We are John Forbes (captain) and Shirlee Smith (first mate), plus Märzen (boat dog). We left San Francisco May 1, 2006, on our proposed 10-year voyage. We've been to most of the Pacific coast of North and Central America. Now we're preparing to cross the Atlantic to visit Europe for awhile.
Visit our home website (www.svsolstice.com) and blog for photos, more words, and links.
Current location:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Destinations visited:
California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia (Isla Providencia), and Florida so far.
Looking to:
We won't be active on this site since we're busy with our own website and blog, but we want to make it easier for other cruisers to find us again.
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Hello dear,I'm Amelia by name,I have something very important to discuss with you,please kindly email be back(
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