{"title":"SV Aphrodite: Ottawa to Malaysia","tagline":"Our family circumnavigation so far.","heading":"Eleven years, three oceans, one boat","intro":[],"after_howto":[],"built":"2026-10-10","gps_nm":24533,"estimated_nm":5713,"total_nm":30246,"sections":[{"id":"overview","title":"","when":"Sep 2014 – Aug 2026","kind":"overview","text":["We wanted less stuff, greater simplicity and more time together as a family.","By August 2015, we had learned to sail, bought a St Francis 50 catamaran, packed up our house and moved aboard in Florida.","Since then we have sailed on SV Aphrodite through the Caribbean, across the Pacific and on to Southeast Asia."],"stops":[{"name":"Ottawa, Canada","lon":-75.697,"lat":45.421,"when":"Dec 2014"},{"name":"Port Klang, Malaysia","lon":-258.7,"lat":2.89,"when":"Aug 2026"}]},{"id":"buying","title":"Buying SV Aphrodite","when":"Mar 2015","max_zoom":8.8,"text":["In March 2015, with help from our consultant Pat Reischmann, we bought SV Aphrodite, a St Francis 50 bluewater catamaran, in Fort Lauderdale.","Then Rick and skipper Dave Houston sailed her through the Florida Keys to Bradenton."],"reads":[{"title":"Sailing around the World With Kids — Could it be Us?","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2014/12/30/sailing-around-the-world-with-kids-blog/"},{"title":"Buying Our St Francis 50 Catamaran, SV Aphrodite","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/02/28/buying-a-st-francis-50-catamaran/"},{"title":"Taking inventory of our sail boat","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/03/07/getting-started-taking-inventory-of-our-sail-boat/"},{"title":"We bought our first boat: SV Aphrodite is ours","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/03/13/sv-aphrodite-is-ours/"},{"title":"Hiring a Skipper: Learning to Sail Like Captain Ron","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/03/24/hiring-a-skipper-learning-captain-ron/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Fort Lauderdale","lon":-80.11,"lat":26.1,"when":"Mar 2015"},{"name":"Palmetto (Bradenton)","lon":-82.572,"lat":27.513,"when":"Mar 2015"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/aprodite-starboard.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/aprodite-starboard-150x150.jpg","lon":-79.2,"lat":26.6,"caption":"SV Aphrodite, March 2015.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/03/13/sv-aphrodite-is-ours/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/aphroditedocked.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/aphroditedocked-150x150.jpg","lon":-81.9,"lat":24.1,"caption":"SV Aphrodite docked in the Florida Keys on the delivery trip, March 2015.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/03/17/winterized-sailboats/"}],"beats":[{"marker":"boat","moored":true,"at":[-80.11,26.1],"legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","legs":[]}],"gps_nm":0,"est_nm":329,"nm":329,"approx":true,"source":"estimated","coords":[[-80.11,26.1],[-80.08,26.09],[-80.09,25.77],[-80.13,25.4],[-80.35,25.05],[-80.7,24.85],[-81.16,24.68],[-81.3,24.8],[-81.8,25.3],[-82.25,26.1],[-82.55,26.8],[-82.8,27.45],[-82.76,27.6],[-82.66,27.56],[-82.572,27.513]],"gpx":"data/gpx/buying.gpx","counts":false},{"id":"packing-up","title":"Training, refit trips and packing up","when":"Apr – Jul 2015","text":["In April 2015 I passed my Day Skipper theory exam and flew to Antigua for three weeks.","I was a complete beginner sailing with an experienced group during Antigua Sailing Week. Then I did my RYA Day Skipper practical training.","That spring we also made several trips to Florida for SV Aphrodite's refit.","At home we had six weeks to downsize. We shipped eleven boxes to the boat from Ogdensburg, New York, and at the end of June 2015 we handed our house keys to our tenants.","Then came our “camping gap month” in a tent in a campground in Ottawa."],"reads":[{"title":"She was a Day Skipper, one way ticket yeah","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/04/20/she-was-a-day-skipper-one-way-ticket-yeah/"},{"title":"Newbie Sailor Arrives at Antigua Sailing Week","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/04/23/newbie-sailor-antigua-sailing-week/"},{"title":"Downsizing Before Moving Aboard: 6 Weeks to Make It Happen","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/05/11/downsizing-before-moving-aboard/"},{"title":"Living in a Campground Before Sailing Away","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/07/12/living-in-a-campground/"},{"title":"Moving from House to Boat: Our Family Camping Gap Month","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/06/29/moving-from-house-to-boat/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Antigua Sailing Week","lon":-61.78,"lat":17.02,"when":"Apr – May 2015"},{"name":"Ogdensburg, NY","lon":-75.486,"lat":44.694,"when":"Jun 2015"},{"name":"Carp, near Ottawa","lon":-76.043,"lat":45.349,"when":"Jul 2015"},{"name":"Wesley Clover Parks","lon":-75.834,"lat":45.337,"when":"Jun – Jul 2015"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/juno.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/juno-150x150.jpg","lon":-55.5,"lat":22.0,"caption":"SV Spirit of Juno, Falmouth Harbour, Antigua.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/04/23/newbie-sailor-antigua-sailing-week/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0140.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0140-150x150.jpg","lon":-81.5,"lat":50.5,"caption":"Downsizing: our living room full of boxes, May 2015.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/05/11/downsizing-before-moving-aboard/"}],"beats":[{"marker":"plane","legs":[{"by":"air","nm":1830,"coords":[[-75.669,45.322],[-75.3652,44.8968],[-75.0658,44.4707],[-74.7708,44.0439],[-74.48,43.6164],[-74.1934,43.1881],[-73.9107,42.7591],[-73.6319,42.3294],[-73.3569,41.8991],[-73.0856,41.4681],[-72.8179,41.0365],[-72.5536,40.6042],[-72.2928,40.1714],[-72.0352,39.738],[-71.7809,39.3041],[-71.5297,38.8695],[-71.2816,38.4345],[-71.0365,37.999],[-70.7942,37.5629],[-70.5548,37.1263],[-70.3181,36.6893],[-70.0841,36.2518],[-69.8527,35.8139],[-69.6238,35.3755],[-69.3975,34.9367],[-69.1735,34.4975],[-68.9518,34.0579],[-68.7325,33.6178],[-68.5154,33.1774],[-68.3005,32.7367],[-68.0876,32.2955],[-67.8769,31.854],[-67.6681,31.4122],[-67.4613,30.97],[-67.2565,30.5275],[-67.0534,30.0847],[-66.8522,29.6416],[-66.6528,29.1982],[-66.455,28.7545],[-66.259,28.3105],[-66.0646,27.8662],[-65.8717,27.4216],[-65.6804,26.9768],[-65.4906,26.5317],[-65.3023,26.0864],[-65.1154,25.6409],[-64.9299,25.1951],[-64.7458,24.749],[-64.5629,24.3028],[-64.3814,23.8563],[-64.2011,23.4096],[-64.022,22.9628],[-63.8441,22.5157],[-63.6673,22.0684],[-63.4917,21.6209],[-63.3171,21.1733],[-63.1436,20.7254],[-62.9711,20.2774],[-62.7997,19.8293],[-62.6291,19.3809],[-62.4595,18.9324],[-62.2909,18.4838],[-62.1231,18.035],[-61.9561,17.5861],[-61.79,17.137]],"who":"Lorraine"}]},{"marker":"plane","icon":"boat","legs":[]},{"marker":"plane","legs":[]},{"marker":"house","at":[-76.043,45.349],"legs":[]},{"marker":"tent","at":[-75.834,45.337],"legs":[]}],"flight_nm":1830},{"id":"moving-aboard","title":"Moving aboard","when":"Aug 2015","text":["In early August 2015 I flew with our four kids to Victoria, BC, where they stayed with their aunt Caroline, Rick's sister. I flew on to Florida alone, and Rick joined me from Ottawa. We hauled SV Aphrodite out in Tampa.","In mid-August our friend and skipper Mark Burton arrived from the UK to help us get to know SV Aphrodite, with a strong focus on keeping the kids safe.","Later that month Caroline flew down with her two teenagers and our four kids, and all six of us moved aboard."],"reads":[{"title":"Boat Organization: Getting Ready for Cruising","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/08/17/boat-organization/"},{"title":"Catamaran Test Sail: Putting SV Aphrodite Through Her Paces","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/08/21/catamaran-test-sail/"},{"title":"Child Safety on a Sailboat: Our Kids’ First Day Aboard","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/08/26/child-safety-on-a-sailboat-first-day/"},{"title":"First Squall: Finding a Safe Anchorage","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/08/29/first-squall-anchoring-safety/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Victoria, BC","lon":-123.366,"lat":48.428,"when":"Aug 2015"},{"name":"Tampa","lon":-82.46,"lat":27.95,"when":"Aug 2015"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image17.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image17-150x150.jpg","lon":-86.8,"lat":25.4,"caption":"On the hard at RiverHawk Marine, Tampa, August 2015.