S/V Adventure

Follow the O'Neil family, sailing in their Catalina 42, on their 2-year sabbatical to see the Pacific coast of the US, Mexico, and Central America, Galapagos, the South Pacific, and New Zealand.

08 June 2012 | Home
05 June 2012 | 100 miles to the Farallons!
02 June 2012 | 475 miles off the coast
31 May 2012 | 579 miles to go
30 May 2012 | 694 miles to go
30 May 2012 | 800 miles to go
29 May 2012 | 915 miles off California
28 May 2012 | Past halfway between Hawaii and SF
27 May 2012 | Past halfway between Hawaii and SF
26 May 2012 | Halfway between Hawaii and SF
24 May 2012 | Middle of the Pacific Ocean
23 May 2012 | Middle of the Pacific Ocean
22 May 2012 | Middle of the Pacific Ocean
21 May 2012 | Middle of the Pacific Ocean
20 May 2012 | Pacific Gyre
16 May 2012 | Pacific Gyre
16 May 2012 | Pacific
18 September 2011 | Home
07 September 2011 | Crossing the southern tip of the big island
05 September 2011 | Pacific

My first sailblog entry from sea

08 August 2011 | middle of nowhere
Sean
Hi All!

Thanks everyone for their emails. The weather's been pretty rough for the last 24 hours. Big winds and seas all night. Sailmail stopped working for me too. I was pretty depressed as I ate my last hard-boiled egg for dinner last night. Dad tried to entertain us with more music from his iPod. "I have 4,000 songs," he boasts. Too bad a lot of them are either Disney hits or the sound track from the Muppet Movie. Fortunately Casey fixed my iPod up with all of her favorite music in a special playlist called "Chill Music".

We just got shower in preparation for another rough night. The boat is handling well and, other than Sailmail, nothing else has broken. Still, it's quite a loud crash when Adventure smacks a wave. There's lots of creaking going on too. We had a bird land on the boat for 24 hours, but then he left. No thanks, no tip of the wing - just left.

Okay, that's all that's going on here. We sleep, listen to Muppet music, and carry on. Miss everyone!

Sean
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Vessel Name: Adventure
Vessel Make/Model: Catalina 42
Hailing Port: Marina Bay, Richmond CA
Crew: The O'Neil Family
About: Sean (Captain and Line Man) Kathy (Helmswoman and Cook) Tara - 12 years old at trip start, Casey - 11 years old at trip start (Crew and Students)
Extra: We're on a three-year sabbatical from the daily grind to see the Pacific coast of the US, Mexico, Central America and the South Pacific and stopping at New Zealand.

S/V Adventure

Who: The O'Neil Family
Port: Marina Bay, Richmond CA