Moments and stories: Around the Americas
The voyage from the first day, in order: journal entries from the crew and the posts they shared along the way. Use "Show" to see only one or the other.
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JournalPanama, PanamaWhen we made the decision to turn right and transit the Panama Canal, we based it on three factors: finances, weather, and time. The weather was against us and we were storm-weary.
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JournalEcuadorIt was the night of our equator ceremony when I thought, for certain, we were being taken over by pirates.
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JournalS/V One OceanAnatomy of a knockdownNorth Atlantic PassageHalifax/Lockport to Bermuda
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JournalI woke this morning to calm waters—the quietest and flattest I have seen in a long while on this expedition.
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JournalLimaThe lights of Lima remain off our port beam as we glide south toward Chile through soft, calm water.
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JournalPeruThis morning I've muttered (mostly to myself) a dozen times that it's time to leave Peru and head south. I woke up wanting to be on the move rather than tied to a buoy a hundred yar
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JournalThe Humboldt Current is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north from the southern tip of South America along the continent’s western edge toward the equator.
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JournalOne Ocean is currently 340 nautical miles off the coast of Chile. We left Callao on Wednesday evening and—somehow—it’s already Sunday.