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/08/13/first-boat-haul-out-sleeping-on-stilts/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image30.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/image30-150x150.jpg","lon":-84.4,"lat":27.4,"caption":"SV Aphrodite on our test sail, Florida, August 2015.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/08/21/catamaran-test-sail/"}],"beats":[{"marker":"plane","legs":[{"by":"air","nm":1935,"coords":[[-75.669,45.322],[-76.3303,45.5169],[-76.9962,45.708],[-77.6667,45.8952],[-78.3416,46.0784],[-79.0209,46.2577],[-79.7047,46.4329],[-80.3928,46.6039],[-81.0852,46.7709],[-81.7819,46.9336],[-82.4828,47.0921],[-83.1878,47.2463],[-83.8968,47.3961],[-84.6099,47.5416],[-85.3268,47.6826],[-86.0476,47.8191],[-86.7721,47.951],[-87.5002,48.0784],[-88.2319,48.2012],[-88.9671,48.3193],[-89.7056,48.4327],[-90.4473,48.5413],[-91.1921,48.6452],[-91.94,48.7442],[-92.6907,48.8384],[-93.4442,48.9277],[-94.2003,49.0121],[-94.9589,49.0915],[-95.7199,49.1659],[-96.483,49.2353],[-97.2483,49.2997],[-98.0154,49.359],[-98.7844,49.4132],[-99.5549,49.4623],[-100.3269,49.5063],[-101.1003,49.5451],[-101.8747,49.5788],[-102.6502,49.6073],[-103.4265,49.6306],[-104.2034,49.6487],[-104.9809,49.6617],[-105.7586,49.6694],[-106.5366,49.6719],[-107.3145,49.6691],[-108.0923,49.6612],[-108.8697,49.6481],[-109.6466,49.6297],[-110.4229,49.6062],[-111.1983,49.5775],[-111.9727,49.5436],[-112.746,49.5046],[-113.518,49.4604],[-114.2885,49.411],[-115.0573,49.3566],[-115.8244,49.2971],[-116.5896,49.2325],[-117.3526,49.1629],[-118.1135,49.0883],[-118.872,49.0086],[-119.628,48.9241],[-120.3814,48.8346],[-121.132,48.7402],[-121.8797,48.6409],[-122.6244,48.5369],[-123.366,48.428]],"who":"Lorraine and kids"},{"by":"air","nm":2246,"coords":[[-123.366,48.428],[-122.5317,48.2435],[-121.7035,48.053],[-120.8815,47.8565],[-120.0658,47.6543],[-119.2565,47.4463],[-118.4536,47.2327],[-117.6573,47.0135],[-116.8675,46.7888],[-116.0844,46.5588],[-115.308,46.3234],[-114.5383,46.0829],[-113.7754,45.8372],[-113.0192,45.5865],[-112.2699,45.3308],[-111.5273,45.0703],[-110.7915,44.805],[-110.0626,44.5351],[-109.3404,44.2605],[-108.625,43.9814],[-107.9163,43.698],[-107.2143,43.4101],[-106.5191,43.1181],[-105.8304,42.8218],[-105.1484,42.5215],[-104.473,42.2172],[-103.8041,41.9089],[-103.1417,41.5968],[-102.4856,41.2809],[-101.836,40.9614],[-101.1926,40.6382],[-100.5554,40.3115],[-99.9245,39.9813],[-99.2996,39.6478],[-98.6807,39.3109],[-98.0679,38.9708],[-97.4609,38.6275],[-96.8597,38.2811],[-96.2642,37.9317],[-95.6744,37.5793],[-95.0902,37.2239],[-94.5115,36.8658],[-93.9382,36.5048],[-93.3702,36.1412],[-92.8075,35.7749],[-92.25,35.406],[-91.6976,35.0345],[-91.1502,34.6606],[-90.6077,34.2843],[-90.0701,33.9055],[-89.5372,33.5245],[-89.0091,33.1412],[-88.4855,32.7557],[-87.9665,32.368],[-87.4519,31.9783],[-86.9417,31.5864],[-86.4357,31.1926],[-85.934,30.7968],[-85.4364,30.3991],[-84.9428,29.9995],[-84.4532,29.5981],[-83.9675,29.1949],[-83.4856,28.7899],[-83.0075,28.3833],[-82.533,27.975]],"who":"Lorraine"},{"by":"air","nm":1092,"coords":[[-75.669,45.322],[-75.805,45.0546],[-75.9398,44.787],[-76.0733,44.5192],[-76.2056,44.2513],[-76.3367,43.9832],[-76.4666,43.715],[-76.5954,43.4467],[-76.723,43.1781],[-76.8495,42.9095],[-76.9749,42.6407],[-77.0992,42.3718],[-77.2225,42.1028],[-77.3447,41.8336],[-77.4659,41.5643],[-77.5861,41.2948],[-77.7053,41.0253],[-77.8236,40.7556],[-77.9409,40.4858],[-78.0572,40.2159],[-78.1726,39.9459],[-78.2871,39.6757],[-78.4007,39.4054],[-78.5135,39.1351],[-78.6253,38.8646],[-78.7364,38.594],[-78.8466,38.3233],[-78.9559,38.0525],[-79.0645,37.7817],[-79.1723,37.5107],[-79.2793,37.2396],[-79.3855,36.9684],[-79.491,36.6971],[-79.5957,36.4258],[-79.6997,36.1543],[-79.803,35.8828],[-79.9056,35.6111],[-80.0074,35.3394],[-80.1086,35.0676],[-80.2092,34.7957],[-80.309,34.5237],[-80.4083,34.2517],[-80.5068,33.9796],[-80.6048,33.7073],[-80.7021,33.4351],[-80.7988,33.1627],[-80.8949,32.8903],[-80.9905,32.6178],[-81.0854,32.3452],[-81.1798,32.0725],[-81.2736,31.7998],[-81.3669,31.527],[-81.4596,31.2541],[-81.5518,30.9812],[-81.6435,30.7082],[-81.7346,30.4352],[-81.8253,30.1621],[-81.9154,29.8889],[-82.005,29.6157],[-82.0942,29.3424],[-82.1829,29.069],[-82.2711,28.7956],[-82.3589,28.5221],[-82.4461,28.2486],[-82.533,27.975]],"who":