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At 6:23 this evening, a plane landed at Calvi airport, and my two-week wait was over. But let me start with the morning.

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Just as Jared and I crested the final climb into Sartène this morning, the church bells began to ring. You cannot script timing like that.

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We are all back on the boat! Well — all but one, and of course it's the one I most want aboard.

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Not every entry has a crane in it. Today is a quiet one.

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I promised I'd let you know what was clunking. The answer required a crane, a thrust bearing, one crushing setback, and a Dutch electrician named Douwe.

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I'm back — from two weeks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and our every-two-years family gathering: thirteen of us now, counting our new grandson, Ash. After the Mediterranean furnace, how glorious to have a fire in the evenin...

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Today we played tourists. Darla and I took the Ferrocarril de Sóller, an open-air train dating to 1912, from Palma over the mountains to Sóller. It is hot as blue blazes here — 35°C today, with records falling in France ...

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Today's lesson: when Apple Maps offers a cyclist the \"shortest route\" in Mallorca, it is negotiating on behalf of the cows.

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Some days on this adventure are about the boat. Today was about a bicycle.

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Sea Pandas — June 19, 2026

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A week on land, and a confession: I can't wait to get back on the boat.

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We are at port! Cascais, Portugal — a beautiful sea town 30 minutes from Lisbon, with an old fort still guarding a harbor full of sailboats. We arrived at 7:00 am after another overnight passage, and the first thing I no...

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A beautifully sunny day at last — and the boat rolling side to side with Atlantic swells, so you take the good with the bad. It's getting noticeably warmer. We're about 50 miles off the coast of Portugal, aiming for the ...

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Yesterday at 11:00 am we slipped the lines at Guernsey, and we haven't stopped since. We sailed through the night and are now somewhere off Brest, France. This is Darla's — and my — first long passage: nine to thirteen m...

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Sailors are a superstitious lot. I suppose it makes sense — if something goes wrong in the middle of the Atlantic, you need something to blame. Imo was sharing the big ones on watch (and I googled a few more), so conside...

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We are finally on our way out of port.

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The Call of the Open Water Awaits

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