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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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Negative Ghostrider The Pattern Is Full

2 Sep 201615 Oct 2022
My very smart Brother-in Law Dan says that "cruisers don't have plans, they just have suggested itineraries."  I must agree, as little this year has gone according to "plan". Admittedly,…
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Strait of Messina Round 2

30 Aug 20169 Feb 2017
8/30, 1030 Monsters be damned!  We are off again on another attempt. Winds in 15 knot range but big seas. Not much fun. Deb wants to turn around. For now,…
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Taormina, Sicily

29 Aug 201615 Oct 2022
Of course, if you are delayed due to weather, this is not such a bad spot!!
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Strait of Messina Takes Round 1

29 Aug 201615 Oct 2022
Today's attempt to transit from the Ionian to the Tyrrhenian Sea via the Strait of Messina was not successful.  No damage or problems, it was just windy (20-25 knts) against…
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How do you know when you are close to Italy??

28 Aug 201615 Oct 2022
Sadly, you know that you are close to Italy when you start to see a lot of trash in the water. I'm on watch right now and every couple of…
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Next Stop??

26 Aug 201615 Oct 2022
I'm really not sure. We plan to depart first thing tomorrow and the overall goal is to reach Barcelona by Sept 15th.  Short term our first goal is Taurmina, Sicily…
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2016 Plans & Yes, The Blog Has Been Quiet.

13 Feb 201615 Oct 2022
We've purposely been ignoring the blog, but that will begin to change soon. Deb and I are "homeless" and have been bouncing from place to place since Christmas. We've had…
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Swordfish Hunting in the Straits of Messina

6 Oct 201515 Oct 2022
This is a very long delayed post about the swordfish hunting boats that we saw while passing through the Straits of Messina in late July.  When I first saw one…
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First Half – 2015 Summary

1 Oct 201515 Oct 2022
A look back at this season...
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alevromoutzouromata !!

22 Aug 201515 Oct 2022
Now this looks interesting! Definition: "Pelting each other with colored bags of flour."    One of the established customs of Galixidi is the custom of Clean Monday , It is…

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