Personal Sailing Web Pages

A collection of interesting and inspiring Personal Web Pages that I came across on the Web. If you would like to recommend any please e-mail me the URL. Thanks.

• Yacht "Bohemian 2"
  Round the World sailor Tatsuyo's Home Page. In English & Japanese.
  
• SY FAN FAN! Site
  Uwe Rottgering is back in Germany after sailing solo around the world on his yacht FAN FAN! He traveled for 783 days and visited 16 countries.
  
• Yacht Taonui Web Site
  Tony Gooch solo Non-Stop circumnavigation around the world on his aluminum boat "Taonui". Tony and Coryn also madde some notable voyages into the high latitudes.
  
• Crimson Tide Web Site
  Read all about my friends Jaap & Dine's travels on their Van deStadt 36 "Crimson Tide" from New Zealand to Vanuatu, New Caledonia , Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and beyond. Many great pictures.
  
• Yacht Magarita Web Site
  A family of 5 circumnavigated the world in five years on a LaFitte 44 sailboat.
  
• Yacht UFO Web Site
  My friend Masanori Obata, a solo Japanese sailor whom I met in Malaysia sails his Prout 37 Catamaran in SE Asia/Indian Ocean for many years. If you cannot read Japanese, just enjoy the photos. Some English text included. Also a page in the memories of fellow sailor Peter Lesser.
  
• FREE eBooK: The Circumnavigators
  The Circumnavigators: Small Boat Voyagers of Modern Times by Donald Holm. Stories about many of the sailors of the 70's and earlier. Read online or download.
  
• Yacht Searose Web Site
  Chronicles the five years travels of a 44' steel ketch, Searose. They reversed the "Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town) Cruising Route" and sailed from Durban, South Africa up the East African coast (Mozambique, Tanzania, the mystical Zanzibar Island and Kenya), and then across the Indian Ocean to South East Asia where they cruised for several years.
  
• Yacht FIONA Web Site
  The Blue Water Medal for 2000 was awarded to Eric B. Forsyth for a remarkable voyage in his 42' sloop to Antarctica from Long Island, N.Y. via the Panama Canal and back. A 21,784 mile voyage, completed in ten months.
  
• The travels and philosophies of Laurie G. and s/y "Aliisa"
  "I am a dreamer weaver Saggitarian Peter Pan Space Cadet. I am a yo-yo bouncing up and down between total despair and depression and absolute exctacy and bliss. Life happens to me every day and I appreciate it. I Love Life. I'm a melancholic, alcoholic, self-absorbed, love-starved, well-meaning fool with his own set of rules. The modern society is absurd to me. Traffic lights and shoes. I don't understand the meaning of them."
  
Yacht Tranquillity Web Site
This is my friends Mary and Rick's web site about their cruising from New England, US to the South Pacific. Mary is well known among South Pacific cruisers of year 2002 as the weather lady on the SSB cruisers Net.

• Atomvoyages Web Site
  Voyaging around the world on the sailboat Atom with James Baldwin and Mei. James is also quite a writer with many interesting and practical articles to his credit.
  
• Sandeep's Fatty Goodlander Web Site
  Sandeep Baruah, VU2MUE a Ham operator from India created this web site about the well known and incorrigible sailor Fatty Goodlander.
  
• Yacht Liberty Web Site
  Ty and Suzanne has completed a 4000 mile round-trip voyage from Washington, DC to Newfoundland on their Morgan 461 and are now in the Bahamas!
  
• Nomad Web Site
  Ed Arnold is an inspiration to many. I'm really impressed with his 11 months solo circumnavigation onboard NOMAD a 36' aluminium yacht which he built himself.
  
• Dakare Web Site
  Dan and Karen, from Washington, DC, are circumnavigating on their Hylas 54, "Dakare". The web site focuses on their past cruising experiences (Caribbean and the South Pacific) and their future plans to sail around the world. Informative section on the details and complexity of commissioning a new yacht.
  
• Sailorgirl Web Site
  Join Sailorgirl (aka Catherine Winter) as she cruises around the Bahamas and Carribean aboard "Forbidden Planet", a CS 27. Learn how to skin a conch, cruise around Cuba looking for Fidel ...etc. An adventure site for armchair cruisers.
  
• The Cruising Life
  This site offers interesting information and inspirations on how to live the cruising life. Stories and articles.
  
• The Two Captains
  This site is the communications home port of Captains Gwen Hamlin and Don Wilson and the sailing yacht TacklessII.
  
• Crossing the Pacific on the Hoku Pa'a
  Jim Hall's great adventures on an Erickson 30.Sailing, surfing, paragliding, scuba diving etc. From the US to Hawaii to Indonesia.
  
