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Captain's Log
July 25, 2019
Mom & Dad,
As you read these words you are with me aboard Endymion. She is performing beautifully. I couldn’t ask for more. It may sound foolish, but I think she knows. It is Good Friday. Tony and Kyle are sitting in bean bags on the…
January 26, 2019
The mighty volcano Krakatoa has been much in the news the last several months.
Last erupting in 1883 it was the second largest in recorded history. In 2019 it's happening again in this remote area of the Sunda Straits, Indonesia, formally…
October 27, 2018
It now late October 2018 and production is being completed to the compelling narrative crossing the Pacific from California to Australia- storms- military action, a knockdown and close encounter with freighter are but a few. Watch for the audio…
July 28, 2018
By dusk the wind freshened. We clipped along at seven knots in moderately choppy seas, the confused kind that prevails in the Malacca Strauit where traffic is heavy and water is shallow.
At 1930 Roo, on the…
April 29, 2018
Morning sun was behind us, perfect for spotting underwater coral heads. Denise went to the rigging to guide me. Endymion moved cautiously through dubious uncharted patches of a complicated reef system.
We picked our way…
April 26, 2018
Near dawn we saw something few humans will ever see, and many wouldn’t give a hoot.
It was inspiring to me, being alone so close to the Equator and with land more than 1,000 miles from us in any direction. The sun was about to rise, a…
November 7, 2017
May 1st. 1745 hours. Tony is at the foredeck windless. “Let er rip Pops!” I put my finger to the remote and our CQR anchor slips into Traitors Bay, headed for the bottom 20 feet below.
Wow - we are now anchored at Nuka Hiva Island in the…
October 11, 2017
We were anchored in a huge bay called Cape Bowling Green off the East Coast of Australia. “Looks like a great place for fishing,” Denise said, turning to he pole with excitement.
“Not such a great spot for a storm protection” I thought…
September 25, 2017
There were several times we had face to face meetings with sea snakes. I’ll post the next one shortly. Here’s the first one, actually a freshwater lake experience.
The Marquesas heat was unbearable, stifling days with no wind….tooo many…
August 23, 2017
To get things rolling—a little history. The elegant vessel shown here is my Granddads 130 foot schooner Endymion. The photos were taken in the mid Atlantic with an early box camera during the 1905 Transatlantic race for the Kaisers Cup (Germany…