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  • Patrick Childress – His Last Photographs of SV Brick House

    Patrick Childress takes some last photos of Sailboat Brick House The post Patrick Childress – His Last Photographs of SV Brick House appeared first on Where is SV Brick House? . Click here for full post: http://whereisbrickhouse.com/2020/07/31/patrick-childress-photographs-of-sv-brick-house/ Youtube: Patrick Childress Sailing More

  • Patrick Childress – His Last Photographs of SV Brick House

    Patrick Childress takes some last photos of Sailboat Brick House The post Patrick Childress – His Last Photographs of SV Brick House appeared first on Where is SV Brick House? . Click here for full post: https://whereisbrickhouse.com/2020/07/31/patrick-childress-photographs-of-sv-brick-house/ Youtube: Patrick Childress Sailing More

  • Meeting Giant Tortoises on Curieuse Island

    We’ve been cruising around Seychelles, checking out the islands while having two groups of friends visit: Vishnu, Frido, and the three-year-old Ranju; and Kyle and Lauren.  We’d already seen the coco de mer palm tree at Vallee de Mai in Praslin, and now it was time to see another endemic Click here for full post: […] More

  • Running Out of Fuel in the Indian Ocean

    We knew that we needed to leave Gan, our last port in the Maldives, with as much fuel as possible. With temperatures so high, we were struggling to make it through the day without running the air conditioning, and being so close to the equator, winds were light or non-existent. Click here for full post: […] More

  • Two Weeks in Chagos

    After two months of cruising the Maldives, we made the short hop from Gan to the archipelago of Chagos.  We left Gan May 23rd, after waiting to fill our propane tank, which took nearly a week!  (We should have done it in Male).   After less than three days of very Click here for full post: […] More

  • Indian Ocean Emergency Contacts for Sat Phone

    TweetThere are new updates to the Emergency Contacts for the Indian Ocean. Here is the new version..most important is SRILANKA addition. EMERGENCY CONTACTS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN IERCC +1.936.582.3190. This is for nonemergency at sea for SAR and MedEvac with GEOS Safety Solutions…This is for technical questions, changes of phone Click here for full post: […] More

  • Cruising the Indian Ocean: Planning for 2019

    We’re approaching our third ocean crossing on Starry Horizons, and it’s going to be an interesting one; we will be cruising the Indian Ocean! The below is just a rough sketch of the paths that are available for cruising boats.  There are many paths to take, and cruising boats veer outside of the scope of […] More