In the summer of 2005 we left on a 15 month trip. First sailing down
to California to participate in a classic yacht race, the McNish
Classic, that Grandpa McNish had been putting on for the last 28
years. Since Alcyone had never been down for the race ( it is right
in the middle of our season) we decided it was now or never. We
spent 2 months visiting in California, waiting for hurricane season to
be over, before heading south to Mexico for three months, then on
across to the Marquesas, Tuamotus and the Society Islands. In May
2006 we headed back north stopping briefly in Hawaii before sailing
for Alaska. Our landfall was in Sitka then we spent the summer of
2006 wandering our way back to Port Townsend.

The following links are to newsletters, which we all took turns
writing, that we sent out along the way. Depending on how good
and involved I get at this webpage stuff, there might be a slide show
at the end of each newsletter.
2005-2006 Ocean Trip