Turtle Mail

No, not baseball, football, or basketball Dodger fans. We are fans of our new dodger made by Hank Westervelt of Coyote Canvas (note the coy...

We've been very busy working on Sea Turtle . Jordan has built the solar arch and dinghy davit (stainless steel welder Kevin Simpson help...

So what's new? The list of to-do's entitled Unfinished Things That We Will Leave and Do In Mexico got too big, so, change of plans...

We have Sea Turtle on the hard at The Boat Yard in Sidney. So far, we have given the lower hull one coat of paint. Jordan is polishing t...

We've had a lot of mishaps lately. Jordan had a trip to the hospital when he tried to slice off his finger with an Exacto knife. Then ...

We've been very busy completely re-wiring and painting during the last month. Jordan has been installing, lining up, and labelling all ...

Nothing new done to the boat yet...still too busy...running out of time...isn't that what all sailors say who are getting ready to go?! ...

The electrical definitely needs to be upgraded before we head offshore - our first clue was this mess of wires located above the boat's ...

Here is a short (but not very good!) video of Sea Turtle being put back into the ocean after all the scraping, sanding, and repainting... ...

Jordan sanding for new window A lot of work was required to prepare Sea Turtle for offshore voyaging. As she was built in 1977, we wan...

To prepare for our upcoming offshore voyages in 2008, we have taken many courses and also joined Bluewater Cruising Association and Fleet (...

We became the proud owners of our sailboat on November 25, 2005 and have named her Sea Turtle IV . This was the first step in fulfilling Jo...