A blog by nerds afloat
After clicking on a post and reading it, hit the “Back” button on your browser to return to this page so that you can read only the highlighted posts. Otherwise, if you click the “Next Post” button on the post page, you will be stuck reading the whole blog! WordPress really sucks sometimes! (Okay, fine. Mel sucks at WordPress. This is hard, people!) There are still a lot of posts– about 135. Hop to it!
The Burnetts are 24 hours outside of Lagos. This means that 35 tankers and cargo ships are between us and Europe right now. Fortunately, none seem to be coming close to us. Mel hopes their giant engines are clearing away … Read More
So the Azores are awesome. There is nothing like indulging in beautiful scenery, hot thermal pools, and lots of meat when one survives being trapped in a fiberglass container that’s just plowing through raw, unencumbered nature for ten days or … Read More
So our optimism was great and all but we will not be able to outrun the approaching front. Forgot that boats sail at a brisk walk. The good news is that our destination is still going to be downwind. The … Read More