Finally, we are back in the water in Boat Lagoon after 3 weeks of refit "on the hard" here with great support from Pro-Carpentering, C&C Marine, Local Sail, Chalomark Inflatables, and East Marine Svcs. Also, the good advice and moral support from Eivind and Heidi on the Norwegian s/v EMPIRE and [...]

the fun we've had watching young Eirik grow-up and learn to connect with the world and his family has been a treat! We are, hopefully, leaving here in the next day or two and heading out to explore the Thai harbors and islands in this amazing archepelago! The hard worl is almost done as we bend on sails and wire nav lights as well as clean, clean, clean!! We have an ever-rising tide over the next couple of days and figure we can escape this mud-hole with a minimum of damage to our new anti-fouling in the next two days. We'll probably head south to Ao Chalang and Nai Harn to reconnect with EMPIRE before taking off to explore some of the more out-lying islands over the next few weeks before Nat has to fly to Sydney, Mumbai and Hong Kong for on-going Ariel coaching work. We are deeply grateful for all the encouragement and support we've received from family and friends over the last few weeks and look forward to sending more blog updates soon! Much love, Nat and Betsy

BAHATI crew members to date: Maine to NJ & Maryland: Bruce Brown & Tom O'Reilly Norfolk, Va to Bermuda: Bill Barton, Jeff Brummer, Ben Walker-Brummer, Bob Wagner Bermuda to St Maarten: Philip Worboys & Art Edelstein St Maarten to Auckland, NZ: Josh Warren-White St Lucia to [...]

Opua, NZ: Michael Callahan St Lucia to Antigua: Ben Fowler, Sarah Haskell, Mariah Warren Guadeloupe to Cartagena: Gareth Weis Panama to Malpela & return: Kirk "Kule" Jackman Panama Canal: Michal Rogers & Jerry Gould Balboa to Las Perlas: Sarah Spaulding Tonga to Opua & Opua to Tanna: Tim Barker Tonga to Opua: Hillary Gerardi Opua to Opua: Sandra Bisset & Wally Mallet Auckland to Opua: Nathaniel O'Brien-Merrill Auckland-Weiheke: Beth Coleman Opua to Tanna: Meghan DeWalt & Tim Barker Auckland to Cairns: Cameron Grillo Cairns to Bali: Georgina Greville Serengan, Bali to Lovina Beach: Jerry Knecht Serengan to Point Nongsa, Batam: Oliver Ghelen Point Nongsa to Puteri Harbor, Malaysia: Martin Lambert We are extremely grateful to these stalwart and courageous sailors who have willingly joined us to help-out on in this amazing adventure and we look forward to welcoming others as we slowly find our back to Maine again!