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| Vessel Name: | Inspired Insanity |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Southern Cross 28 |
| Hailing Port: | Virgin Islands |
| Extra: | First American Woman to Solo Sail Nonstop Around the World |
| Home Page: | www.donnalange.com |
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10 July 2016 | Bristol RI
Journeying On
The summer has barely begun in Rhode Island and the mornings already seem to be cool, almost a scent of autumn air… How is that possible? There is so much to do. Each day seems to begin and end with a sense of having been floating on air, my feet barely touching the ground. “What is it like now, [...]
15 June 2016 | 35 00'N:75 05'W, Another wild few days ahead... deja vu.
Passing Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras!!!
There was no warning�... the day touting varying winds from the SE to SW, the sails trimmed in and let back out over and over to keep us moving as fast as we could, the engine called upon when we weren�'t moving fast enough. I was making breakfast when Bob went up on deck responding to a sound�... next [...]
13 June 2016 | 30 00'N:79 35'W, in the Gulf Stream off Jacksonville Fl
Offshore once more: SV Calyspo is heading north!
It seems endless, the need to keep pressing, keep moving, from one point to another, the whole world of details needing to be dealt with upon returning after so long offshore, after having completely detached from the world system. Yet, there is a dream state that wants to believe I would not reattach�... [...]
01 June 2016 | 41 24'N:71 25'W, Just arriving in Lake Worth... leaving again tomorrow in my car back to RI
the MISSING BLOGS: are coming
Hang in there... I am enroute to Florida to get my car... a busy week. I am getting the 'missing blogs' going. I just realized that I didn't write any blog the days I was knocked down...though Bob did an incredible job of keeping you updated and with the details...He was totally accurate and you all [...]
29 May 2016 | 41 24'N:71 25'W, Bristol RI: Herreshoff Museum Dock
Magnificent Welcome Home
PHOTO: after knockdowns at Cape Horn and heading for Panama WATCH FOR NEW BLOGS : FROM FEB.14- MAR 28�... HANDWRITTEN UNDERWAY AFTER MY COMPUTER BROKE, TO BE TRANSCRIBED AND POSTED OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS�... STAY TUNED!!!
Meditation at Anchor
The wheels of Panama preparations and bureaucracy turn slowly, but turn. Roy Bravo, Donna's Canal Agent has been wonderfully helpful getting Donna prepared for INSPIRED SANITY's transit. The motor should be fitted this morning once the correct mount arrives and then Donna can have her final inspection and get on the list to go. Donna's frustration is tempered by the outpouring of help from other cruising sailors in the anchorage at Las Playita.
Credit cards, cell phones and email access are slowly coming together, as Donna returns to the world of "credit cards, cell phones and email access." Soon, Donna should be able to update her Sailblog and email her family and friends. Some of the higher priorities, such as talking to the grandkids, have been accomplished.
Yesterday morning, Donna invited her new friends, Dieuuka and Maurice from nearby m/v ATMOS, to join her for her morning meditation aboard INSPIRED SANITY. They have been helping Donna in the anchorage.
While they were meditating aboard IS, a large pod of dolphins diverted from their path and came to surround INSPIRED SANITY, Donna and her guests. According to Donna, they were large dolphins jumping alongside and swimming under and around the boat. Truly amazing to those aboard. When the dolphins departed, Donna's new friends were left wondering, "Who the heck ARE you?"
I know that the dolphins, the whales and "Wise Mother Ocean" all know exactly who Donna is. She is one of them. These ocean inhabitants have all been with her from the start of this amazing journey. They were also there during the first circumnavigation and during her sail to Ireland. She plays her Irish whistle to them whenever they arrive off the bow.
The dolphins visit her regularly to check on her progress, make sure she is safe, then make sure she is smiling. The dolphins, the whales and all of the sea creatures always make her smile. She is smiling. I am smiling.
"The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. It's breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides."
- Jules Verne
Donna is never lonely at sea as she is among her friends and all of the life that surrounds her.
Thanks everyone.
Bob
