Morpheus Sailing – Page 105 – 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.

Mediterranian…

MW Ship’s Log May 5 – Bob Swims For It

6 May 201315 Oct 2022

Dateline: End of Watch 3:00 A.M. Status: 352 nautical miles to go. 135 nm traversed on Day 11 - another new daily low. As my watch ended Morpheus was managing…

Regarding Intermittent SPOT Outages

We are aware that SPOT stops tracking us for extended periods of time. We have been careful to keep SPOT charged and optimally located, but it is still not reliable.…

Check-in/OK message from Morpheus SPOT Messenger

Morpheus Latitude:36.98011 Longitude:-34.95456 GPS location Date/Time:05/06/2013 08:14:59 PDT Message:Just wanted you to know that all is well. Everything is good! Click the link below to see where I am located.…

Mediterranian…

MW Ship’s Log May 4 – Questions… Questions…

5 May 201315 Oct 2022

3:00 AM Watch Log. We have less than 500 nm to go. The closer we get, the more interesting it gets. Yesterday we enjoyed a dolphin pod escort at dawn…

MW Ship’s Log May 3 – Bacon

4 May 201314 Jun 2015

Just got off of my 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM watch. That's ship time - Atlantic Standard Time. No idea what time it really is at this longitude.We've been sailing…

Mediterranian…

MW Ship’s Log May 2 – Much To Do About Nothing

3 May 201315 Oct 2022

Another day, another 171 nautical miles closer to the Azores. Today was a mix of motoring and sailing in a mix of light winds, light rain, clouds and sun. Another…

Mediterranian…

MW May 1 – Morpheus Mayday Midway Milestone

2 May 201315 Oct 2022

MW May 1 - Morpheus Mayday* Midway Milestone On the seventh hour** of the seventh day of our transatlantic passage we crossed the midway point of the journey. The day…

Mediterranian…

MW Ship’s Log April 30 – Galileo! Galileo! We will not let you go!

1 May 201315 Oct 2022

A 206 nautical mile day. This was our best mileage day by far and a big day by either cruising or racing benchmarks. Tomorrow will mark seven full days since…

MW Ship’s Log April 29 – The Bird is the Word

30 Apr 201314 Jun 2015

With Morpheus under sail again - two events were nominated for Most Interesting And/Or Surprising Event of the last 24 Hours. A dramatic squall line formed off the port quarter…

Morpheus Cruising

Re: spot

To those worried about our SPOT Tracker (or us). We are all fine onboard Morpheus. I'm not sure if its a battery issue or coverage out here in the middle…