Posts from 2017

Merry Christmas from Art & Tracy!

A friend of mine recently asked me about cruising the western Caribbean and transiting the Panama Canal. In the process of replying in email, I realized it was going to be a fairly long response that might be better served on our website where more people could see it. In the process of planning my own cruise through this part of the world, I did a lot of online research to see if...

When you’re popping pills to ward off protozoan parasites, that’s when you know you’re really traveling. I’m walking along a narrow path, and now the jungle has closed in around me, but the kids are still everywhere. Ciccio has one hanging off the index finger of his right hand, she looks to be perhaps three, but that tiny little hand is holding tight, and she’s keeping up with the...

Monday, the 8th of May, and the transformation is complete, as in, we're in full hurricane mode here folks. You may possibly be asking, what is hurricane mode? It's that tedious, but brief span of time that seems to go on forever when all you can do is wait for the thing to pass, kinda like a kidney stone, but this one's about 400 miles across. Donna, the kidney stone's name, is...

Cyclone season in the Pacific is opposite to hurricane season in the Caribbean. Over here, it starts November 1 and is supposed to be over by the end of April. This year there was absolutely nothing until late March when Cyclone Debbie slammed into northern Queensland (getting us pretty wet with heavy rains in Brisbane). Everyone assumed the show was over, no more cyclones now as...

Finally, we are out of the Brisbane marina and 20 miles away at anchor for Easter Weekend at Moreton Island, we're anchored in front of Tangalooma Resort where we can go walk the beach, have a beer at the resort or just hang on the boat (which is our choice for this first night but the crew is on-shore!).