"Rick"}]},{"marker":"boat","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","legs":[{"by":"air","nm":2246,"coords":[[-123.366,48.428],[-122.728,48.2592],[-122.09,48.0855],[-121.452,47.9071],[-120.8139,47.7239],[-120.1759,47.5359],[-119.5379,47.3431],[-118.8999,47.1456],[-118.2619,46.9432],[-117.6239,46.7361],[-116.9858,46.5242],[-116.3478,46.3075],[-115.7098,46.086],[-115.0718,45.8598],[-114.4338,45.6287],[-113.7958,45.3929],[-113.1577,45.1522],[-112.5197,44.9068],[-111.8817,44.6566],[-111.2437,44.4017],[-110.6057,44.1419],[-109.9677,43.8773],[-109.3297,43.608],[-108.6916,43.3339],[-108.0536,43.055],[-107.4156,42.7713],[-106.7776,42.4828],[-106.1396,42.1896],[-105.5016,41.8915],[-104.8635,41.5887],[-104.2255,41.2811],[-103.5875,40.9687],[-102.9495,40.6515],[-102.3115,40.3295],[-101.6735,40.0028],[-101.0355,39.6712],[-100.3974,39.3349],[-99.7594,38.9938],[-99.1214,38.6479],[-98.4834,38.2972],[-97.8454,37.9417],[-97.2074,37.5815],[-96.5693,37.2164],[-95.9313,36.8466],[-95.2933,36.472],[-94.6553,36.0926],[-94.0173,35.7084],[-93.3793,35.3195],[-92.7413,34.9257],[-92.1032,34.5272],[-91.4652,34.1239],[-90.8272,33.7158],[-90.1892,33.3029],[-89.5512,32.8852],[-88.9132,32.4628],[-88.2751,32.0355],[-87.6371,31.6035],[-86.9991,31.1667],[-86.3611,30.7251],[-85.7231,30.2787],[-85.0851,29.8275],[-84.447,29.3716],[-83.809,28.9108],[-83.171,28.4453],[-82.533,27.975]],"who":"Caroline and the kids"}]}],"flight_nm":7519},{"id":"florida","title":"Learning the ropes in Florida","when":"Sep – Dec 2015","text":["We were on our own from September 2015. We practised anchoring and provisioning, and above all keeping four kids safe on a boat.","That fall we sailed south to the Florida Keys, where the kids went trick-or-treating in Tavernier."],"reads":[{"title":"Catamaran Refit: Preparing Our Boat for Cruising","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/06/11/catamaran-refit-prep/"},{"title":"Meal planning and provisioning for a family afloat: six suggestions for cruisers","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/09/05/meal-planning-six-suggestions-for-crui/"},{"title":"Florida Keys Sailing with Our 4 Boat Kids & a Dockside Party","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/10/28/florida-keys-sailing-night-out-with-kids/"},{"title":"Halloween in Tavernier: Trick-or-Treat Carnival in the Keys","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/11/01/halloween-in-tavernier/"},{"title":"Handwashing Laundry on a Boat: 4 Lessons & The True Cost","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/12/04/handwashing-laundry-on-a-boat/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Palmetto","lon":-82.593,"lat":27.5055,"when":"Sep 2015","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Sanibel","lon":-82.0246,"lat":26.461,"when":"Sep 2015"},{"name":"Marco Island","lon":-81.7328,"lat":25.9626,"when":"Oct 2015"},{"name":"Tavernier, Florida Keys","lon":-80.562,"lat":25.005,"when":"Oct – Dec 2015","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image37.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image37-150x150.jpeg","lon":-80.47,"lat":25.07,"caption":"Paul enjoys a dockside supper at Mandalay, Key Largo.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/10/28/florida-keys-sailing-night-out-with-kids/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image3.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image3-150x150.jpeg","lon":-80.56,"lat":24.96,"caption":"Halloween in Tavernier, 2015.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/11/01/halloween-in-tavernier/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Sailing-Around-the-World-Family-Adventure.png","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/route-thumbs/Sailing-Around-the-World-Family-Adventure-route-150x150.jpg","lon":-83.2,"lat":27.3,"caption":"Leaving the dock on day one, September 2015.