Sunrise: Chasing the dream

Life filled with adventure, both actual and spiritual.

30 May 2021 | Sawmill Point Marina, Wilmington NC, USA
27 May 2021
24 May 2021 | Wilmington Marine Center, USA
23 February 2021 | Cape Fear Yachts
20 December 2020 | Cape Fear Yachts
11 December 2020 | Cape Fear Yachts
09 September 2020 | Wilmington Port, USA
09 September 2020 | Wilmington Port, USA
05 February 2017 | Pte Miri Miri, Raiatea, French Polynesia
05 February 2017 | Raiatea Lagoon, French Polynesia
05 February 2017 | South end of Raiatea
01 February 2017 | Baie Vaiaeho, Raiatea, French Polynesia
01 February 2017 | Baie Vaiaeho, Raiatea, French Polynesia
31 January 2017 | West Side of Raiatea
31 January 2017 | West Side of Raiatea, French Polynesia
31 January 2017 | West side of Raiatea
30 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
30 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
28 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
27 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia

Snorkeling for real

26 June 2012 | Waterlemon Cay
Isobel sees under water. So far, she has worn the mask and fins onboard a lot and talks a blue streak about swimming with, and diving down to see the fish... talk is cheap... We swam with the sea turtles a couple days ago, she refused to put her mask on...telling us to take pictures of them for her to see.

Yet today, we again dragged her mask with us, offering to put it on for the 1000th time... and she said yes! And she kept it on to swim with us and oogle at the fish and coral, occasionally pulling her snorkel out for long enough to say, "this is cool." She swam with us for about 20 minutes before tearing the mask off and asking to go to the beach. We took a hundred underwater photos with our little GoPro Camera... and found at any depth beyond a few feet, all the reds are lost. Somewhere in my memory I remember that the water absorbs the red wave lengths. So, you will have to take my word for it. THis place is beautiful. Many corals, hard and soft, including the flexible gorgonians. Being part of the Virgin Islands National Park, this is a "no Take Zone"... so we see big grouper who are happy to float not too far from us... of course we don't know fish-ID well enough to list what we see... and there are lots of different species.
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Vessel Name: Sunrise
Vessel Make/Model: Hallberg Rassy 38
Hailing Port: Dorset, VT
Crew: Bill, Lara and Isobel Calfee
About: We left Lake Champlain September 18th, 2009. Isobel was 7 months old
Home Page: http://www.sailblogs.com/member/beherenowii
Sunrise's Photos - Main
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Created 8 September 2016
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Created 5 August 2016
An amazing day out with two local guys on Moorea, Polynesia
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Created 27 September 2014
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Created 27 May 2014
2013 trip to Peru
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Created 15 August 2013
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Created 6 June 2013
E-dock community
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Created 27 May 2013
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Repairs to the teak deck
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Created 21 July 2011
The survey and other early photos
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Created 22 February 2011
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Created 22 February 2011
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Created 18 February 2011
A new crew member joins Be Here Now II
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Created 17 February 2009
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Created 15 December 2008
A 20 day journey across the Atlantic Ocean
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Created 14 December 2008
During the summers 2005-2007 we sailed Lake Champlain on Be Here Now, our 23' Seafarer Kestrel
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Created 20 January 2008
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