Wonderland's past adventures and crew

2003
Mar-May 2003: Bahamas, Abacos and Berrys

late May-Jun 2003: Florida to Bermuda (crew John McGinley, Bob Olson and Jeff Van Lanen)

Jun 2003: Bermuda to Azores (crew John McGinley, Adam Boggs and Amanda Stevenson)

Jul-Aug 2003: Cruising the Azores

mid Aug 2003: Azores to Portugal (crew Fritz Zaucker and Peter Augusto)

Sept-Nov 2003: Coast of Portugal and Spain (crew Lib and Susha Pratt)

2004
Dec-Feb 2004: Hauled out in Spain (no crew)

Mar-Aug 2004: Cruising the Mediterranian (crew Lib and Susha Pratt), come visit

Aug-Sep 2004: Out of the Med, Sardinia to Gibraltar or Lagos Portugal (crew Adam Bednarik and Vincent Cawley)

Oct-Dec 2004: Spain to Canaries to Dakar, Senegal (crew Hannah and Susha Pratt, Jeff Allen)

Dec 2004 - Jan 2005: Dakar to Cape Verdes, around the Cape Verdes (crew Hannah and Susha Pratt), come visit

2005

Jan 2005: Cape Verde Islands to Brazil (crew Hannah and Susha Pratt, Peter Stoller)

Feb-Jun 2005: Cruising the coast of Brazil (crew Hannah and Susha Pratt), come visit

Jul-Aug 2005: Sailing from Brazil to Trinidad, French Guyana and Suriname too (crew Adam Bednarik and Peter Augusto)

Aug-Nov 2005: Trinidad, waiting for hurricane season to end, and doing seemingly infinite boat chores

Nov-Dec 2005: side trip to Antarctica via Chile, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia aboard Explorer II

2006

Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Trinidad/Tobago area, exploring, testing out my new rigging, windlass, and self steering, continuing boat chores (crew Tom Pratt + kids, Dodi and Dick Luongo)

Feb-Mar 2006: side trip to the fiords of southern Chile with David Mitchell aboard Shandon, a Bowman 48.

Apr-May 2006:sail up the island chain to Antigua for their sailing week races (crew John and Lynda Mcginley, Anne Hammond)

June-August 2006: Exploring the Caribbean and worrying about hurricanes (crew Jim Lane, Adam Bednarik, and Susha Pratt)

Sept-Dec 2006: Hide from the hurricanes in Trinidad, road trip with my brother Tom to visit relatives in the northeast we hadn't seen since we were 10, side trip to hike in Peru to the Macchu Pichu Inca ruins with David.

2007

Jan-Mar 2007: Explore Venezuela from Trinidad including the Manamo River in the Orinoco delta. (crew Hannah, Libby, Susha, Weston)

Apr-Oct 2007: Home for an award from the University, then an awesome trip to Spitzbergen north of Norway that got cancelled at the last minute. (no crew, boat on the hard in Trinidad)

Jul-Dec 2007: Boat chores (new wind generator, maybe a water maker, bottom paint, new main sail) and then sail along the north coast of South America to Panama, which is reported to be out of the hurricane belt. (crew maybe Jim Lane, come visit, especially if you speak Spanish)

Oct 2007: Boat chores (new wind generator, maybe a water maker, bottom paint, new main sail) and then sail along the north coast of South America to Panama, which is reported to be out of the hurricane belt. (crew Jim Lane)

Nov-Dec 2007: Venezuela's offshore islands, mostly Margarita. (crew: Jim Lane, Marilyn Miller, Adam Bednarik, Don Dick).

2008

Jan-Mar 2008: In the boatyard fixing the skeg that was knocked off in a poor judgement incident at the island of La Blanquilla, Venezuela.

Apr-Jun 2008: Offshore islands of Venezuela, Los Roques, Las Aves, etc. to Bonaire. (crew: Jim Lane and Libby Pratt)

Jul-Dec 2008: Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba, 5 Bays Columbia, Cartegena, Columbia, San Blas islands of Panama), heading to the Panama Canal. July and August included a side trip on Threshold with Steve and Karen from the Lofoton islands of Norway to Svalbard and the island of Spitzbergen. Totally awesome, but I didn't see a polar bear, except stuffed in a museum.