Meander

Our adventures on the high seas and other places

Profile for Meander

Captain:

Ray Jack, Julie Fullerton (First Mate) & Sam Jack (Crew)

Hailing Port:

Mooloolaba, Australia

The Crew:

We left Australia on April 29, 2007 to start our 'cruising the world' adventure with an attitude that life's too short and waiting until retirement might mean the adventure never happens. Sam turned 14 this year and we hope these travels will stay with him for life...in a good way. We enjoyed eight months living and travelling in the U.S. by RV and then through the Intracoastal Waterways on our catamaran 'Meander' which we bought in Fort Lauderdale. We crossed the Gulf stream to the Bahamas at Christmas 2007 where we spent four months, along with our two week visit to Cuba. We launched off from San Salvador in the Bahamas to Bermuda, the first leg of our trans-Atlantic crossing that took 8 days. From Bermuda we took 18 days to cross to the Portugese Islands, the Azores. The final leg of the crossing took 8 days with us arriving in Cascais, Portugal on 16 July 2008. We had an interesting winter in the Mediterranean and, while we wouldn't recommend wintering here, we wouldn't have missed the experience. Now summer's here in Greece and we're enjoying the beautiful vistas, gorgeous water and of course, fabulous Greek food.

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Extra:

Also travelling with us is our Shih Tsu Milo, a seasoned boat dog all the way from Australia and an avid fisherman. He's always the most enthusiastic when we land a fish or when the bait net is cast. Actually, he's even enthusiastic when we haven't caught anything. He adores dolphins and runs like a crazy dude around the boat. He is entranced with crabs and landed the label - Milo, goatslayer - after an incident in the Bahamas. Life would be very dull without him.

Vessel Make/Model:

Prout Escale 39

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