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Photo
Juki (in green shirt), the founder of the Poti Yacht
Club, poses with the young sailors and coaches participating in the
local regatta.
For most recent photo album see:
Wintering-over
in Marmaris, Turkey.
Gyatso
underway on the Atlantic Ocean.
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. In 2009, we visited Sicily,
Tunisia, Malta and Greece on our way to Turkey. In 2010, we plan to
sail north through the Aegean Sea to Istanbul and then around the Black Sea.
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Most Recent Black Sea Logbook Entry
Date: 7/23/10
Location: Poti, Georgia
Georgian
hospitality, photo ops and a local
sailing regatta
As
we motored north today, the rugged, mountainous shoreline gave way to the low
flood plain and delta of the Rioni, Georgia's largest river. The heat and
humidity of this sub-tropical environment seemed to intensify as we went.
The threat of thunderstorms loomed in the distance, but thankfully held-off
until after we arrived in port when they let loose with cracks of lightening and
heavy rain later that night. By then we were safely moored with many tall
cranes and towers in the vicinity.
We had to clear-out of Georgia and back in
today for the passage between Batumi and Poti, but all went smoothly with our
pre-printed copies of the various forms that the officials require. The
well-established yacht club in Poti sent a RIB to meet us as we entered the
harbor, and then they had several people on-hand to help us tie-up to one of their
finger piers. The Poti Yacht Club is like a small oasis in the middle of a
large commercial port. The officials were waiting for us and set-up office
at a table under the shade of an umbrella at the quayside restaurant. We
were cleared-in in what seemed like record time...Go
to full logbook
entry for Poti, Georgia.
For recent logbook entries see: Logbook
for the Black Sea 2010.
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2009, we began to record short videos about our experiences while
cruising. If you would like to receive notices whenever we upload a
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Current Location
8/15/10--Odessa,
Ukraine
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Logbooks
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
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What's New
7/16/10--Gyatso crew
cancels plans to visit Russia after learning that foreign yachts are still
not welcome
5/29/10--We're
sailing in the Black Sea until September.
4/15/10--We're
underway to Istanbul and the Black Sea.
3/13/10--Gyatso
was re-launched today in Marmaris, Turkey.
2/12/10--We're
back in Turkey after a four month visit to the US.
1/10/10--We
postponed our return to the boat in Turkey until 11 February and will be staying
in Annapolis until then.
10/1/09--Gyatso
will be hauled-out next week, and we will return to the US for a nice, long
visit with family and friends...details to follow soon.
7/7/09--An
article we wrote about coastal cruising in Southern Sardinia was published in
the June issue of the OCC's Flying Fish journal.
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.
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