A Serious Ocean
You know it by the northern look of the shore,
by the salt-worried faces,
by an absence of trees, an abundance of lighthouses.
It's a serious ocean.
North Sea off Carnoustie by Anne Stevenson
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Tomorrow will have an island
by William Stafford
Tomorrow will have an island. Before night
I always find it. Then on to the next island.
These places hidden in the day separate
and come forward if you beckon.
But you have to know they are there before they exist.
Some time there will be a tomorrow without any island,
So far, I haven't let that happen, but after
I'm gone others may become faithless and careless.
Before them will tumble the wide unbroken sea,
and without any hope they will stare at the horizon.
So to you, Friend, I confide my secret:
to be a discoverer you hold close whatever
you find, and after a while you decide
what it is. Then, secure in where you have been,
you turn to the open sea and let go.
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Updated
3/10/10
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2010 Offshore Training Passages, Expeditions, Workshops |
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Dates |
Description |
Distance (nm) |
Vessel |
Berths
Left |
Cost |
Info |
| January
16-22 |
Bahamas
Bash - Fort Lauderdale, around Grand Bahama and Abacos, return |
400 |
Kaufman
47 Quetzal |
Sold Out |
$1500 |
Contact me for info |
| February
20 - March 2 |
Caribbean Circumnavigation Leg 1 - St. Martin to Trinidad,
via Antigua, Dominica, Martinique and The Grenadines |
800 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
Sold Out
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$3100 |
Contact me for info |
| March
5-7 |
Celestial
and Natural Navigation Workshop - Fort Lauderdale |
0 |
n/a |
3 |
$550 |
Contact me for info |
| March
13-27 |
Caribbean Circumnavigation Leg 2 - Trinidad to Bocas
del Toro, Panama, via Las Roques, Curacao, Cartagena,
San Blas Islands |
1000 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
Sold Out |
$3700 |
Contact me for info |
| April 10-11 |
Cruising Boat Buyer's Workshop |
0 |
Many |
3 |
$550 |
Contact me for info |
| April 24 - May 7 |
Caribbean Circumnavigation Leg 3 - Bocas del Toro, Panama
to Isla Mujeres, via Nicaragua, Bay Islands of Honduras,
inside the Belize reef and offshore atolls |
700 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
Sold Out |
$3700 |
Contact me for info |
| May
29 - June 4 |
East Coast Offshore - Fort Lauderdale to Annapolis - nonstop passage,
via Cape Hatteras |
900 |
Kaufman
47 Quetzal |
Sold Out |
$2600 |
Contact me for info |
| June
26 - July 4 |
East Coast Offshore Two - Annapolis to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
1000 |
Kaufman
47 Quetzal |
Sold Out |
$2900 |
Contact me for info |
| Around The Rock - The Great Newfoundland
Expedition, in Two Legs: |
| July
25 - August 8 |
Leg One - Sydney, Nova Scotia to Lewisporte, Newfoundland |
700 |
Kaufman
47 Quetzal |
1 |
$3900 |
Contact me for info |
| August
12-24 |
Leg Two - Lewisport Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia |
700 |
Kaufman
47 Quetzal |
2 |
$3900 |
Contact me for info |
| November
3-17 |
Heavy Weather Offshore – Lunenburg to Bermuda to Ft. Lauderdale |
3900 |
Kaufman
47 Quetzal |
Sold Out |
$3900 |
Contact me for info |
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2011 Offshore Training Passages, Expeditions, Workshops |
Passages include all onboard expenses. The additional costs are travel to and from the boat, and
any personal shore-side expenses.
Slideshow
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What's New |
New posted for 2010 and 2011
with Captain Bob Pingel
My new book, , is out!
Check out my cool new t-shirt collection !
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