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Travel, World Cruise 22-23

WC018 – 1/8/2023 – LA!

Noon position: N 33º 44′ 50.88″ – W 118º 16′ 32.44″ Transition day. Welcome to the USA. So here’s what happened. 05:00 – Arrive at San Pedro “World Cruise Center” 07:45-08:30 – Passengers departing at LA leave the ship and report to CBP Passport Control 07:45-08:30 – Passengers continuing on leave the ship and report […]

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WC017 – 1/7/2023 – Almost LA

Noon Location: N 30º 38′ 48.80″ – W 116º 54′ 39.83″ Normal morning. Seas still rockin’ and arollin’ with swells in the 14-20 foot range. Toward the end of my walk this morning this Norwegian ship passed heading south. After a quick shower Cheryl threw in a load of laundry and we headed up to

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WC016 – 1/6/2023 – Back at sea again!

Noon position: N 25º 42′ 11.99″ – W 113º 40′ 53.98″ So we’re back at sea again. We’ve got a 2 day stretch before we dock in LA. Also, today is the monthly Crew Emergency Drill at 10:00 so the morning lecture isn’t happening. Result? We slept in, had a lazy breakfast, and exercised. The

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WC015 – 1/5/2023 – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Noon Position: N 22º 53′ 15.46″ – W 109º 52′ 58.70″ We arrived about 9:00 and tendered ashore about 40 minutes later. Our excursion today was billed as “Sail, Snorkel & Paddle Board in the Sea of Cortez” After tendering to the dock we boarded our sailing vessel and motored south from Cabo – along

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WC014 – 1/4/2023 – Sea Day #4 of 4.

Noon Location: N 19º 34′ 52.22″ – W 105º 53′ 24.29″ The last sea day of this stretch looked very much like every other. 9:30 Presentation: “The CIA Museum You Can’t Visit” 11:00 Lecture This was an excellent overview of dragons. Russell Lee is an exciting and engaging speaker. He reviewed the multiple views of

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WC013 – 1/3/2023 – Sea Day #3 of 4

Noon Position: N 16º 28′ 36.00″ – W 100º 39′ 54.00″ Back again. Same old stuff, different day. Actually there are some interesting differences today along with some of the same ol’ same ol’. We started with exercise before breakfast on our veranda. We’re still heading Northwest so we’re on the sunny side of the

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WC012 – 1/2/2023 – Sea Day (again)

Noon Position: N 13º 34′ 02.16″ – W 094º 20′ 54.99″ We took advantage of the time change to wake up early and get a couple loads of laundry in before the crowd arrived. There are 4 washers on each floor. On our floor there are 120 staterooms. So they tend to get kind-of busy

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WC011 – 1/1/2023 – Sea Day

Noon Position: N 10º 47′ 07.76″ – W 088º 20′ 29.89″ We slept in, sort of. We didn’t set an alarm but were still awake at the normal time. Eventually we got up and headed to breakfast. We were greeted by amazing watermelon carvings. As we were leaving breakfast they were setting up for brunch.

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WC010 – 12/31/2022 – Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Noon Location: (docked in Puntarenas) N 9º 58′ 12.97″, W 084º 49′ 48.96″ As I was walking the deck this morning I was thinking about ‘things’ and remembered something significant about one of yesterday’s lectures. The talk was “the man who walked into the jungle – the story of the Costa Rica Railway” and it

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WC009 – 12/30/2022 – Sea Day

Noontime Location Check: N 07º 08′ 23.99″ – W 082º 09′ 47.98″ The day started out joining a few other hardy sailors on a leisurely stroll around the quarter-mile promenade deck. 16 laps later I was ready for room service breakfast on our veranda as we watched the endless pacific pass by below. The first

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