Tropical Sailing Adventures

Vessel Name: Maestro
Vessel Make/Model: 72' Custum Irwin Ketch
Hailing Port: Dover, Delaware
About:
"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and wihtout borders, where life is lived in the present. [...]
18 February 2016 | Mexico - Puerto Vallarta
08 February 2014
23 October 2013 | Phuket, Thailand
02 October 2013
22 August 2013 | Raiatea, French Polynesia
22 July 2013 | Island of Huahine - least commercial island in French Poly
26 June 2013 | French Polynesia
01 June 2013
25 May 2013
13 May 2013
11 April 2013 | Marquesas
02 April 2013
30 March 2013
21 March 2013
19 March 2013
15 March 2013 | Galapagos
03 March 2013 | Galapagos
24 February 2013 | Galapagos Islands
07 February 2013 | Ecuador
Recent Blog Posts
18 February 2016 | Mexico - Puerto Vallarta

19 months & counting

Trenten Reef Paul turned 19 months yesterday and I can hardly believe how quickly the time has past since his birth in Papeete, Tahiti. We have been on quite an adventure, as always.

08 February 2014

Thailand/Malaysia

Severely behind in my blog update but we've been busy!

23 October 2013 | Phuket, Thailand

Up on dry land

(Above photo flying into Sydney, AUS on our way to Phuket, Thailand)

02 October 2013

Bora Bora

10/2/13

22 August 2013 | Raiatea, French Polynesia

GOOD FORTUNE IN RAIATEA

8/22/13

22 July 2013 | Island of Huahine - least commercial island in French Poly

Huahine

7/18/13

26 June 2013 | French Polynesia

Moorea

We have, (sadly), just dropped Christina and Nicola off at the airport in Tahiti after a week out anchored off the island of Moorea. What a wonderful week full of fun. The ladies hit the spa!, hiking and swimming with Sting Rays and Sharks. The water in Moorea is really clear blue hues. We had a [...]

01 June 2013

Surfs Up Tahiti

http://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/8812-big-wave-madness-continues-in-teahupoo (10 days ago we had another big southern swell)

25 May 2013

Papeete, Tahiti

We are anchored off marina Taina in Papeete, the main city on the island of Tahiti. This is the only 'big city' (250,000) we have seen in several months. It is a mix of European French & casual islander. The large verdant island soars into the sky and is mostly surrounded by a coral barrier reef. [...]

Wild Jaguar Alert!

30 September 2012 | Amazon Peru
Tambopata Research Lodge is claimed to be the most remote research center in all of South America. We met a local scientist while in Arequipa who turned us onto the lodge. Long and adventurous story short... After driving over the snow peaked Andes from Cuzco we literatly dropped down into the Amazon basin into the gold mining town of Puerto Maldonado. We took a small boat 5 hours up the Tambopata river to the half way point where we stayed in a beautiful eco lodge. Along the way we viewed lots of birds, macaw parrots and many capybarras. Lunch was served underway in banana leaf but was quickly halted when the boat hit bottom and all the boys jumped out to push us through the shallow rapids! The second day was another 5 hour boat ride to the research center where things (animal life) got quite serious. We viewed 6 of the 7 species of monkeys and had a 45 minute encounter with about 30 huge spider monkeys surrounding us. Early on the third morning a small group took the panga to watch thousands of macaw parrots (4 varieties) swarm a large clay lick. It was a quiet 5am morning as the sun broke over the river, jungle green and shades of orange over the river contrasted against the brilliant parrot colors as they soared from all directions to the clay cliffs. Can you imagine 1000 parrots SQaKKKKING? Wings were flapping frantically as they perched ontop one another to get this seemingly important nutrient. Scientistic think it is some kind of filtration or mineral that the birds are after. They only come to the clay lick at certain times of the year and the research center is there every morning counting and analyzing the happenings.

Did i mention the Jaquar? This beauty was spotted by our highly proficient guides. He was lying along the bank of the river as we snapped pictures trying to be as quiet as we could with all the excitment. We watched from our boat for at least 20 minutes. We were the only group during our stay in the Amazon that saw a jaguar.
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