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2015/09/30/sailing-around-the-world-family-adventure/"}],"gps_nm":0,"est_nm":240,"nm":240,"approx":true,"source":"estimated","coords":[[-82.593,27.5055],[-82.61,27.5105],[-82.625,27.5165],[-82.648,27.521],[-82.67,27.528],[-82.73471,27.54374],[-82.76839,27.50916],[-82.67572,27.2357],[-82.39649,26.93992],[-82.31,26.7],[-82.25,26.55],[-82.22,26.47],[-82.12,26.405],[-82.03,26.425],[-82.012,26.443],[-82.02464,26.46102],[-81.9986,26.45502],[-81.97694,26.3981],[-81.97666,26.30829],[-81.82933,26.17533],[-81.835,26.11],[-81.805,26.093],[-81.79215,26.10153],[-81.75089,25.97456],[-81.73279,25.96258],[-81.755,25.965],[-81.76,25.93],[-81.73,25.85],[-81.45,25.6],[-81.15556,25.32056],[-81.2011,25.2282],[-81.20036,25.20755],[-81.12432,25.10578],[-81.09039,25.06081],[-81.00938,24.97088],[-80.85629,24.86841],[-80.77037,24.87273],[-80.75062,24.87124],[-80.63583,24.92654],[-80.612,24.952],[-80.598,24.972],[-80.572,24.976],[-80.562,25.005]],"gpx":"data/gpx/florida.gpx"},{"id":"bahamas","title":"Across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas","when":"Jan – May 2016","text":["Our first major passage took us across the Gulf Stream from Florida to Cat Cay in the Bahamas.","Then came Nassau, the tidal creeks and ruins of the Exumas, a spring in George Town, and the generosity of the people of Abraham's Bay on Mayaguana."],"reads":[{"title":"Crossing the Gulf Stream: Our First Passage to the Bahamas","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/01/25/crossing-the-gulf-stream/"},{"title":"Shroud Cay, Bahamas: Exploring the Labryinth of Tidal Creeks","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/03/15/shroud-cay-bahamas/"},{"title":"Pigs, Sharks, and Thunderball Grotto — Exploring the Exumas with Kids","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/03/17/exumas-bahamas/"},{"title":"Mayaguana, Bahamas: The Generosity in Abraham's Bay","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/05/22/abraham-bay-mayaguana/"},{"title":"Southern Bahamas Long Reads — Beyond the Exumas","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/05/23/southern-bahamas-long-reads-beyond-the-exumas/"},{"title":"First Sailing Passage: Fear, Seasickness and Bahamas Plans","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/01/02/first-sailing-passage-florida-to-bahamas/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Cat Cay","lon":-79.2765,"lat":25.5594,"when":"","dy":-8,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Nassau","lon":-77.35,"lat":25.07,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Allen Cay","lon":-76.838,"lat":24.748,"when":""},{"name":"Shroud Cay","lon":-76.79,"lat":24.53,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"end"},{"name":"George Town","lon":-75.77,"lat":23.51,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Flamingo Cay","lon":-75.87,"lat":22.882,"when":""},{"name":"Buenavista Cay","lon":-75.841,"lat":22.469,"when":""},{"name":"Duncan Town","lon":-75.727,"lat":22.183,"when":""},{"name":"Mayaguana","lon":-73.0,"lat":22.36,"when":"May 2016","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image12.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image12-150x150.jpeg","lon":-76.45,"lat":24.35,"caption":"Davis ruins, circa 1750, on Warderick Wells.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/03/17/exumas-bahamas/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image16.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/route-thumbs/george-town-boxers-route-150x150.jpg","lon":-75.1,"lat":24.21,"caption":"George Town: like summer camp for cruisers, without the boxing.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/03/25/making-connections-in-georgetown-bahamas/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image14.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image14-150x150.jpeg","lon":-73.05,"lat":23.3,"caption":"New friends in Abraham's Bay, Mayaguana.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/05/22/abraham-bay-mayaguana/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image23.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/image23-150x150.jpeg","lon":-78.7,"lat":26.1,"caption":"All four kids aboard SV Aphrodite at Cat Cay.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/01/25/crossing-the-gulf-stream/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nassau-Jitney-Bus.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/route-thumbs/nassau-jitney-route-150x150.jpg","lon":-77.49,"lat":25.925,"caption":"Riding the jitney bus in Nassau.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/02/03/nassau-jitney-bus-kids/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/allan-cay-iguana-sailing-with-kids.