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Happy New Year 2020

McCall, Idaho USA … Tidings to you from our winter wonderland in Idaho, where the current temp outside lingers in the 20s and the forecast is calling for over two feet of snow in the coming week. Our seasonal transition from sea to mountain life is in full swing, as we have traded our flip […]

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Happy New Year 2019

McCall, Idaho USA … Back in February last year we left Idaho in the midst of a mild winter (only ten days of below zero Fahrenheit) and headed back to join Kailani in Simons Town in South Africa with grandiose plans to sail some 9,000 miles crossing the Atlantic Ocean and spending the summer months

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Happy New Year 2018

McCall, Idaho USA … We are at this moment in beautiful Idaho sitting in our small living room watching the sun set behind the hills to the west while the thermometer drops like it was broken. As we struggle into multiple layers of clothing to ward off the near zero (that’s F not C) cold

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Happy New Year 2017

Pangkor, Malaysia … Who’s checking that it is almost the end of MAY and we are finally getting out our “annual” holiday greeting! Oh well, what can we say? Living on land for the last 13 months has been a major adjustment for us sailors, time seemed to tick by at an incredible pace …

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Happy New Year 2016

Phuket, Thailand … The Annual (Almost Always Late) Holiday Letter 🙂 First off, where are we and how the heck did we get here?  We’ll give you a hint: it’s 6,659.18 sailing miles from New Zealand and it’s hot…darn hot. If you have been staying up with our infrequent posts or if you pulled out

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Happy New Year 2015

Durango, CO USA … This is absolutely the last year that I am going to let my parents write this letter using me as their foil. In fact I made it very clear to them that to pass off their ramblings as my own is basically a lie, but it seems like they are determined

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Happy New Year 2014

Bay of Islands, New Zealand … For those of you getting this for the first time, my name is Sophia, I am six years old, my parents are Harley and Jen, and I get to write the annual letter each year. Those of you who actually keep track of these things probably realize that I

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