Voyaging Life
Amazon Author Page
Amazon has given me an author page for my book, A Voyage of Heart and Song. I feel so official!
Voyaging Life
Get the Book
A Voyage of Heart and Song, the book about Liza and Alan Farrow-Gillespie’s sailing circumnavigation, was released on January 14, 2019, by Texan Press, Inc., and BookBaby. Book Description Here is the book description from the back cover: Take time in the middle of life for your dreams. That is Read more…
Voyaging Life
Thank you
Thank you for joining us along our journey and for participating in this site. There are so many people around the world who made the trip even more special. I won’t list all the names, but you know who you are — thanks from the bottom of our hearts! And Read more…
Voyaging Life
Circumnavigation Wrap-Up and Highlights
Here are some random summaries and final thoughts from 6 years of living on a sailboat. Favorite Anchorages (in no particular order) Bay of Virgins, Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Secret Harbour, Grenada Musket Cove, Fiji Palmerston Atoll, Cook Islands Skopea Limani, Turkey Cook’s Bay, Moorea, Society Islands, French Read more…
About the Boat
Flags
Here are lists and discussions of the flags Heartsong III carried during the circumnavigation. Primary Flag — Stars and Stripes According to international maritime law, a yacht must fly from the stern an easily visible flag of the country in which it is registered. We, of course, fly the Stars Read more…
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Peripheral Equipment and Accessories Aboard Heartsong III
Here is a list of peripheral equipment and accessories aboard Heartsong III for all or part of the circumnavigation. Tender and Outboards Southern Pacific RIB 3.1-meter dinghy (previous dinghy lasted about 3 years) Yamaha 15hp outboard Note: We had many problems with this outboard, and many problems trying to get Read more…
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Major Equipment Aboard Heartsong III
Here is a list of the major equipment aboard Heartsong III for all or part of the circumnavigation. Rig Selden furling mast Selden Furlex furling jib Retractable staysail stay Lewmar electric primary winches Lewmar manual secondary winches Modea electric winch handle Lewmar graphite “power grip” winch handles (4) Self-ratcheting mast-climbing Read more…
Passages and Crossings
Mid-Atlantic Evening (Video)
Almost exactly halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, we had a perfect day of downwind sailing, followed by a perfect sunset with a very light evening breeze. Our sail rig is “butterfly” — gennaker and poled-out 130% Genoa.
Passages and Crossings
Dolphins in the Adriatic Sea (Video)
On passage in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas between Primosten, Croatia, and the Straits of Messina, we saw a lot of dolphins — as we have all over the world. Most of the time, though, by the time I grab the camera they are gone. This Adriatic pod stayed with Read more…
Videos
A Day in Phong Gnong Bay, Thailand (Video)
Phong Gna Bay, adjoining Phuket Island, has more beautiful anchorages per square meter than just about anywhere else in the world. The day we shot this video, we anchored just north of Ko Hong. A hong is a sea cave open to the sky — an enclosed pool with a Read more…