We are zooming backwards in time again with this post. We are going to make a concerted effort to get the blog stories caught up to real time before we leave for our road trip on April 24th. So we have a lot of writing to do in a short time! Check back often as there will be updates over the next month.

Sunday, October 5th Kosmos is docked in San Diego Bay. Yesterday, we decided to take her over to Mariner’s Cove anchorage in Mission Bay, the next bay north, and spend the night. It is about a 15 nautical mile trip. Before we left for our around the world journey, we went to this anchorage several times on our practice runs. It is one of our favorite spots in the local area because it is very sheltered, and thus calm and flat. It is off one of the more popular beaches in the area, so it is by no means an isolated paradise. But, you can also go to shore where there are a plethora of shops, restaurants, bars and even a roller coaster all within walking distance.

Since we haven’t taken her out in several weeks, it took quite a while to get Kosmos ready to go. Christi was in a great mood as she got the boat ready to go to sea. Eric was not in as good a mood, carrying work stress home with him, but Christi knew that once we dropped the anchor he would relax and forget about work. We both love anchoring out and have been sad that we haven’t had a chance to do so until now.

We pulled out of the marina at about 1300. The ride over was Continue reading →

The March/April 2010 edition of Ocean Navigator Magazine has an article in it about piracy that Christi wrote. Piracy questions are probably the most frequent questions we get, and the article answers many of those questions. It also reveals our gun secret. Up until now, we refused to say if we had guns or not. Find out in the article! The magazines are on the stands now.

Also, we will be speaking twice at the Anacortes Trawler Fest. On Friday, May 21 from 3:30 – 4:30 we will do a presentation on our circumnavigation where we discuss overcoming the things that hold most people back and give an overview of the world trip. On Saturday May 22 from 2:30 – 3:30 we will be doing a seminar on “Adjusting to Living Aboard” that talks about various aspects of what to expect when trasitioning from land to boat life, including a big discussion on costs to expect. The “Adjusting to Living Aboard” presentation will be done jointly with Denis and Mary Umstot, who have cruised 50,000 miles from Alaska to Europe and back. The Umstots also have a great new book out, called Voyaging to the Mediterranean Under Power. Both seminars are included in the regular ticket price to the show, and are not part of the PMU classes that cost extra money to attend. At the San Diego Trawler Fest we met several blog readers, which was fun for us. Hopefully, we’ll met many more at the Anacortes one.

We are taking a car trip from San Diego, the southwest corner of the country, to Maine, the northeast corner of the country. We figured that since we’ve been around the world, we should probably go across our country. Of course, there is a twist to this road trip that makes it special and unique. We’ll announce the twist the day we leave and hopefully post daily updates of our travels throughout the trip.

We are hoping to set up some speaking engagements along the way. If anyone has any suggestions for a venue in the following cities, please let us know:

• April 29 “” St. Louis, MO
• May 3 “” Boston, MA or Rockport, ME (or anything in between)
• May 8 “” Chicago, IL
• May 11 “” Rapid City, SD

Here are some new pages that will always be available in the pages section on the right side of the site.

• Our Book: Information and link to buy the book.
• Speaking: A list upcoming speaking engagements.
• Useful Resources On Us: A list of articles, stories, and mentions of us.
• Original Plan: The original Kosmos plan to circumnavigate the world. See Our Plans page for current plans.