Northern hemisphere seasons:
1998 Summer: sailed offshore direct from Florida to Chesapeake with no interior
(700nm)
Bare aluminum hull welded and rigged in Florida
Beth & I built/installed interior and all systems in Annapolis
1999 summer: Newfoundland
Offshore direct from Chesapeake to Newfoundland (1150nm)
Participated in CCA/RNYC cruise, then Nova Scotia and Maine to Long Island
(total 2000nm coastal)
Added two new anchorages to CCA Newfoundland cruising guide
1999 winter: Caribbean
Sat out Hurricane Lenny in Antigua (November 9-15)
Caribbean cruising from Antigua south to Guadeloupe and north to the USVI (600nm)
1999 winter/2000 spring: Atlantic crossing
Atlantic crossing - BVI direct to Azores to Ireland (3400nm)
2000 summer: Ireland & Scotland (1000nm coastal)
Participated in CCA/CCC cruise
2001 summer: Ireland, Scotland, Faeroes and Iceland (1600nm island hopping)
Circumnavigations of Ireland & Iceland
Contributed corrections to ICC “west coast” cruising guide
Sailed directly along Arctic circle on summer solstice
Kedged Hawk off rocks in remote Iceland anchorage, repaired major steering
damage
Offshore direct Iceland to Canaries (2200nm)
2001 fall: Atlantic crossing - Canaries, Cape Verdes, Uruguay (4600nm total,
3750nm non-stop)
Weathered major breaking wave storm off Uruguay
2001 winter: Argentina (1500nm coastal)
Contributed new harbor to RCC guide, with sketch chart and tide analysis
First sailboat in ‘recent memory’ to enter Puerto San Julian
2002 all year: Chile (2500nm, coastal)
Unusual double traverse, cruising both South-North and North-South; sailed around Cape Horn
Encountered 60kt front while approaching Cape Horn; a German boat was
lost with all hands
Produced 'best anchorages routing summary' for Chilean channels
2003 spring: Atlantic & Indian Ocean crossing - Chile to Australia
9000-mile non-stop Southern Ocean passage across 2 oceans in 59 days
Weathered 956mb low passing directly overhead
Discovered undocumented 4kt Agulhas counter current, passed under Cape Hope
Essentially flawless passage; no broaches, knockdowns or major equipment
failures
2003 Fall: Southern Australia & Tasmania (2500nm)
Rounded two Great Capes - Cape Leeuwin & Tasmania's Southwest Cape
Nonstop Southern Ocean passage from Albany, West Australia to Port Davey, Tasmania
2004: Tasmania to North Island, New Zealand and cruising North Island (2100nm)
Delivery of 104-foot Royal Huisman yacht from New Zealand to Fiji (1000nm)
2005 Fall and winter: To South Island New Zealand and Stewart Island
Sailed from Whangaroa on the top of the North Island to Nelson on the top of the South Island down the west coast of New Zealand
From Nelson, sailed down the South Island's west coast to Thompson Sound and spent a month exploring Fiordland
Rounded the fifth Great Cape - Stewart Islands Southwest Cape (1500nm)
2005 Spring: Passage to Austral Islands, Hawaii and British Columbia, and cruising Queen Charlotte Islands and the West Coast of Vancouver Island (12500nm)
2006 Spring & summer: Cruising From Desolation Sound to Ventura, CA (2200nm)
2007 Sailed to Mexico and explored the sea of Cortez, sailed down the central American coast to Costa Rica. Nonstop passage from Costa Rica to Gambier Island, nonstop passage from Gambier Island to Puerto Montt Chile.
Winter 2008 Puerto Montt, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina (1,200nm)
Details of 1nd Circumnavigation - Voyages aboard Silk (approx 40,000 miles) – Shannon 37’ centerboard ketch
1993-1995 Circumnavigation from Newport USA to Newport, through Panama Canal, by way of Torres Strait and Cape Hope.
Captain: Evans Starzinger
Admiral: Beth Leonard
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting.