Sailing Catamaran: No home, no jobs and a dying car!

Countries visited by boat

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Antigua & Barbuda.....61 nm

Australia...........1239 nm

Bahamas.......2009...529 nm

Bahamas.......2012...607 nm

British Indies

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2009..........45 nm

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2012.........478 nm

- Montserrat..........33 nm

Canary Ialands.......172 nm

Cape Verde.............5 nm

Colombia.............293 nm

Dominica..............37 nm

Dominican Republic...293 nm

Equator

- Galapagos............5 nm

Egypt................846 nm

Eritrea..............273 nm

Fiji...................5 nm

French Indies

- St-Marteen.2009....103 nm

- St-Marteen.2012....103 nm

- St-Barth............19 nm

- Guadeloupe.........124 nm

- Martinique..........67 nm

French Polynesia...1,043 nm

Grenada...............85 nm

Greece...............558 nm

Gibraltar.............37 nm

Indonesia..........1,656 nm

Italia...............672 nm

Malaysia.............449 nm

Maldives...............5 nm

Netherlands Antilles

- Bonaire............ 44 nm

- Curacao............ 63 nm

- Aruba.............. 55 nm

Maroc................146 nm

Panama...............692 nm

Puerto Rico (US).....222 nm

Samoa..................5 nm

St-Kitt and Nevis.....61 nm

St-Vincent............80 nm

Singapore.............47 nm

Spain................818 nm

Sri Lanka..............5 nm

Sudan................337 nm

Thailand ............166 nm

Turkey...............419 nm

USA................1,760 nm

Vanuatu................5 nm

Venezuela............391 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2009.......21 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2012......107 nm

Virgin Islands (US)...21 nm

Yemen................457 nm

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46 countries......15,764 nm

Ocean Passages

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Pacific ocean

- Panama to

....Galapagos.......880 nm

- Galapagos to

....Marquesas......3050 nm

- French Polynesia to

....Samoa..........1179 nm

- Samoa to

....Fiji............574 nm

- Fiji to

....Vanuatu.........711 nm

- Vanuatu to

....Australia.....1,320 nm

Indian ocean

- Darwin to

....Kupang..........476 nm

- Thailand to

....Sri Lanka.....1,150 nm

- Sri Lanka to

....Maldives........457 nm

- Maldives to

....Yemen..........1503 nm

Atlantic ocean

- Rabat Morocco to

....Canary Islands..459 nm

- Canary Islands to

....Cape Verde...s..866 nm

- Cape Verde to

....Antigua.......2,111 nm

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3 oceans.........14,736 nm

Sunday, August 31, 2008

No home, no jobs and a dying car!

We moved to a new stage in our preparation to the departure. Sooner this month we left the house and last Friday was our last day at work. Last week we sold the Nissan and we now have only the Plymouth Breeze to move about. The only issue is that the Breeze is almost falling apart and we just cross our fingers that it last until our departure in a week and half.

With all these earthly belongings separated from us we should now feel light and free! No way!! We are not Tibetan monks; we are capitalists who enjoyed a nice and comfortable life for many years! We are now realizing that there will be no steady revenues anymore and feel more like “Oh God, what have we done?” than floating in our “freedom”. But hey, that’s what it takes and we’ll deal with it.

This week we are in Montreal to say goodbye to families and friends and next week we will go to the boat for the final preparation and supply.

Danielle and I would like to take a minute to express our gratitude to everyone who in the past weeks helped us and supported us. Many people spontaneously offered their time or give us generous gifts for our departure and we sincerely appreciate it. In the rush of meeting everyone we feel we didn’t express enough our gratitude so now we do it. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

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Sunday, August 31, 2008

No home, no jobs and a dying car!