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Amazon Author Page
Amazon has given me an author page for my book, A Voyage of Heart and Song. I feel so official!
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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At Anchor in Thailand (Video)
In Phong Gnong Bay, near Phuket, Thailand, we drove the dinghy around the boat at sunset for a 360-degree look at both her and her beautiful surroundings.
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In Time (Poem)
Time was once a balance beam And I a gymnast, just to stay on it; On time. Hard on its edge I ran my routine, And prayed for precision, not to fall from it — Fall behind. Now time is pretty much a bean‑bag chair; Amorphous, conforming to my derriere. Read more…
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Sydney Harbour New Year’s Eve (Video)
On December 31, 2001, we were anchored in the middle of Sydney Harbour, not far from the Harbour Bridge, for the annual New Year’s Eve Harbour Party. Many hundreds of boats of every description were all around us, and an estimated one million people lined the shores. As darkness fell, Read more…
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Cruising Vanuatu
Vanuatu Cruising Notes from August 2001 (Partial) **IMPORTANT NOTE: The information below is NOT intended to be complete, but rather is selective, opinionated, and reflects our own particular experience at the time.** Entry and Exit Port Vila We entered at Port Vila, Efate. The cruising guides are out of date Read more…
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Cruising Fiji
Fiji Cruising Notes: June-July 2001 **IMPORTANT NOTE: The information below is NOT intended to be complete, but rather is selective, opinionated, and reflects our own particular experience at the time.** Entry Entry ports for Fiji are the following: Lautoka (western Fiji) Suva (southern Fiji) Savu-Savu (northeastern Fiji). Entry is a Read more…