SAILING GLACIER GEM
 

Once a month or so the Gem needs the bottom cleaned, the hull and keel, and depending on what waters we are in, warmer or cooler, we have...

January 9th! has finally come to transit through the Panama Canal. A couple days before the transit, we welcomed our friends Jason, Ina,...

About 10 nm (roughly 19 kms) outside of SBM (Shelter Bay Marina) lies the Rio Chagres. It’s been dammed to make Lake Gatun, a fresh water...

It took us several days to accomplish the clearance and check-in requirements without an agent. Thanks our friend John from S/Y Wicked...

It's been a long time coming and a long journey to get here. We've had our share of hiccups, but all in all, we are very fortunate and...

It took us two days to get back to Cartagena and to Glacier Gem. It was nice to return to her, we were worried the whole time while we...

We have had very spotty and/or poor signal and no internet available to post updates on our blogs and videos. Pictures and updates will...

After leaving Europe, having spent 90! days there (Nick) we made it back to Michigan. Kind of bittersweet leaving, as much work and fun...

This is a PDF showing the calculations we used for a lunar distance practice sight taken on December 4. The sight showed that our watch...

I've been very busy, flying back and forth on 24 transatlantic flights, while Nick has been spending time with the family in Germany...

Our latest video shows some of the ways we like to navigate. Please enjoy! https://youtu.be/vqjp9AEJhR0

Ocean Navigator Magazine published our articles for their September/October 2023 Issue No.285! We would like to extend a big thank you to...

Family time! YAY. And friends too. We flew from Cartagena to Bogota, Bogota to Houston and then on to Chicago. Weather in the Midwest...

We've been here in Cartagena, Colombia now for almost a month. And we love it!!! Time flies, I know, when you're having fun. 🤣 Well,...

Where in the world are we, you might ask? When we left Jamaica to sail west, we had a choice to make where to stay and keep the boat for...

We finally got our weather window to head through the Windward Passage southbound, a potentially very dangerous passage in poor weather....

We spent the night at the dock in Bimini. We got our cruising permit, filled up on fresh water, emptied our trash, and checked out the...

Our weather window finally came to cross from Miami Eastbound. The stormy front is finally moving out. Here, we were, Bahamas bound!...

The ICW is interesting to say the least. It is very much different from the OWW, central Florida, even some other parts that we've seen...