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Whispering Jesse is a blog about the pursuit of a dream, to sail around the world. Until that adventure actually begins, it will be about the sailing trips, travels, thoughts and experiences of its creator, John Lichty.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'circumnavigation'

• Circumnavigation Routes, Part 2

  Posted on Friday August 22nd, 2008 at 16:00 in charlie, circumnavigation, larry pardey, lin pardey, sailing, scout, travel

  One of the major considerations for us in planning a circumnavigation is what to do with our dog Scout. Do we leave him at home or do we take him with us? With our previous dog Charlie, we expected th...

• Circumnavigation Routes, Part 1

  Posted on Wednesday July 23rd, 2008 at 20:35 in circumnavigation, impossible dream, jim whittaker, sailboat, sailing

  The exchange I had with Ted Johnson a few weeks ago ("Sharing the Dream") has gotten me thinking about circumnavigation routes.Like many active and armchair sailors, I have a well-thumbed copy of Jimm...

• Boat Quest, Part 10

  Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 18:30 in circumnavigation, curt haensel, sailboat, sailing, valiant 40

  Last week I was out in Washington, DC for the Web Maniacs Conference, a two-day event put on by Fig Leaf Software, Adobe and other technology sponsors to showcase advances in Internet development. It ...

• Boat Quest, Part 7

  Posted on Saturday February 2nd, 2008 at 12:35 in amf alcort, bahamas, circumnavigation, fort lauderdale, john kretschmer, minifish, sailboat, sailing, valiant 40

  After researching the Valiant 40 cutter-rigged sailboat and deciding that it was the best boat for what I had in mind, in terms of size, design, sail layout, equipment and price, I faithfully scanned ...

• Boat Quest, Part 6

  Posted on Wednesday January 16th, 2008 at 22:50 in aerodyne 47, aspen school district, circumnavigation, Mexico, robert perry, sailboat, sailing, stan dabney, valiant 40

  Here is a short piece from "The O List" section of the October, 2001 issue of Outside magazine:The Aerodyne 47 sailing offNewport, Rhode IslandThe Best Boat to Sail Around the WorldA plucky Australian...

• Boat Quest, Part 3

  Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 20:10 in circumnavigation, com-pac, cruising world, gerry hutchins, macgregor, phil leboutillier, sailboat, sailing, savannah

  Late in the summer of 1996, Phil LeBoutillier gave me a copy of September's Cruising World magazine. It contained a review of the Com-Pac 25, a compact--as the name implies--but comfortably set-up cru...

• Boat Quest, Part 1

  Posted on Tuesday November 20th, 2007 at 21:40 in amf alcort, circumnavigation, Dove, lake michigan, mark wiars, minifish, regatta, robin graham, royce’s sailing illustrated, sailing, waupaca

  This series picks up where "Introduction" left off as my very first post to this blog, way back in March, 2005.After my family purchased an AMF Alcort Minifish in June of 1969, when I was eleven years...

• Better the Second Time Around

  Posted on Sunday June 10th, 2007 at 21:23 in beneteau, british virgin islands, cane garden bay, circumnavigation, cooper island, jost van dyke, marina cay, norman island, sailing, sopers hole, tortola, virgin gorda

  In some of my first Whispering Jesse blog postings, the "Where's the Dinghy?" series, I detailed our ill-fated May 2004 sailing trip in the British Virgin Islands. We endured a lifetime's worth of sai...