing fear. Check out our TEDx presentation, “Breaking Free From Your Mooring” on how we accomplished our trip.
Come See Us at TEDx Los Gatos High School! April 15, 2017
We will be speaking at TEDx Los Gatos High School on Saturday April 15th, 2017 – come join us! Tickets are $15 and can be bought here: http://www.tedxlghs.com/attend
Dolphins in the middle of the Atlantic! (Video)
Check out the cool video (narrated by Dante) of some common dolphins who paid us a visit in the middle of our Atlantic crossing
Benevento’s Boozy Bilge
Benevento weighs 12 tons. Fully loaded with provisions and everything we needed for cruising, we estimated she was 15 tons. After pulling her out of the water to truck her from FL to CA, she turned out to be 18 tons! And here is one of the reasons why: all that alcohol in the bilge……
Who is the Lucky One?
Now that Dante and I are back home after two years sailing halfway around the world, we have to wait for our captain to join us. It will take him approximately 6 months to sail Benevento home. When I met Darold in college, he told me he was going to sail around the world someday….
Darold