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/route-thumbs/allen-cay-iguana-route-150x150.jpg","lon":-76.15,"lat":25.49,"caption":"Meeting an iguana on Allen Cay, Exumas.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/02/08/exumas-fair-and-foul-weather/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image10.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image10-150x150.jpeg","lon":-76.1,"lat":24.9,"caption":"Betty running on the beach at Shroud Cay.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/03/15/shroud-cay-bahamas/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image-150x150.jpeg","lon":-76.5,"lat":22.1,"caption":"Outside the pink clinic in Duncan Town, Ragged Islands.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/05/12/ragged-islands-bahamas-duncan-town/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image4.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image4-150x150.jpeg","lon":-74.55,"lat":21.85,"caption":"Paul with a Bahamian chicken and a local resident, Buenavista Cay.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/05/12/ragged-islands-bahamas-duncan-town/"}],"gps_nm":732,"est_nm":194,"nm":926,"approx":false,"source":"chartplotter GPS","coords":[[-80.562,25.005],[-80.594,24.97],[-80.588,24.9465],[-80.55,24.96],[-80.51,24.9883],[-79.7686,25.3908],[-79.4237,25.6425],[-79.235,25.535],[-78.43,25.48],[-78.15,25.47],[-77.8,25.25],[-77.6,25.03],[-77.5572,25.0192],[-77.5642,25.0118],[-77.5631,24.9651],[-77.42,24.9011],[-77.3818,24.8148],[-77.2929,24.7019],[-77.232,24.6802],[-77.0107,24.6574],[-76.9501,24.6302],[-76.9081,24.5953],[-76.8187,24.5411],[-76.7929,24.5475],[-76.8162,24.54],[-76.8216,24.5133],[-76.8033,24.4313],[-76.7699,24.3435],[-76.7654,24.3388],[-76.6582,24.3597],[-76.632,24.383],[-76.628,24.3807],[-76.6355,24.377],[-76.6419,24.3612],[-76.6177,24.2816],[-76.5868,24.2795],[-76.5644,24.2953],[-76.5661,24.3161],[-76.5572,24.3225],[-76.5662,24.3158],[-76.5653,24.2941],[-76.5888,24.2778],[-76.5882,24.2582],[-76.5759,24.2481],[-76.5772,24.2422],[-76.4913,24.1834],[-76.4469,24.1751],[-76.4819,24.1669],[-76.4913,24.1485],[-76.3519,23.9527],[-76.3145,23.9505],[-76.321,23.9641],[-76.3146,23.9587],[-76.3039,23.963],[-76.117,23.8261],[-76.0405,23.7853],[-75.8746,23.6379],[-75.8471,23.5984],[-75.809,23.5712],[-75.8105,23.5609],[-75.7914,23.5366],[-75.7696,23.5298],[-75.7441,23.5063],[-75.7104,23.4905],[-75.6719,23.4877],[-75.6651,23.496],[-75.641,23.4875],[-75.6287,23.4717],[-75.6276,23.4802],[-75.6074,23.4741],[-75.5586,23.4504],[-75.5249,23.4229],[-75.5125,23.4061],[-75.5106,23.3922],[-75.5351,23.3229],[-75.645,23.1142],[-75.7265,23.0257],[-75.7201,23.0297],[-75.7195,23.0241],[-75.7201,23.0298],[-75.65,23.1096],[-75.5327,23.3232],[-75.517,23.3681],[-75.5105,23.4279],[-75.6138,23.4784],[-75.6672,23.4951],[-75.6714,23.4875],[-75.7109,23.4906],[-75.7488,23.5138],[-75.7626,23.5077],[-75.7557,23.5137],[-75.759,23.5193],[-75.7675,23.5035],[-75.7548,23.5126],[-75.7704,23.5306],[-75.7559,23.5133],[-75.7096,23.4905],[-75.6718,23.4869],[-75.6664,23.4948],[-75.6321,23.4831],[-75.6279,23.4715],[-75.6313,23.4817],[-75.6261,23.482],[-75.491,23.4183],[-75.3501,23.4161],[-75.1449,23.3396],[-75.1387,23.3598],[-75.1443,23.3447],[-75.1601,23.3449],[-75.2004,23.382],[-75.2153,23.3968],[-75.2341,23.4351],[-75.3469,23.5578],[-75.3667,23.6009],[-75.3657,23.6449],[-75.3377,23.6495],[-75.4314,23.6445],[-75.5798,23.5522],[-75.5907,23.5507],[-75.595,23.5402],[-75.6718,23.4864],[-75.7106,23.4905],[-75.7597,23.5201],[-75.7436,23.506],[-75.7116,23.4915],[-75.7073,23.4945],[-75.712,23.4913],[-75.7528,23.512],[-75.7617,23.5079],[-75.7519,23.5106],[-75.7094,23.4903],[-75.6719,23.4866],[-75.6661,23.4954],[-75.6073,23.4745],[-75.5461,23.4425],[-75.512,23.4063],[-75.5263,23.335],[-75.6081,23.1785],[-75.6489,23.1089],[-75.7205,23.0288],[-75.643,23.1209],[-75.5264,23.3345],[-75.512,23.4069],[-75.5539,23.4492],[-75.6092,23.4751],[-75.6288,23.4814],[-75.6283,23.4715],[-75.6315,23.4832],[-75.6663,23.4949],[-75.6718,23.4868],[-75.7081,23.4902],[-75.7544,23.5115],[-75.763,23.5084],[-75.7521,23.51],[-75.7054,23.4902],[-75.6713,23.4867],[-75.6667,23.4944],[-75.6113,23.4763],[-75.5519,23.448],[-75.5124,23.4151],[-75.5101,23.4071],[-75.5251,23.3366],[-75.6501,23.1079],[-75.7198,23.0239],[-75.7214,23.0305],[-75.7411,23.0235],[-75.7752,23.0031],[-75.8201,22.9681