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You have stumbled upon a travel blog that chronicles the journeys of two nomadic professionals who live their lives by cycling between working their butts off in science and medicine and goofing around in a boat!
Here you can follow our journey aboard the spectacular 2017 Leopard 48 catamaran The Intrepid Jerry. In Nov 2025 we left the US for the Caribbean and made our way west through the Panama Canal in April 2026. We plan to explore the Pacific Ocean and beyond as we attempt to circumnavigate over 3-5 years.
Below you will find our travel map, blog, and information about our first voyage aboard The Amazing Marvin from 2015-2017.
Happy exploring!
Where is Jerry?
An island in the Society Islands archipelago, French Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
Last update: July 10, 2026
Jerry’s Journey:
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A Society Island Excursion With Your Intrepid Tour Guide, Jerry!
Cruisers gotta cruise. This truth about the nomads that make up our community is one reason why we weighed heavily the decision to go through the time and effort to extend our allotted 90-day visa to a full year in…
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Hotel Jerry
Mel hasn’t posted much lately as her role has been transformed from free-wheeling, blogging cruiser to Mom and concierge to four visiting Gen-Z’ers. To imagine what this is like, take the logistics required to live on a sailboat in a…
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Tahitimaxxing
It’s time Mel gets out her thoughts about Tahiti in one of her long, rambling posts! Prepare for long sentences with lots of commas and a gazillion photos with informative captions! And many, many exclamation points! No punchy-perfect AI sentences…
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Cruisers gotta cruise. This truth about the nomads that make up our community is one reason why we weighed heavily the decision to go through the time and effort to extend our allotted 90-day visa to a full year in French Polynesia....
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Cruisers gotta cruise. This truth about the nomads that make up our community is one reason why we weighed heavily the decision to go through the time and effort to extend our allotted 90-day visa …With kids/guests Isaak, Allie, and Anthony still aboard, we rented a car and drove around Bora Bora along the same path carved by the Americans when they were here in WWII. For the first time since Panama, we walked the footsteps of our countrymen, doing American things like admiring giant guns and marveling at our SeeBees, who built the airport here in three weeks. It was nice to feel proud of our country for a bit… #borabora #geterdone
After a brief stop in Raiatea and an amazing snorkle tour of a coral garden, Jerry pressed on to Bora Bora so Anthony and Isaak could catch flights back to the US. This video is for Mel’s father-in-law and fellow sailor Bill. We learned from Bill that whenever sailboats are headed in the same direction, it’s a race. Jerry’s standing in the results, which Mel accurately predicts in this video, might have been better had Jerry not been carrying enough food to feed Mel’s 22-year old son, who is inexplicably going through a growth spurt. And if Mel was able to properly identify downwind sails. #quantumsails #NoSpinnakerDrama #fornowatleast
