Field Trip

Field Trip is and Antares 44i Catamaran that it sailing the South Pacific. We have two kids onboard - Michael (7) and Elizabeth (9). The owners are Mark and Sarah Silverstein.

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Posted: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 - 09:21

We had a great day yesterday with the village. I?ve been working on fiberglass boat repair and the kids after school played with the local kids. We are closely watching the weather, as a potential

Posted: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 - 10:24

We arrived to Ulithi - Magnog island - yesterday around 2pm. It was an OK motor/sail most of the way. We received a warm welcome as we arrived. The chief had a VHF radio, and called us upon

Posted: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 - 08:45

We left Yap yesterday during this small window to sail to Ulithi, about 100NM NE. We needed to get some miles under the boat and this will break up the trip to Guam. We will wait there until a

Posted: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 - 10:30

We had a ?Hippy Jam Session? last night aboard Field Trip. Our neighbors, self proclaimed hippies, came over toting a bunch of instruments, and we spent hours last night playing and singing aboard

Posted: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 - 09:30

Yap is very low key, and that makes it nice. There is another boat here that arrived from PNG. Three POBs, all young, from Italy, France and China. They all met in NZ and started from there. We

Posted: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 - 21:27

We arrived to Yap with no issues, and have cleared into the country, with the exception of Immigration. We will meet them tomorrow at their offices. They are having a Dengue outbreak, mainly on the

Posted: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 - 14:00

We had a good night of sailing, and then the winds dropped to about 5kts. We?ve had the engine on ever since, as the winds are very light out of the west. Sea calm with a slight swell. Our engines

Posted: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 - 22:09

Having a good sail today. Comfortable seas, light winds, mostly sunny skies. We expect the wind to start falling behind us soon?so that will slow us down a bit. We heard from Volvo our engines

Posted: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 - 14:06

This is a correction to our Lat. Thanks Lanny from Swiftsure in letting my know I screwed up the N/S component?.We?ve had a decent trip so far. Less wind than expected. We were hoping for a bit

Posted: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 - 09:54

We?ve had a decent trip so far. Less wind than expected. We were hoping for a bit more wind, but we?ve averaged less than 10 kts most of the way. The wind has been wobbly as we near the center of the

Posted: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 - 13:57

We?ve just left the pass in Palau and are heading NE to either YAP or Guam. We are waiting to hear back from Volvo if our engines are delayed?and if so, we?ll stop in Yap, otherwise we will continue

Posted: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 - 11:45

We are still at Sam?s location, and will be here for another day or two?.we are seriously considering taking this weather window and heading direct to Guam. More later, but that is our plan at the

Posted: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 - 11:36

We had a GREAT time in Peleliu, exploring the WWII relics and sites. We left yesterday for Koror, and had a nice sail with 15kts on the beam most of the 30NM to here. We?ll be here until later this

Posted: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 - 11:21

Yesterday was epic diving. Everyone was happy, especially Elizabeth and Sarah. They both said it was one of their best dives ever. 40+m water visibility, large manta rays swimming overhead, lots of

Posted: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 - 10:45

We moved over to Long Beach for the day/night to spend some time on the beach with the kids for Halloween. It was a fun night of costumes and trick or treat onboard. We?ll have one more dive this

Posted: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 - 11:06

We are anchored off the German Channel, and did a dive yesterday. To summarize the diving so far, we?ve been spoiled over the years. The diving here is good. The diving in other places so far is

Posted: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 - 10:06

This is called I believe Seven Islands. It is a nice spot with three beaches. Kids had fun playing in the afternoon. We are moving today since we want to dive and will be heading to German Channel

Posted: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 - 10:03

More good diving yesterday. This is a really nice spot, and we had some good rain last night to fill up the tanks. We?ll be moving this morning to what is called seven islands, and stay there for a

Posted: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 - 10:15

Sarah and E had a good dive yesterday in the Ulong Channel. My ears are still messed up so no diving for at least a week or two. Michael and I snorkeled the pass. It was similar to passes we?ve dived

Posted: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 - 11:06

We moved over to ?Cemetery Cove?, a nice place near a good snorkeling spot. We?ll be here for a night or two before moving over to our next spot. It?s been rainy and cloudy, as forecast. Nice because

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