],[-75.8776,22.9083],[-75.8843,22.8753],[-75.8705,22.8767],[-75.8724,22.8854],[-75.9151,22.8402],[-75.9281,22.8173],[-75.9291,22.7903],[-75.9166,22.7482],[-75.9159,22.6157],[-75.8598,22.4283],[-75.8575,22.423],[-75.836,22.4249],[-75.8465,22.4211],[-75.8388,22.2882],[-75.793,22.2438],[-75.7856,22.2621],[-75.7678,22.2293],[-75.7529,22.2425],[-75.7748,22.2447],[-75.8354,22.2864],[-75.7945,22.3452],[-75.7809,22.3391],[-75.796,22.3478],[-75.7993,22.3379],[-75.7841,22.3531],[-75.7413,22.3535],[-75.6651,22.3379],[-75.428,22.3072],[-75.2563,22.3005],[-74.7134,22.2044],[-74.5426,22.1828],[-74.345,22.1432],[-74.3255,22.1333],[-74.3405,22.1235],[-74.3253,22.1001],[-73.976,21.7723],[-73.8793,21.6957],[-73.8513,21.6917],[-73.842,21.6837],[-73.8592,21.6919],[-73.855,21.7035],[-73.7019,21.8534],[-73.4441,22.1349],[-73.1983,22.3648],[-73.1774,22.3499],[-73.1499,22.341],[-73.0567,22.32],[-72.9861,22.3605]],"parts":[{"coords":[[-80.562,25.005],[-80.594,24.97],[-80.588,24.9465],[-80.55,24.96],[-80.51,24.9883],[-79.7686,25.3908],[-79.4237,25.6425],[-79.235,25.535],[-78.43,25.48],[-78.15,25.47],[-77.8,25.25],[-77.6,25.03],[-77.5572,25.0192]],"approx":true},{"coords":[[-77.5572,25.0192],[-77.5642,25.0118],[-77.5631,24.9651],[-77.42,24.9011],[-77.3818,24.8148],[-77.2929,24.7019],[-77.232,24.6802],[-77.0107,24.6574],[-76.9501,24.6302],[-76.9081,24.5953],[-76.8187,24.5411],[-76.7929,24.5475],[-76.8162,24.54],[-76.8216,24.5133],[-76.8033,24.4313],[-76.7699,24.3435],[-76.7654,24.3388],[-76.6582,24.3597],[-76.632,24.383],[-76.628,24.3807],[-76.6355,24.377],[-76.6419,24.3612],[-76.6177,24.2816],[-76.5868,24.2795],[-76.5644,24.2953],[-76.5661,24.3161],[-76.5572,24.3225],[-76.5662,24.3158],[-76.5653,24.2941],[-76.5888,24.2778],[-76.5882,24.2582],[-76.5759,24.2481],[-76.5772,24.2422],[-76.4913,24.1834],[-76.4469,24.1751],[-76.4819,24.1669],[-76.4913,24.1485],[-76.3519,23.9527],[-76.3145,23.9505],[-76.321,23.9641],[-76.3146,23.9587],[-76.3039,23.963],[-76.117,23.8261],[-76.0405,23.7853],[-75.8746,23.6379],[-75.8471,23.5984],[-75.809,23.5712],[-75.8105,23.5609],[-75.7914,23.5366],[-75.7696,23.5298],[-75.7441,23.5063],[-75.7104,23.4905],[-75.6719,23.4877],[-75.6651,23.496],[-75.641,23.4875],[-75.6287,23.4717],[-75.6276,23.4802],[-75.6074,23.4741],[-75.5586,23.4504],[-75.5249,23.4229],[-75.5125,23.4061],[-75.5106,23.3922],[-75.5351,23.3229],[-75.645,23.1142],[-75.7265,23.0257],[-75.7201,23.0297],[-75.7195,23.0241],[-75.7201,23.0298],[-75.65,23.1096],[-75.5327,23.3232],[-75.517,23.3681],[-75.5105,23.4279],[-75.6138,23.4784],[-75.6672,23.4951],[-75.6714,23.4875],[-75.7109,23.4906],[-75.7488,23.5138]],"approx":false},{"coords":[[-75.7488,23.5138],[-75.7626,23.5077],[-75.7557,23.5137],[-75.759,23.5193],[-75.7675,23.5035],[-75.7548,23.5126],[-75.7704,23.5306],[-75.7559,23.5133],[-75.7096,23.4905],[-75.6718,23.4869],[-75.6664,23.4948],[-75.6321,23.4831],[-75.6279,23.4715],[-75.6313,23.4817],[-75.6261,23.482],[-75.491,23.4183],[-75.3501,23.4161],[-75.1449,23.3396],[-75.1387,23.3598],[-75.1443,23.3447],[-75.1601,23.3449],[-75.2004,23.382],[-75.2153,23.3968],[-75.2341,23.4351],[-75.3469,23.5578],[-75.3667,23.6009],[-75.3657,23.6449],[-75.3377,23.6495],[-75.4314,23.6445],[-75.5798,23.5522],[-75.5907,23.5507],[-75.595,23.5402],[-75.6718,23.4864],[-75.7106,23.4905],[-75.7597,23.5201],[-75.7436,23.506],[-75.7116,23.4915],[-75.7073,23.4945],[-75.712,23.4913],[-75.7528,23.512],[-75.7617,23.5079],[-75.7519,23.5106],[-75.7094,23.4903],[-75.6719,23.4866],[-75.6661,23.4954],[-75.6073,23.4745],[-75.5461,23.4425],[-75.512,23.4063],[-75.5263,23.335],[-75.6081,23.1785],[-75.6489,23.1089],[-75.7205,23.0288],[-75.643,23.1209],[-75.5264,23.3345],[-75.512,23.4069],[-75.5539,23.4492],[-75.6092,23.4751],[-75.6288,23.4814],[-75.6283,23.4715],[-75.6315,23.4832],[-75.6663,23.4949],[-75.6718,23.4868],[-75.7081,23.4902],[-75.7544,23.5115],[-75.763,23.5084],[-75.7521,23.51],[-75.7054,23.4902],[-75.6713,23.4867],[-75.6667,23.4944],[-75.6113,23.4763],[-75.5519,23.448],[-75.5124,23.4151],[-75.5101,23.4071],[-75.5251,23.3366],[-75.6501,23.1079],[-75.7198,23.0239],[-75.7214,23.0305],[-75.7411,23.0235],[-75.7752,23.0031],[-75.8201,22.9681],[-75.8776,22.9083],[-75.8843,22.8753],[-75.8705,22.8767],[-75.8724,22.8854],[-75.9151,22.8402],[-75.9281,22.8173],[-75.9291,22.7903],[-75.9166,22.7482],[-75.9159,22.6157],[-75.8598,22.4283],[-75