Quarterdeck Skipper Academy is where The Yacht Week skippers are trained. In April 2019 I was very fortunate to be able to join this group in Split Croatia to learn[…]
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Adventure Log
Sailing in Greece • s/v Aquarella
One of the benefits of teaching people to sail is that sometimes they go off and buy a boat and ask me to help them with it! My friends Will[…]
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Sailing the Hawaiian Islands Aboard s/v Gemini
We made a video of sailing around the Hawaiian islands aboard Gemini back in 2018. Drone video of Molokai and Lanai with maps and descriptions of some of the harbors[…]
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Pacific Offshore Challenge Aboard s/v Gemini
The Pacific Offshore Challenge is a one week cruise and learn sailing experience around the Hawaiian islands on the 35 ft classic sailing yacht s/v Gemini. On this live aboard[…]
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Learn to Sail with Sail Hawaii
Sail Hawaii is an American Sailing Association (ASA) affiliated sailing school based in Honolulu, Hawaii in the Ilikai Hotel. We offer beginner to advanced sailing and navigation instruction with ASA[…]
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Delivering m/v Tortuga • San Diego, CA to Honolulu, HI
m/v Tortuga is a Chesapeake 50 charter fishing boat that was purchased in Key West, Florida to be brought to Hawaii for charter fishing operations. The delivery through the Caribbean[…]
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West Across the North Pacific: Hawaii – Guam – Taiwan • s/v Sansiri
s/v Sansiri is a 1990 Tripp 40 sailboat, purchased in Hawaii by a group of people in Taiwan. I was hired in January 2015 to be Captain on this delivery[…]
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Delivering the Pirate Ship to Hawaii
Once I arrived in Hawaii with Gemini and decided to stay, I needed a job. I went on Craigslist and found someone looking for help bringing a pirate ship[…]
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Voyage Log: s/v Gemini • California – Hawaii
Reposted from the original Gemini Pacific Blogger blog: Departing SWYC at mid day, we waved goodbye to our friends and family on the dock. Maybe Shawn and Sylvia, Ralph and[…]
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Introducing s/v Gemini
I found s/v Gemini, a 1964 Pearson Alberg 35 sailboat in Long Beach, CA in late 2012. We got a good deal, fixed her up and got her ready to[…]
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