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• Mermaids Are Real: Getting the Kids Swimming

  

  Sitting around a worn wooden table in the open side of a thatch-roofed hut, looking out over the sparkling water of a lagoon in PNG’s Hermit Islands, we listene... Read more

  The 22 October 2015 by   Behan Gifford
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• The Not So Perilous Port of Mahajanga, Madagascar

  

  Don’t go to Mahajanga, they said. It’s dangerous, they said. The coconut telegraph passes information from one cruiser to the next, and typically it’s useful... Read more

  The 13 October 2015 by   Behan Gifford
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• Scenes from Mahajanga, Madagascar

  

  Mahajanga was an unexpectedly interesting stop – as was the Katsepy anchorage adjacent. There’s a lot more I wanted to share than I could fit into the last post... Read more

  The 14 October 2015 by   Behan Gifford
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• Keeping Current: Ocean Current Data for Passages

  

  Ocean currents have been a significant factor for our Indian Ocean passages this year, and our upcoming passage to South Africa is no exception. Read more

  The 15 October 2015 by   Behan Gifford
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• Sailing South from Nosy Be, Madagascar

  

  Sailing south from Nosy Be, we take a path with longer days and fewer stops so we can reach a beautiful destination, Moromba Bay, with time to linger before... Read more

  The 19 October 2015 by   Behan Gifford
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• Uniquely Madagascar: Sailing to Nosy Mitsio

  

  Madagascar is full of experiences that that impress upon us just how unique this land is. This is about the wildlife, of course: that something like 90% of flor... Read more

  The 02 October 2015 by   Behan Gifford
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• Sailcloth 101: a Primer for Cruisers

  

  Jamie is a sailmaker; he periodically shares his knowledge on the blog, and those posts are under the Sailmaker tag here. In this first post of a two-part... Read more

  The 26 October 2015 by   Behan Gifford
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• The Spark to See the World

  When my husband Jamie was 11, he received a copy of “The Boy Who Sailed Alone Around the World” – the story of teenager Robin Lee Graham’s solo circumnavigation. Read more

  The 24 October 2015 by   Behan Gifford
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• Sailcloth 102: a Primer for Cruisers

  

  Jamie is a sailmaker; he periodically shares his knowledge on the blog, and those posts are under the Sailmaker tag. This is the second post in a two-part serie... Read more

  The 30 October 2015 by   Behan Gifford
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