• Pangaea Wandering WebSite
  Join Erika & Achim on their technomadic voyage aboard Pangaea.From Europe to Florida, Jamaica and continued through the Panama Canal, Galapagos and Polynesia.
  
• SailCharbonneau
  The Sailing Adventures of the Park's Family.
  
• Suntrekka
  Follow Robert Case on his voyage around the world on his Endurance 37 "Suntrekka".
  
• The Usaul Suspects Carribean Adventures
  This Website was produced in an effort to encourage the sharing of great Caribbean Experiences between sailing enthusiasts created by Rob Charuk.
  
• Stories Of Adventure
  Links to on-line stories and books about various adventures including sailing and the sea.
  
• The Chinese Sail Rig
  The Adventures of Charles Platt with his Jubk Rig boat - "High Tea".
  
• Voyage of Minuit.
  Benoit Kaisin and Ghislaine Bovy invite you to share their dream circumnavigating on their aluminium salboat "Minuit". Their goal is to travel at leisure and to avoid the race to become "the richest in the graveyard".
  
• KatieKat's Cruise
  Joe Siudzinski and Kathy are the owners of a Seawind 1000 cruising catamaran named KatieKat. Great site with detailed and informative account of their cruise from Sydney (Australia). Check out his account of deploying and retrieving their sea-anchor in 30+ knots of winds.
  
• Vision Quest.
  Vincent Lauwers (Vinny), a 32 years old paraplegic sailor set sail on December 19 1999, upon his ultimate quest: To be the first disabled person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world.
  
• Voyage of Abeline.
  Nils and Torild Krogsrud three years honeymoon sailing around the world on their Najad 361.
  
• Voyage of Nael.
  Stan and Marlyn' voyage from Hawaii - Vanuatu - Australia and beyond on their French 36' steel cruiser.
  
• Journey's Cruising Stories.
  Linda Hill and Susan Scott's cruising stories.
  
• Bill Dietrich Homepage.
  Bill Dietrich's "database" for his cruising retirement plan; it shows his thought processes with much useful information and links.
  
• Cruisers Log.
  Its got Cruiser homepages/narratives, yacht positions, free crewfinder, M/M radio nets, a message board, classifieds, good marine links & more.
  
• Latitude 0 dgree Circumnavigation.
  Photos.
  Mike Horn's solo circumnavigation along the Equator using only his own resources and non-motorised transport, i.e. F-28 trimaran, bicycle, canoe and on foot.
  
• TGW.Net Sailing Stories
  Tim Whelan's Sailing Stories web site. Good cruising stories with great photos including "Adventures in the Charlottes" and "Around Vancouver Islands". Check it out if you are heading up North.
  
• Paul Kamen "Call Me FishMeal" HomePage.
  Well known SF Bay area ocean racer. Lot's of interesting stuff.
  
• Peter's Circumnavigation Web Page:
  Peter SimsFreeman --Circumnavigation via Victoria-CapeHorn-Kerguelen Is.-Australia-NZ-US -Vic. Good Read.
  
• Paul of Westsail 32 "Watergeus" Page
  The adventures of Watergeus and its captain trying to answer these questions: How to sail the seas without being a millionaire? How friendly are people really? What kind of qualities do you need to sail around the world? What does happen more: Getting a free meal or a burglary on your boat?
  
• Writes and Wrongs of Passages
  Suzy O'Keefe's WebBook of a collection of stories, recipies, journal entries, adventures, photos, drawings, and lessons learned during her extensive time on the ocean. Good read.
  
• Confessions of a Long-Distance Cruiser
  Paul Lutus's account of his 3.5 year circumnavigation on a Crealock 31, "Selene". You'll have to download the text file (185kb--MicrosoftWord) to read this mini book, but worth it.
  
• Jesse Martin's Solo Circumnavigation
  On December 6th 1998 Jesse Martin, a 17 year old boy from Melbourne, Australia set sail to try and become the youngest person to solo circumnavigate the world, non-stop and unassisted.
  
• SailNet's "From Out There" Series
  Here are voices from the great world of adventuring under sail, sailors out there doing it. Lots of practical experinces to share.
  Sue Holt and Larry Hamilton present their world of living and breathing the cruising-life dream.
  John Kretschmer, taking sailing adventure in gulps, treks the large distances as a peripatetic sailing delivery skipper.
  Beth Leonard explores the further reaches as she and partner Evans Starzinger take their cruising into the blue-water reaches of voyaging afar.
  
