Morpheus Sailing – Morpheus was designed by Carl Schumacher, built by Davie Norris Boatbuilders in New Zealand and launched in 2002. She spent her first 18 months cruising the South Pacific before reaching her home port of San Francisco. Since that time, Morpheus has been raced and cruised extensively. This blog will document her ongoing adventures.

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Our “Plans”

Both Deb and I are asked about our plans multiple times each day. While the truth is that they continue to change daily, we have decided to try to write…

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Chesapeake Pitstop

7 Jul 20207 Jul 2020

Well after two days of motoring it was time to refuel and get some sleep. I sailed (actually motored) past the Chesapeake bridge and Over the tunnel and stopped at…

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One Tracker Temporarily Missing

Our Spot tracking device has gone missing. So the ONLY way to track our progress for now is via this link ---- https://share.garmin.com/Morpheus

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Leg #1: Complete

30 hours, 211 nautical miles. No issues. Autopilot seems to be its old self. Treating her nicely!! Made it to Beaufort, N.C. yesterday at about noon. What a party this…

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Launched!

We are on our way North!! All systems go.

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Murphy Is Always Lurking Near by

It's never as easy as you think! Pushed off on schedule this morning only to find that the autopilot was not functioning! Obviously, with only one person (me) onboard and…

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Decision Made

I'm heading north tomorrow!! Follow along via the "current position" link at the top of this blog, or at https://share.garmin.com/Morpheus I'm hoping for a very boring passage as its just…

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Should I stay or Should I go?

Plan? What plan? "The Plan" has always been subject to review. But, this is a pretty serious potential change. As the heat, humidity, and Covid-19 case count has been climbing…

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Evening Entertainment

24 Jun 202024 Jun 2020

The weather got a bit interesting last night. Wind, rain, lightning, thunder...

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What were They Thinking?

24 Jun 202024 Jun 2020

I don’t mean to sound like a broken record but... At times I’ve thought that maybe we were just paranoid regarding Covid-19 having not had to deal with the initial…

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Risk Assessment: Hurricanes vs. Corona virus

13 Jun 202013 Jun 2020

Is there a mathematician out there that knows how to calculate the relative risk of staying in a hurricane zone vs. entering an actively growing corona virus zone?? South Carolina…