Author Archives: simabaran

October 2, 2011 “PAUL!!!! PAUL!!!!!! WAKE UP!!!! THE BOAT!!!!  WE’RE LOOSE!!!!!!!!” This is probably just a dream.  I’m going back to sleep. I mean, it’s got to be.  Only today we were fearing just such a bad dream.  I must … Continue reading →

It is early October, and we’re still sailing.  In the last several weeks, we’ve moved back and forth between Turkey and Greece. For the last three days, we’ve been on the island of Nisyros. Nisyros is in the Aegean, just … Continue reading →

One day in early July, after we’d finished some back-breaking projects that we hadn’t been anticipating, and as we prepared to get back to sea, Sima noticed that the refrigerator wasn’t very cold.  In fact, it was at about room … Continue reading →

This is a story about hockey. We had been following the Bruins closely from over here, seven time zones removed from Boston and ten time zones from the site of game seven.  This is not exactly hockey territory. Keeping abreast … Continue reading →

Making our ocean-going sailing vessel “baby proof” is something new for us, and we look at our living space with new questions these days:  Can that hollow be converted into some type of a playpen where baby can be safely … Continue reading →

Where to start?! We’re in Marmaris Turkey, “we” being the good ship Leander, papa bear Paul, mama bear Sima, and young Alexander. Our most recent blog posting was – gulp – last year!  So much has happened, and there is … Continue reading →

Leander has been hauled out of the water, and sits in a yard in Fethiye, in the south of Turkey. She will rest there for the winter, giving us time to welcome our coming child, and, later, to do some … Continue reading →

We went home to the U.S. for several weeks. The boat is in Turkey, and has been since August. We’ve drafted a couple of catch-up blogs, taking us from our last post, in Egypt, to the boat’s current position, in … Continue reading →

Endeavor Bay, Tawila Island, Egypt Just as we have found some Egyptians to be genuine and warm while others are less so, some parts of Egypt -the ancient parts mostly – are stunning, while others – say, anything done after … Continue reading →

Red Sea, Egypt We’re in Endeavor Bay, on Tawila Island, Egypt, in the northern part of the Red Sea, just short of the Gulf of Suez; 160 miles from the entry to the Suez Canal, 215 miles from the Med, … Continue reading →