Voyages
View our current location on Navasana here: Current Location and Track of Navasana
Cruising on Navasana: 2022 to TBD
We left the Nautitech factory in May 2022, sailed along the Atlantic coast, through Gibraltar (dodging the Orcas!) and then on to the Balearics. We explored Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca and Menorca before crossing over to Sardinia in July. We loved North Sardinia and spent many weeks sailing with family and friends before making our way back to Formentera. We then made our way down to the Canary islands to prepare for the ARC. On Nov 20 we left to cross the Atlantic, arriving in St Lucia. We then cruised the Caribbean before sailing to Bonaire and then the magical San Blas Islands. We then transited the Panama Canal, crossed the Pacific Ocean and spent the 2023 season, sailing french polynesia, cook islands and tonga before sailing to New Zealand for the cyclone season. In May 2024 we sailed to Fiji, where we are are now cruising for the next few months!
Half Circumnavigation on Sudden Stops Necessary: San Francisco to Sydney 2010 to 2012
From Oct 2010 to Feb 2012 I took a sabbatical from work and sailed from San Francisco to Australia on my sailboat Sudden Stops Necessary visiting some pretty incredible places on the way.
The first part of the journey was getting to Mexico and then crossing the pacific. The exact route with all the daily position reports can be found on this google map. Some of the comments on the position reports are pretty funny to look back on now.
I have documented most of the trip in the blog posts below. The highlights were definitely the Tuamotus Atolls, Haa’pai group in Tonga and Suwarrow Atoll!
Oct 2010: San Francisco to San Diego
Nov 2010: Baja Haha Rally
Dec 2010: Mexico Pacific Coast
Mar 2010: Pacific Ocean Crossing
April 2010: The Marquesas, French Polynesia
May/Jun 2011: Tuamotus Atolls: Kauehi and Tahanea, Fakarava and Toau
Jul 2011: The Society Islands: Tahiti and Moorea, Bora Bora and Raiatea
Jul 2011: Cook Islands: Suwarrow Atoll
Aug 2011: Kingdom of Tonga
Sep/Oct 2011: Fiji
Nov 2011: Vanuatu, Chesterfield Reef and Australia landfall
Dec/Jan 2012: Sydney and end of trip.
Friends and family that joined me for different parts of the trip: The Sudden Stoppers
Bareboat charters
To maintain our sanity we try to organize a couple of 7-14 day charters every year with friends and family. Here is a list of all the fun places I have visited with recommendations and route maps.
Jun’21 Corsica, 1 Week
Nautitech 40
Jul ’20 Cote de Azur, 1 Week
Lagoon 40
Aug ’19 Bora Bora, French Polynesia, 1 Week
Leopard 38 Catamaran, “Moeava”
Jun’18 Greece, Ionian Islands, 1 Week
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 349, “Lost in Translation”
Dec ’17 Thailand, Phang Nga Bay, 1 Week
Bavaria 32
Jun’17 British Virgin Islands, 1 Week
Beneteau Oceanis 38, “No name because she was so new ;-)”
Aug’16 Croatia, Sibenik, 1 Week
Lagoon 400 Catamaran “Silba”
Sailing Route
Jun’16 Seychelles, Indian Ocean, 1 Week
Mahe 36 Catamaran “Montana”
Dec ‘15 British Virgin Islands, 1 Week
Lagoon 400 Catamaran “Monia”
Sailing Route
Oct ‘15 Turkey: Fethiye, 1 Week
Oceanis 43 Monohull “Soyamaje”
Sailing Route
Aug ‘15. Croatia: Trogir, 1 Week
Oceanis 50 Monohull “Lowa”
Sailing Route
July ‘15, Croatia: Trogir, 1 Week
Lagoon 400 S2 Catamaran “Wonderland”
Sailing Route
May ‘15 Greece: Saronic islands, 1 Week
Bavaria 49 Monohull
Jan ‘08 French West Indies, 2 Weeks
Lagoon 380 Catamaran
Jul ‘06 Italy: Sardinia, Corsica, 1 Week
Beneteau Oceanis 41 “Mydfa”
Sardinia trip blog post
Jul ‘04 Turkey: Gocek, 1 Week
Leopard 3800 Catamaran
Sailing Route
Jan ‘04 Caribbean Windward Islands, 2 Weeks
Dufour GibSea 43 “Dawn Treader”
Windward islands blog post
May‘03 British Virgin Islands, 10 Days
Leopard 4700 Catamaran
Sailing Route
Jul ‘02 Greece: Cyclades Islands, 1 Week
Beneteau Oceanis 461
May‘02 British Virgin Islands, 1 Week
Norseman 430 Catamaran
Sailing Route
Mar‘01 Caribbean Leeward Islands, 2 Weeks
Beneteau First 42S7 “Nashstar”
Leeward Islands blog post
