Circumnavigation 2020 onwards
Sharing our adventure with friends
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Highlight reel! With our friends on SV Anne Charlotte, we crossed the India Ocean, stopping in the Maldives and Socotra, heading up the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, transiting the Suez Canal and arriving in the Mediterranean.
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En route to Galapagos
We lost power in the busiest shipping route in the world – we were without lights or AIS
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Panama
I was awestruck when the large lock doors that are over one hundred years old closed behind us and the water began to rise
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Guna Yala Islands
Technically, you could visit a different island every day for a year, from a white sand, deserted island with a single coconut tree to populated…
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Beautiful Cartagena
We were both initially a bit disappointed in Cartagena.
● About Us
Yo! It’s Ann and Ian on our 1984 Wauquiez Amphitrite. Photos & blog by Ann, keeping us afloat and moving forward by Ian.
● Of interest
The UN High Seas Treaty came into force Jan 17 2026 – we can have 30% of Oceans a marine park and have a well-regulated global fisheries. Lobby your government if they have not yet ratified it. Looking at you Canada!
Great podcast from Outside Magazine about military parajumper training in breath holding
See this story of Cook Islanders shipwrecked on Minerva Reef in 60s (film coming soon)
BBC Planet Earth: pack hunting – first documentation of snakes hunting the marine iguana in Galapagos
Book Rec’d: Christina Thompson The Sea People on ancient Polynesian Navigation (this is sooo good)
Sailing Afrikii 