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Morpheus Cruise 2010 - ???

Greetings fromHavana!

The night went well and the wind dropped to make the trip much easier on the mast and jury rig repair. We are just a few miles outside Marina Hemingway…

Mast still up. Heading for Havana – slowly

16 Mar 201115 Oct 2022

It's 830pm and the rig is still up. Its been an interesting day. The forecast was for SE breeze around 10 knots, and we had that long enough to think…

Morpheus Cruise 2010 - ???

Alls Well – It’s a contest to see who can design the best jury rig repair

We really lucked out here.1- The leeward shroud broke, not the windward one. We could have lost the mast.2 - The conditions were calm with flat seas and a full…

Houston – We have a problem. All’s ok.

15 Mar 201115 Oct 2022

As we hardened up in 8-10 knots last night on stbd tack our 2nd intermediate shroud between the 1st and 2nd spreaders broke. It was on the "loose" side so…

Hello Cuba!!

15 Mar 201115 Oct 2022

Well, we are just off the Western corner of Cuba! Just outside the 12.5 mile limit and at 10pm I fear that we may sail by and never actually see…

All’s Well

14 Mar 201115 Oct 2022

75 miles South of Cuba and beginning to feel the effects of the Yucatan Channel currents. A huge volume of water funnels through the space between Cuba and Mexico and…

Catch Up – Most interesting restaurant thus far…

25 Feb 201115 Oct 2022

El Avion Restaurant/Bar (link) This is no ordinary aircraft but a restaurant & bar! Although the plane itself does have quite a history as part of one of the biggest…