Inland France
On the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne, France 48 18 N, 005 09 E You know those model train sets that get set up in public spaces around the holidays? […]
Author Archives: Sima
Ali takes to life at sea
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 […]
Catching Up
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 […]
Into Night
Paul’s Dad used to tell another joke. A tourist with a Yankees hat is walking along the observation deck of a tall skyscraper, when he suddenly notices this good-sized but […]
A Long Day’s Journey
10 a.m. (2:00 a.m. UTC) Thursday, March 11, 2010 6 46 N, 83 51 E, Indian Ocean 228 miles due east of Sri Lanka Yesterday’s adventure, in addition to those […]
Oh, Yeah, We’re Half Way There
10 a.m. (2:00 a.m. UTC) Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6 23 N, 86 16 E, Indian Ocean 380 miles due east of Sri Lanka So sang Bon Jovi, and it […]
Light Winds, Lighter Engine, in the Bay of Bengal
9 a.m. (1:00 a.m. UTC) Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6 13 N, 88 00 E, Indian Ocean 480 miles due east of Sri Lanka “This isn’t so bad,” said Sima, […]
Across the Bay of Bengal
Friday, March 5, 5 p.m. (9:00 a.m. UTC) The wind spirits that Paul’s sister Joanne sent along must have worked! We motored for the 20 hours or so, and have […]
Wind us up
Please excuse the delays in updating our blogs. We’ve written several, but our main computer crashed, and Sima has spent the better part of a week recovering it. We’ll back […]
Sailing Leander 