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The Voyage - 
We will start in the Caribbean at Bocas del Toro, Panama in late January, 2012. From there, we will transit the Panama Canal and proceed to Australia. The crossing should last about 6 months, ending sometime in the summer of 2012. We have planned stops at Las Perlas, the Galapagos Islands, the Marquesas, Tuamotos, Bora Bora, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Cairns, Brisbane, and finally Sydney. The longest leg of the crossing will be 3 weeks at sea between the Galapagos Islands and the Marquesas Islands.The Boat - Tootsie is a Southerly 115 yacht built in Britain. She has a centerboard(lifting keel) to allow shallow water entries in the coral atolls. She is also equipped with Lowrance Navigation, Radar, an EBIRP, Single Side Band Radio(call sign is 2ECK9) which will also allow email on the open sea, a Holland wind vane, CETREK autohelm, and a 2.4 meter Seago dinghy with 5HP Mariner Motor. The People - 
The Captain is Ted Anderson who has spent the last 10 years sailing in the Mediterranean and the Greek Islands. Ted has traveled extensively by sailboat his entire life. I have about 12k blue water nautical miles myself, and 30+ years sailing experience in a variety of different blue water and fresh water sailing adventures, and have only ran aground once (I think). If you would like to be covered by email updates while we are at sea and get a glimpse of life on a sailboat, contact me by email. We will only be able to add updates on Facebook, Twitter, etc. while in port. Current Weather Conditions 
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