Gone With The Wynns

Our week takes an unexpected turn when our efforts to renew our visas fail. We must make a mad dash to civilization or risk being in the Philippines illegally. Because no matter how far away we s...

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We set sail for what we thought would be a leisurely 250 nm sail from Subic to the northern part of Palawan here in the Philippines.  How naïve!  Mother nature had a full mix of wind and waves...

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It seems every other day we notice a new leak, chaffing, missing screw or something that is a little off kilter.  And, as it seems to go with boat life, while trying to fix or diagnose the initi...

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The Philippines is home to some of the world’s rarest animals. Nearly half the creatures found on these islands exist nowhere else. But all this unique biodiversity has its challenges. See Th...

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See The Full Story At: Finding Sunken Treasure In The Philippines

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This might be a new record of firsts.  It’s the final day of our first passage aboard our brand-new Catamaran (not something I ever thought I would say).  It’s our first check in to a new c...

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We’ve just been handed our brand new HH44 Catamaran and we only have 3 days before we must sail the boat out of the country. Most sailors would take it easy for the shakedown period. But, we do...

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It’s been 2 years since we put down a deposit for our HH44 Catamaran.  Now the big acceptance day is here and we don’t have even a moment to soak it all in. See The Full Story At: MOVE IN ...

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Two years ago, we put down a deposit on a catamaran that was little more than designs on paper.  It was an insane financial commitment and huge leap of faith that it would be the boat of our dre...

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China is not all what we expected and trust me, as a couple of Americans, we certainly had some reservations about trekking through the country without a real plan.  But, then again we never tho...

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