SV Doodlebug is in the USA!!!

On March 16, 2009 at 0945 hours, DoodleBug crossed her outbound track, where at 1015 hours on 3rd. July, 2003, she had passed the end of the same breakwater,before turning then towards Key West. We have done it! We have sailed all the way around the world!

 

 

 

February 5th 2010

At last! Latitudes and Attitudes sailing magazine published our article entitled, "Guns, Coconuts and Pirates". It is in their March, 2010 "13th. Anniversary" edition, pages 55 through 60. This article was originally supposed to make the November, 2008 issue and we had almost forgotten that it was hangin' somewhere in magazine limbo. Nevertheless we are excited to see our tale in print and hope you enjoy it too. The article is reproduced here in Adobe .pdf file format. Lats and Atts Article

 

 

 

July 3rd 2009

I have just finished (finally!!) adding pictures to the 2009 trip logs. Below is the list of ports that we visited during our circumnavigation. 

 

                        SV DoodleBug Ports of Call

Arrived	Port	Departed
	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA	7/3/2003
7/4/2003	Key West, Florida, USA	7/5/2003
7/11/2003	Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	8/7/2003
8/9/2003	Kemah, Texas, USA	9/20/2003
9/21/2003	Port Aransas, Texas, USA	9/24/2003
9/25/2003	Kemah, Texas, USA	12/30/2003
1/5/2004	Isla Mujeres, MEXICO	1/13/2004
1/15/2004	Georgetown, CAYMAN	1/27/2004
2/1/2004	Colon, PANAMA	2/6/2004
2/7/2004	Balboa, PANAMA	2/15/2004
2/21/2004	Cristobal, GALAPAGOS	2/28/2004
2/29/2004	Santa Cruz, GALAPAGOS	3/5/2004
3/5/2004	Isabella, GALAPAGOS	3/11/2004
3/30/2004	Fatu Hiva, MARQUESAS	4/1/2004
4/1/2004	Hiva Oa, MARQUESAS	4/6/2004
4/6/2004	Tahuata, MARQUESAS	4/9/2004
4/9/2004	Ua Pou, MARQUESAS	4/14/2004
4/14/2004	Nuku Hiva, MARQUESAS	4/18/2004
4/22/2004	Ahe, TUAMOTUS	4/30/2004
5/1/2005	Rangiroa, TUAMOTUS	5/8/2004
5/9/2004	Papeete, SOCIETIES	6/3/2004
6/3/2004	Moorea, SOCIETIES	6/7/2004
6/8/2004	Huahine, SOCIETIES	6/12/2004
6/12/2004	Raiatea, SOCIETIES	7/2/2004
7/2/2004	Tahaa, SOCIETIES	7/3/2004
7/3/2004	Bora Bora, SOCIETIES	7/11/2004
7/15/2004	Penrhyn Island, COOKS	7/22/2004
7/25/2004	Suwarrow Atoll, COOKS	7/30/2004
8/2/2004	Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA	8/15/2004
8/16/2004	Apia, WEST SAMOA	9/8/2004
9/9/2004	Nuiatpoutapu, TONGA	9/17/2004
9/18/2004	Vavau, TONGA	10/8/2004
10/10/2004	Ha’ Ano, TONGA	10/12/2004
10/12/2004	Ha’ Afeva, TONGA	10/15/2004
10/15/2004	Atata , TONGA	10/16/2004
10/16/2004	Pangaimotu Island, TONGA	10/21/2004
10/27/2004	Opua, NZ	11/2/2004
11/2/2004	Tutukaka, NZ	11/3/2004
11/3/2004	Whangerei, NZ
	Whangerei, NZ	5/7/2005
5/9/2005	Opua, NZ	5/23/2005
5/31/2005	Savusavu, FIJI	7/11/2005
8/10/2005	Lautoka, FIJI	8/11/2005
8/15/2005	Port Resolution, TANNA	8/20/2005
9/11/2005	Port Vila, EFATE	9/17/2005
9/18/2005	We, ISLE LIFOU	9/17/2005
9/23/2005	Noumea, NEW CALEDONIA	10/4/2005
10/10/2005	Bundaberg, AUSTRALIA
	Bundaberg, AUSTRALIA	3/28/2006
5/12/2006	Darwin, AUSTRALIA	9/4/2006
9/13/2006	Bali, INDONESIA	10/1//2006
10/4/2006	Christmas Island	10/10/2006
10/13/2006	Cocos Keeling Island	10/21/2006
10/30/2006	Salomon Island, CHAGOS	11/16/2006
11/18/2006	Addu, MALDIVES	11/22/2006
11/24/2006	Male’, MALDIVES	11/28/2006
11/29/2006	Uligamu, MALDIVES	12/1/2006
12/9/2006	Salalah, OMAN	12/14/2006
12/18/2006	DJIBOUTI	12/21/2006
12/24/2006	Massawa, ERITREA	12/31/2006
1/12/2007	Port Ghalib, EGYPT
	Port Ghalib, EGYPT	8/10/2007
8/16/2007	Port Suez, EGYPT	8/18/2007
8/21/2007	Ashkelon, ISRAEL	9/10/2007
9/11/2007	Limassol, CYPRUS	9/17/2007
9/18/2007	Finike, TURKEY	9/21/2007
10/4/2007	Marmaris, TURKEY
	Marmaris, TURKEY	4/23/2008
4/23/2008	Simi, GREECE	4/27/2008
4/27/2008	Khalki, GREECE	4/28/2008
4/28/2008	Limon Fri, Kassos, GREECE	5/1/2008
5/13/2008	Agios Nikolaos, CRETE	5/22/2008
5/28/2008	Valetta, MALTA	6/5/2008
6/5/2008	Siracusa, SICILY	6/8/2008
6/6/2008	Riposto, SICILY	6/8/2008
6/8/2008	Vibo Valentia, ITALY	6/9/2008
6/11/2008	Salerno, ITALY	6/15/2008
6/17/2008	Bonifacio, CORSICA	6/19/2008
6/20/2008	Calvi, CORSICA	6/26/2008
6/28/2008	Puerta de Mahon, MENORCA	6/29/2008
6/29/2008	Cala Fornells, MENORCA	7/1/2008
7/1/2008	Port Colom, MALLORCA	7/3/2008
7/4/2008	Ensenada del Cabrito, FORMENTERA	7/6/2008
7/7/2008	Cartagena, SPAIN	7/9/2008
7/10/2008	GIBRALTAR	7/17/2008
7/20/2008	Puerto Calero, LANZAROTE
	Puerto Calero, LANZAROTE	11/24/2008
11/30/2008	Porto Grande, ILHA SAO VICENTE	12/3/2008
12/18/2008	Port Elizabeth, BEQUIA	12/28/2008
12/28/2008	Wallilabou, ST. VINCENT	12/29/2008
12/29/2008	Marigot Bay, ST. LUCIA	12/30/2008
12/30/2008	Rodney Bay, ST. LUCIA	1/22/2009
1/22/2009	Port Marin, MARTINIQUE	1/26/2009
1/26/2009	Trois Islets, MARTINIQUE	1/27/2009
1/27/2009	Fort de France, MARTINIQUE	1/31/2009
2/1/2009	Terre-en-Haut, ILES DES SAINTES	2/4/2009
2/4/2009	Point a Pitre, GUADELOUPE	2/7/2009
2/7/2009	Deshaies, GUADELOUPE	2/8/2009
2/8/2009	Charlestown, NEVIS	2/9/2009
2/9/2009	Basseterre, ST. KITTS	2/14/2009
2/14/2009	Road Bay, ANGUILLA	2/16/2009
2/16/2009	Spanish Town, VIRGIN GORDA	2/18/2009
2/18/2009	Road Town, TORTOLA	2/21/2009
2/21/2009	Charlotte Amalie, ST. THOMAS	2/23/2009
2/23/2009	San Juan, PUERTO RICO	2/27/2009
3/1/2009	Cockburn Harbour, SOUTH CAICOS	3/4/2009
3/4/2009	Sapodilla bay, PROVIDENCIALE	3/7/2009
3/7/2009	West Caicos Marina, WEST CAICOS	3/8/2009
3/8/2009	Abraham’s Bay, MAYAGUANA	3/9/2009
3/9/2009	Attwood Harbor, LADY SLIPPER CAY	3/10/2009
3/10/2009	Clarence Town, LONG ISLAND	3/12/2009
3/12/2009	West Bay, CONCEPTION ISLAND	3/13/2009
3/13/2009	West Bay, LITTLE SAN SALVADOR	3/14/2009
3/16/2009	Fort Lauderdale, USA	3/17/2009
3/17/2009	Fort Pierce, USA

