Sail the Leviathan

A journal about our travel and adventures…

  • Journey to Volcanoes

    Lost our ability to connect to wordpress from Rwanda (guess we need to invest in a VPN), then have been in the bush for 3 nights with no connectivity. Hopefully will get caught up on posts from the Lower Zambezi…… Continue reading

    Journey to Volcanoes

  • Kigali Genocide Memorial

    Kigali Genocide Memorial We both get a solid 6 hours of sleep before being up and alert at 5 am. Derek makes us coffee on the in room provided press pot and we sit on the deck and watch the… Continue reading

    Kigali Genocide Memorial

  • A Long Sit

    A Long Sit 2 years, 5 months, and 24 days since we returned from Honduras to full COVID-19 lock down. Today we leave for our 3 week trip to Africa, our 40th birthday gift to ourselves. Go to this Sway Continue reading

    A Long Sit

  • Lucky Number 7

    Lucky Number 7 Anchorage was well sheltered and we all slept well. For breakfast we had pancakes and watched the morning fish feeding frenzy off the back of the boat. We are out of the anchorage before 8.… Go to… Continue reading

    Lucky Number 7

  • Poop-holm Syndrome

    Poop-holm Syndrome Diamond Cay ends up pretty exposed and it is a rolly night. Both Diane and I wake up at least once questioning if we are still on the ball, but we of course are. A/C works for everyone… Continue reading

    Poop-holm Syndrome

  • And The Storm Passes

    And The Storm Passes Diane and Derek slept great, but upon emerging from our cabin at 6 am we knew something was amiss. Sign one, there is a blanket and pillow on the salon couch, sign two, there is no… Continue reading

    And The Storm Passes

  • Monkey Point

    Monkey Point Everyone slept soundly with the A/C on last night and were up by 6 sipping coffee and watching the sun rise from the deck. It is a bit overcast, but still warm. After a quick breakfast of y…… Continue reading

    Monkey Point

  • Anegada Regatta

    Anegada  Regatta The night was a bit rough. We decided to not run the generator and therefore didn’t have A/C. It was too hot. With all the hatches open in the berth we would get strong gusts of semi-coolin… Go… Continue reading

    Anegada Regatta

  • The Bitter End

    The Bitter End We had a pretty restful first night on the boat in spite of the incessant rocking and jerking against the dock and freeze/roast cycle of the AC (though no complaints about having AC in the … Go… Continue reading

    The Bitter End

  • Silk Pants

    Silk Pants 7 am comes pretty quickly, but everyone slept surprisingly well. We have a plan to arrive an hour early at the airport but then start realizing that even though it is only 40 minutes it is … Go… Continue reading

    Silk Pants