georgebackhus on February 4th, 2011

We survived ten gruelling days of post ARC Rally celebrations in St. Lucia and finally started heading north on the last leg of our season’s journey.   With nice trade wind conditions forecast, we were hoping to island hop through the Leeward Isles and make it to the Virgin islands in time for Christmas.  The first day’s hop, [...]

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georgebackhus on January 11th, 2011

Even though we have another season or two of cruising left in us, we have put Moonshadow on the market.    She is in excellent overall condition, having been lovingly cared for by just two owners and meets stringent Category I requirements for ocean racing.  Moonshadow has just completed an unforgettable 16 year circumnavigation.  She lies ready for new “caretakers” who wish to live the [...]

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georgebackhus on January 8th, 2011

Mooshadow heads through the 17th St. Bridge in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
At 1030 hours yesterday, Moonshadow passed under the 17th St. Bridge in Ft. Lauderdale closing the loop on the circumnavigation I started here in November of 1994.  Since then I have covered approximately 70,000 nautical miles and visited around 40 countries on our (mostly) westabout [...]

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georgebackhus on December 15th, 2010

Here are some photos of the ARC Rally.

Moonshadow romps across Rodney Bay to be the 19th yacht to finish the ARC Trans-Atlantic Rally out of 233 starters.

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