under 30, under sail a travel blog by Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller 3-4 year cruise in our 27' albin vega sailboat to the caribbean and beyond.

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tick tock tick tock Pasadena, United States DoD (date of departure, not department of defense) is coming up really soon, in about 2.5 weeks actually. Hans is training for a boat maintenance and project marathon, steadily working his way through the lists of jobs that need to be completed before DoD. Unfortunately, I'm not around to help out since I was in Ecuador for a week for Cristina and Jim's wedding, now I'm in Vt. to meet my new nephew Chase, on Sunday I fly to England for a funeral. Yep, I'm hitting all the momentous life events in the course of 3 weeks. Today Hans installed the new windvane--now we just need to learn how to use it! The lists are divided into 3 types: immediate, before we leave, top priority; medium priority, would be nice to have done before we leave but won't keep the anchor in the mud; and low priority, should get done sometime going down the ICW. I know that my first job when I get back to Whisper, which I've been promising to do for awhile, is to clean off Boris the engine. Hans will be pretty cold tomorrow, since a strong cold front will be moving through the region dropping the temperatures to the 30s. Probably rough wind will accompany the cold weather. written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on October 11, 2006 from Pasadena, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail tagged Preparation, Lists and Departure Send a Compliment comment on this...

So much work, so little time Baltimore, United States Well, we have only a week to go until we cast off our lines from White Rocks Marina and head down to the Magothy River, where we've rented a house for our going away party. Before then I (Hans) have to photograph my final wedding, as well as process the last few weddings I've shot; as well as finish as many of the boat projects as possible, sell the car and some of my camera gear, and provision the boat for the trip south. I'm feeling excited, a bit nervous and pretty stressed out about all the stuff that has to be sorted out before we leave. Oh well, I'm sure it will all get done somehow, and if it doesn't we'll just have to deal with it as we go down the ICW. written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on October 20, 2006 from Baltimore, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail Send a Compliment comment on this...

Pasadena, United States written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on October 29, 2006 from Pasadena, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail Send a Compliment

Solomons, United States written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on November 1, 2006 from Solomons, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail Send a Compliment

White Stone, United States written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on November 3, 2006 from White Stone, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail Send a Compliment

Gloucester Point, United States written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on November 5, 2006 from Gloucester Point, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail Send a Compliment

Norfolk, United States written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on November 6, 2006 from Norfolk, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail Send a Compliment

Beaufort, United States written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on November 16, 2006 from Beaufort, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail Send a Compliment

Charleston, United States written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on November 25, 2006 from Charleston, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail Send a Compliment

Beaufort, United States written by  Hans Ericsson & Kristen Miller on November 30, 2006 from Beaufort, United States from the travel blog: under 30, under sail Send a Compliment

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In November 2006, s/v Whisper will begin her 4 year journey from Pasadena, MD to the Caribbean Sea stopping along the way at Miami, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, the VIs, Saba, Dominica, Tobago, Panama, Honduras & Belize. Her crew consists of Hans Ericsson, Kristen Miller and kitkat....