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.

Morpheus Cruising

Bounty Tracking is Back Online!

No more updates every four hours! Apologies to those with inboxes that we were beginning to clutter. From now on if you’d like to check on our progress simply visit…

Morpheus Cruising

Bounty Tracking Posts

We are sailing north from the Caribbean bound for Connecticut on Gibb Kane’s beautiful Swan 66 Bounty. Our tracking technology is complicated and not doing what we’d like it to…

Morpheus Cruising

Time to Wake up!!

8 May 20238 May 2023

It's just about time for Morpheus to wake up from her Winter slumbers! Before she does that on June 1st, I get to put in some time on boats getting…

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Rules are Rules

25 Sep 202216 Oct 2022

Well, it looks like this sailing season is winding down quickly. Deb only has three rules... Rule #1: Keep Debbie warm. Rule #2: Don't race the house. Rule #3: Keep…

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Back in Newport

6 Sep 202216 Oct 2022

We made it with no issues back from Maine, through the Cape Cod Canal, and back into our favorite Newport anchorage just behind Goat Island. I am constantly amazed at…

Mediterranian…

The Sailor Dog

6 Sep 202215 Oct 2022

The Inspiration? For This Book?

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Leaving Maine

3 Sep 202215 Oct 2022

We are heading back to Newport. Had a beautiful day yesterday, and will pass through the Cape Cod Canal this afternoon. Hope to stop in Marion this evening and be…

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Maine: Part 5

2 Sep 202215 Oct 2022

Well, it's been just over a month in Maine and we've actually been surprised by how much we have enjoyed our time here. Once you pass Portland, the environment changes…

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Just a bit of bookkeeping

26 Aug 202215 Oct 2022

Nothing too exciting here. I've updated the videos that we've put together and shared on this blog and they are now current. I've also shifted the entire video section to…

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Maine: Part 4

25 Aug 202215 Oct 2022

Well, we are slowly beginning to backtrack in the direction that will lead us back to Newport in a week or so. Lots of fog the last few days so…