• Cruising Mexico (The Sailor Dude)
  Scott Smith cruising Mexico wisdom. From fishing and SSB to weather and refrigeration. Also see Scott's Rules for Boat Projects.
  
• Sailing Promises Web Page
  Alayne Main's web site about their circumnavigation with her husband Alec on a Prout 32 catamaran "Sailing Promises". An honest account from a woman's perspective that explores the relationship aspects of cruising with her partner. For a more complete account about their voyage buy their book.
  
• Pete the Nomad
  Read about how a young man set out to achieve his life long dream of buying his own sail boat 'Chou'(Albin Vega 27) and living out a dream in the Caribbean by going cruising again.
  
• Destiny Calls
  Cruising on a 27 ft. S27 from Montreal to the Caribbean with a dog. Good reports and suggestions on boat and trip preparation.
  
• Go West Web Page
  Follow the travels Helen & Jim Boswell of the sailing yacht 'Go West' on their three year voyage from San Francisco California to Key West Florida the long way.
  
• Circumnavigate on a 21 foot Catamaran
  Rory MacDougal's circunnavigation on a Wharram Tiki21 catamaram. Affordable cruising.
  
• Second Time Around Web Page
  "Second Time Around"--Experienced circumnavigators Tom & Jean Service discussed such relevant topics as Researching & Planning Your Dream, Tropical Cyclones and anchors.
  
• Out Of Bounds Homepage
  This is the ongoing story of the sailboat "Out of Bounds" and her crew on a three year circumnavigation. A nicely executed page employing the latest web publishing technology - QTVR, sound and video etc. Great photos too. Not exactly small boat cruising but worth checking out.
  
• Lori and Rich's European Adventure
  Rich is fulfilling his dream of many years by cruising the canals and rivers of Europe on their old Dutch Lemsteraak, "Carpe Diem" (a boat that could cross seas and climb mountains) and having a wonderful time enjoying the sights and people. Not all cruisers have to cross oceans. The happiness is in the journey.
  
• Rainbow Chaser's Cruise
  Join the Ranbow Chaser and her crew as they cruise the Caribbean. Lots of good fun and photos.
  
• Voyage of the New World
  Follow Lee Gunter and Mindi Miller on their voyage around the world on "New world", their Lyle Hess design 32 foot cutter. Lots of photos and even sound files to download.
  
• Phaon Reid's Web Page
  Phaon Reid gave up a his job in London, crossed the Atlantic w/Sarah and cruised the Caribbean while working six months a year. He will be telling you how he prepared his Excalibur 36 "Avalon of Arne" for the trip, and the story of their journey. Lots of good advise, details on planning and cruising locations.
  
• Peter of Cafe'Sport Web Page
  Those who have sailed to the Azores will surely know Peter and the famous Cafe' Sport. A friend and guardian to all sailors who ventured to the Island of Faial in the Atlantic. (WebSite is in Portuguese)
  
• Sailing The Dream.
  John F.McGrady's reasons for cruising. This book attempt to show that "getting back to reality" means what it must have meant originally, to get back to living in a world of mystery and surprise, rather than in the eternal boredom many of us would like to think we have successfully manipulated with our lives. A long read.
  
• Brian "BJ" Caldwell Circumnavigation
  Brian's attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo. He did it on a 26ft Contessa sloop. Brian has completed his circumnavigation and is safely home. Congratulations!
  
• Global Online Adventure Learning Site.
  Explorers of all ages are invited to travel with them on their exciting and educational adventures which are intended to inspire you to establish and strive for goals of your own, whatever they may be. Adventurers represented at this site are Karen Thorndike and John Oman, two Round the World solo sailors. The Kyrnos Kids, three teen-age brothers on a two year exploration of the Pacific. Mick Bird, a Trans-Oceanic Rower.
  
• The Xapic Westsail Page
  A very well done web site for Westsail afficiandos. If you own a Westsail this is a must visit site. Great graphics and information for the cruising sailors (even non-Westsail owners). Informative section on Marine Mobile Ham radio licensing and test etc. Links to other useful sites too.
  
• The Microship Project:
  Plug into the latest bleeding edge technology in small boat cruising of the 'near future'. Nomadic Research Lab's high-tech multihull with an extensive network of embedded control systems, a satellite Internet link, console Macintosh, ham radio, 1080 watts of solar panels, deployable kayaks, self-trailering capability, on-board video production, and whole new levels of technomadic gizmology.
• • Guide to Sailing and Cruising Stories
  Paul VandenBosch have created a comprehensive web page of interesting sailing and cruising stories. Stories that offer advice as well as inspiration. If you can't find it here you will probably find it in Paul's web page.