 

June 16, 2009

Today I can announce that we have officially sold DoodleBug. Thank you Kim Korman! DoodleBug has been renamed and we wish the new owners, "Safe Sailing and Fair Winds".

 

April 8, 2009

As I write this, we have just arrived in Santa Fe, it is snowing heavily and are sitting amongst a sea of cardboard boxes. The past three weeks was spent in a flurry of activity following our arrival in Fort Pierce as we have both cleaned DB and removed our personal effects. We have sadly decided to put DoodleBug up for adoption and she is now listed for sale with a great yacht broker, Kim Korman of FLORIDA COAST MARINE YACHT SALES. Her office is at Harbortown Marina, Fort Pierce and for anyone interested, her contact info is as follows:

      772-489 0110
      772-489 5888 fax
      kkorman@fcmyachts.com

 

Six years ago we set out to circumnavigate this planet by yacht and what an adventure it has been! We are just now beginning to take stock of our journey, to look back at where we have been, remember the peoples we have met, recall what we have seen, felt and experienced. It seems a lifetime ago when Annette and I sailed from Kemah, Texas with DoodleBug loaded to the gunwales with supplies and the waves stretching to the beckoning horizon. When we left, the electoral battle between John Kerry and George Bush had another eleven months to run; an unknown Illinois State Senator named Barack Obama was beginning his run for the US Senate. Nobody had even heard of "American Idol" and the Dow was hovering around 10,000. What amazing changes in society since then!

 

For us sailors, our experiences were of the distant smudge on a horizon leading to the excitement of new landfall. Stunningly pretty anchorages with palm fringed white sand beaches. Trading with locals who had paddled out to meet us in their dug-out canoes. We will miss the fiery sunsets at sea as well as the beauty of a tranquil dawn. Glittering stars by night. The moon lighting up heaving seas. Storms and Calms. New friends from all around the world. We plan other adventures but for now at least, this one is over.  

I have rearranged the 2009 logs into a forward chronological sequence and moved them to "Trip Logs from 2009 Cruise". No pictures yet for the 2009 legs. I will try to put these up in the next few weeks.