Morpheus Sailing – Page 14 – 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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Welcome to The South

21 May 202021 May 2020

Updates We are tied up for the month at the Charleston city marina. Very nice place with everything we need and close to downtown. Good move. Yesterday we saw some…

Kim Has Left The Building!

19 May 202015 Oct 2022

She came for a 10 day visit to Guadeloupe, and ended up spending 10 WEEKS with us. 9 weeks in Barbuda, and 1 week sailing 1400nm to Charleston! Talk about…

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Charleston

Last sunset at sea for a while. How long? Who knows. Arriving Charleston now. Good, safe, boring passage. My favorite kind!

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News Flash!

15 May 202019 May 2020

Day 7's 24 hour run is in the books. 18 of those 24 hours under double reefed main only. And yet....our days run was 199.6nm. In my book that's 200nm…

Arrival Day! Just how much has the world changed?

15 May 202015 Oct 2022

We have only 170nm to go before reaching Charleston. With any luck we will arrive within the next 24 hours. We've talked about the fact that our re-introduction into "the…

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Happy 18th Birthday Morpheus!

15 May 202019 May 2020

Eighteen years ago today, Morpheus was first launched in Christchurch, NZ. Eighteen years of travel, adventure, and many new friendships. Thank you to all that helped create her, and to…

Morpheus – Antigua to Charleston – May 14, 2020

14 May 202015 Oct 2022

UPDATES Miles Traveled: 1084nm Miles To Go (to Charleston): 296nm Day #1 = 173nm Day #2 = 192nm Day #3 = 180nm Day #4 = 163nm Day #5 = 210nm…

Morpheus – Antigua to Charleston – May 2020

10 May 202015 Oct 2022

UPDATES Miles Traveled: 365nm Day #1 = 173nm Day #2 = 192nm Miles To Go (to Charleston): 997nm ETA = late night on the 16th Heading: 230m Average Speed: 8.60…

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That’s a wrap

Leaving a bit later than hoped but worked through our check list and made sure we are ready!! Will miss all the latest adventures in DC, but maybe we will…

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How to follow along

8 May 202019 May 2020

In addition to the Spot tracker that we always use, when we have long passages we turn on our Delorme Tracking device. This tracker updates our position every ten minutes!…