En route to the Galapagos
After three weeks of living in Panama City, I for one was ready to get underway again. Discovery has received nearly $15,000 in upgrades- new batteries, new anchor chain, new GPS and Radar (after they...
View ArticleCrossing the Equator, Galapagos Arrival
A shot of rum, in prep for the crossing into the Southern Hemisphere We crossed the equator at 1700 hours on the 16th, just 14 hours out from San Cristobal, our destination in the Galapagos. Each of...
View ArticleHalfway
Galapagos penguinphoto Bruce Marks Rarely are the start of passages a calm and pleasant experience, and this one held to the norm. We lost our freezer to something I couldn’t identify 10 days before...
View ArticleFirst Time Flight
This log is a bit of mixed bag. I’ve elected to let the truth be told- a bit of the downside of my job, and bit of the glory. Usually logs are filled with the positive nature of the expedition, but...
View ArticleWhere have all the trades gone?
Surfing Tikehau On the last day of the pro trip the boys got one last sweet surf session at Tikehau, when both a right and a left were working nicely. Mauricio was finally healed up enough to start it...
View ArticleWind and Whales
Discovery nestled into Raivavae This trip goes down as the windiest of the expedition to date. We picked up our new group, Mick and Denise from Australia, Luc and Dave from Canada, and Bruce also from...
View ArticleTwo Different Worlds, One Amazing Trip
Yeah, sucks eh? Just another day in paradise Our chefs took some badly needed time off before this last Epic opting for some civilization back up in Tahiti while Jody, Bruce and I stayed put on...
View ArticleAt the Edge of the Earth
Photos by Gavin McClurg and Rob Born. Rob Born, at the edge of the earth In the days of old imagine how frightful it must have been to sail off into the unknown, on a presumably flat earth, wondering...
View ArticleLegends at the Abyss
Yeah, it begins well I’ve been fortunate to have played and explored in some breathtaking places over the past 11 years of sailing our shared blue earth. The most common question I get from our guests...
View ArticleA Matter of Perspective
Michael Bigger enjoys la-la land As the saying goes there are two sides to every story. The sides are determined of course by the perspective of the story-teller, which in this case consists of only...
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