Wonderland

About Wonderland:

Wonderland is a 1989 Nordic 40 sloop designed by Robert Perry and built in Washington state. She (boats are always female for some reason) sleeps 6 and sails pretty well. All important lines are led to the cockpit, so I can sail single-handed, although I don't do that on purpose. It's more fun with crew.

Sailing Schedule:

Schedules and sailboats don't go together very well, so all dates that are in the future and even places are approximate and will surely change.

Past Schedule -- 2003-2007

Current and Future Schedule

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. (crew: Jim Lane, Marilyn Miller, Adam Bednarik, Don Dick).

Apr-May 2008: Finish the coast of South America (ABC islands, Cartegena, Columbia, San Blas islands of Panama), heading to the Panama Canal. (crew: Jim Lane and Libby Pratt, come visit, especially if you speak Spanish)

May-? 2008: Go thru the Panama canal and into the Pacific, heading to the Galapagos, Marquesas, and Tahiti OR stay in the Caribbean cause its too late to go thru the canal and explore Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and do the Pacific next year OR go thru the canal and explore the Pacific side of Panama and Ecuador again postponing the real Pacific. (crew: Jim Lane and Libby Pratt, need more).

I often need crew, if you are interested send me an email. The deal is that unless you are related, you pay your own expenses (travel to and from and food) and a share of the boat expenses (feul, dockage, but not repairs). You clean up after yourself (I'm not your mother, except for one instance :-) and help with cooking and boat chores. It's a plus if you are easy going, like to read (there is no TV) and don't snore. Another plus if you speak Spanish or are handy at fixing things.

Visitors are almost always welcome, 2 weeks seems like a good visit length for first timers-- it's long enough to justify the travel to get to the boat and short enough to not drive either you or me too crazy if it doesn't work out.

Log Book, Status Reports:

These status reports are informal emails I sent to family and friends. Send me an email if you would like to be added to or removed from the distribution list.

Past Logs -- 2002-2005

May 2007 -- Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad

Jan 2008 -- Venezuela's offshore islands

Some Pictures:

These pictures are way out of date, I have more and will get to web site maintenance someday soon.

Wonderland itself: at the dock, in the boatyard, mast1, mast2, windvane.

Bahamas Crew: Tobi, Evert, and Evi too.

Florida to Bermuda Crew: John, Bob, and Jeff too.

Bermuda to Azores: Adam's pictures small or large.

Harvesting: fish and conch.

Places: Eleuthra, Glass Window, and Harbour Island.

Pictures from Wonderland: Pride of Baltimore in Chesapeake Bay.