georgebackhus on July 31st, 2007

A year ago, the island of Cyprus was barely on our radar screen and now we love it there! We had intended to spend a week or so before moving on to Greece, but in typical fashion, a week turned into nearly a month.

A masthead view of Larnaca Marina and town.

We arrived in Larnaca on [...]

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georgebackhus on July 13th, 2007

26 May
Approach to the Suez Canal was pretty straightforward. The channel is well marked, and with dozens of ships anchored to each side, it looks a bit like the driving lane through a massive liquid parking lot. We arrived in the Suez Yacht Club basin and were welcomed by Captain Heebi, our canal transit agent, [...]

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georgebackhus on July 7th, 2007

I’ll start off with a brief rundown of our ground tackle, which is pretty basic as we like to keep things simple. We keep just one anchor on the bow because I like to minimize weight at the ends of the boat for better performance. Our primary anchor is the original equipment on Moonshadow, a [...]

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