Freebirdie's Sailin' Blog

22 November 2011 | Seattle
01 August 2011 | Santa Maria di Leuca
03 July 2011 | Greece
15 June 2011 | Gulf of Corinth
05 June 2011 | Athens
28 May 2011 | Poros Greece
25 April 2011 | Symi Island
13 April 2011 | Naxos, Greece
20 February 2011 | Istanbul, Turkey
30 January 2011 | Ephesus
28 January 2011 | Marmaris
16 January 2011 | Selcuk, Turkey
31 December 2010 | Marmaris
24 October 2010 | Cappadocia, Turkey
16 September 2010 | Marmaris Turkey
26 August 2010 | Fethiye, Turkey
19 August 2010 | Marmaris
03 August 2010 | Larnaca Cyprus
01 August 2010 | Mediterranean Sea
30 July 2010 | Ashkelon Marina

Arrived ~ almost 60 hours, just 1 shy

06 January 2010 | Port Blair, Andaman Islands
Dave and Judy
Here we are sitting waiting for Customs and Immigration. It's 3:30 local time. One and a half hours different than Thailand. Yep, you heard it....one and a half hours. We just got a call that they have all gone home for the day. We have heard that it can take two -three days to check in here. In the meantime this is a nice quiet anchorage to lick our wounds. We motored the ENTIRE WAY! We are on fumes and the only way to get fuel is to carry it in Gerri cans in the dinghy to a taxi to the gas station and back. Oh well what else would Dave be doing anyway? Fixing the wind instrument or the wind generator maybe? No fun there! As for judy, she's looking for trouble where ever she can find it!!! Cheerio mates, j&D


Wikipedia link for the Andaman's, click here:
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Vessel Name: Freebird
Vessel Make/Model: Grainger MC420 Catamaran
Hailing Port: Seattle
Crew: Dave and Judy Howell
About:
Dave started building Freebird in 1995 in a plastic shed on Camano Island, NW USA and launched her in April of 2001. He retired from the Fire Department in 1999 after 28 years of service. Judy Retired from dentistry in 1995 after 27 years. [...]
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