Gyatso
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Welcome!
We set-up this website so that family, friends,
and fellow sailors can
track us on our latest journey aboard Gyatso.
In October 2005, we purchased our 20-year old, Tayana 37 sailboat in
Maine and moved aboard. Since then, we sailed to the Chesapeake Bay, Florida,
the Bahamas and back again -- an extended "shakedown" cruise
while completing a major refit. In November 2006, we sailed from
Annapolis to the BVIs and spent six months cruising in the Eastern
Caribbean before crossing the Atlantic to Europe in the summer of 2007.
In 2008, we sailed from Portugal through the Strait of Gibraltar and into
the Western Mediterranean.
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Current Location
07/01/09--Trapani
(Western Sicily)
Distance: 58.6 NM
Lat: 38°01'N
Long: 12°31'E
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Logbooks
2008
2007
2006
2005
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What's New
6/8/09--We
are both back onboard Gyatso after two weeks away to attend a retreat (David) and to
help our friend Jayne transfer her boat to Sicily (Lisa).
4/2/09--We
flew to England to attend the Ocean Cruising Club Annual Meeting where we also
received an award.
2/13/09--In
a rental car, we toured Campania and Lazio regions of Italy.
1/16/09--We
returned to the boat in Italy.
12/01/08--We
arrived in the U.S. for a 6-week holiday visit.
11/27/08--Jayne
of s/v Aorangi joined us onboard for a Turkey Day feast.
10/09/08--We
took a one-week trip inland to Tuscany to join Lisa's
family and to celebrate her mom's birthday.
9/23/08--We
arrived in Italy today.
Our Interests
Sailing
Lakes & Regional Seas
Tibetan Buddhism
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Featured
Photo
We took the cable car from Trapani up to the Medieval
hilltop town of Erice on 2 July.For
more photos, see: Photo
Gallery for Southern Italy
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Most Recent Logbook Entry
(3 July 2009)--We spent
just over a week at the Lega Navale (yacht club) in Termini Imerese -- a
perfect base for trips inland to visit Greek and Phoenician sites in the
area as well as to sample the local food and wine of Sicily. Having
visited Palermo by train, we decided against visiting this busy port with Gyatso
and opted instead for going directly to Ustica, a small island 35 miles to
the northwest where we spent two nights in the tiny harbor alongside a
German-flagged yacht with friendly cruisers aboard. On 1 July, we
arrived in Trapani where we plan to spend a few days before heading out to
the Egadi Islands and then to Marsala.For more recent logbook entries, see:
Logbook for Southern Italy.
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