.8575,22.423],[-75.836,22.4249],[-75.8465,22.4211],[-75.8388,22.2882],[-75.793,22.2438],[-75.7856,22.2621],[-75.7678,22.2293],[-75.7529,22.2425],[-75.7748,22.2447],[-75.8354,22.2864],[-75.7945,22.3452],[-75.7809,22.3391],[-75.796,22.3478],[-75.7993,22.3379],[-75.7841,22.3531]],"approx":false},{"coords":[[-75.7841,22.3531],[-75.7413,22.3535],[-75.6651,22.3379],[-75.428,22.3072],[-75.2563,22.3005],[-74.7134,22.2044],[-74.5426,22.1828],[-74.345,22.1432],[-74.3255,22.1333],[-74.3405,22.1235],[-74.3253,22.1001],[-73.976,21.7723],[-73.8793,21.6957],[-73.8513,21.6917],[-73.842,21.6837],[-73.8592,21.6919],[-73.855,21.7035],[-73.7019,21.8534],[-73.4441,22.1349],[-73.1983,22.3648],[-73.1774,22.3499],[-73.1499,22.341],[-73.0567,22.32],[-72.9861,22.3605]],"approx":false}],"gpx":"data/gpx/bahamas.gpx"},{"id":"luperon","title":"A hurricane hole in Luperón","when":"May – Dec 2016","text":["By way of the Turks and Caicos, we reached Luperón in the Dominican Republic and stayed for hurricane season. We built our own mooring, and the kids went to the local school in uniforms. We also met Bruce Van Sant, the legendary author of *The Gentleman's Guide to Passages South*."],"reads":[{"title":"Luperón Long Reads — Waiting Out Hurricane Season","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/06/06/luperon-hurricane-hole-long-reads/"},{"title":"Canadian Boat Kids Go to School in Luperón","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/10/04/canadian-boat-kids-at-school-in-luperon/"},{"title":"Luperón Long Reads — Designing and Building a Mooring for Our 50-foot Catamaran","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/08/03/building-a-mooring-in-luperon-harbour/"},{"title":"Sailing with Kids: Our First Year Cruising as a Family of Six","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/06/28/sailing-with-kids-a-year-in-review/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Turks & Caicos","lon":-72.27,"lat":21.77,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Luperón, Dominican Republic","lon":-70.95,"lat":19.9,"when":"Jun – Dec 2016","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/image11.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/route-thumbs/luperon-twins-uniforms-route-150x150.jpg","lon":-70.85,"lat":19.82,"caption":"The twins in their new school shirts, Luperón.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/12/06/luperon-long-reads-boat-kids-go-local/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image3.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/image3-150x150.jpeg","lon":-71.5,"lat":20.4,"caption":"A stray dog in Luperón, holding a place in our memories.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/06/06/luperon-hurricane-hole-long-reads/"}],"gps_nm":212,"est_nm":0,"nm":212,"approx":false,"source":"chartplotter GPS","coords":[[-72.9861,22.3605],[-73.0559,22.3191],[-73.0355,22.3091],[-72.8126,22.2786],[-72.7923,22.2881],[-72.8001,22.2717],[-72.6157,21.9849],[-72.5471,21.8672],[-72.4616,21.7467],[-72.319,21.7361],[-72.2949,21.7359],[-72.2863,21.7425],[-72.2781,21.7015],[-72.2097,21.5049],[-72.2049,21.5057],[-72.2122,21.4944],[-72.2079,21.4322],[-72.1577,21.341],[-71.8158,20.8883],[-71.5637,20.6119],[-71.1981,20.0677],[-71.1002,19.8938],[-71.0826,19.8929],[-71.0942,19.8947],[-71.0939,19.9089],[-71.0708,19.9319],[-71.0036,19.9508],[-70.9433,19.9259],[-70.9419,19.9031],[-70.9502,19.9017]],"gpx":"data/gpx/luperon.gpx"},{"id":"eastcarib","title":"Down the island chain","when":"Dec 2016 – Oct 2017","text":["We crossed the Mona Passage to Puerto Rico. After Luperón's gritty charm, the beach-vibe polish of St Thomas gave us a case of reverse culture shock.","Then we worked our way south: Montserrat's volcano, Dominica, Martinique, Bequia and Grenada's carnival, before hauling out in Trinidad for hurricane season."],"reads":[{"title":"Mona Passage Mutiny: Sailing with a Seasick NYC Cop","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2016/12/07/mona-passage-mutiny-with-seasickness/"},{"title":"Reverse Culture Shock: From Luperón to St Thomas, USVI","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2017/01/20/reverse-culture-shock-usvi/"},{"title":"Sailing the Caribbean? Don't Miss Montserrat!","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2017/06/27/sailing-the-caribbean-dont-miss-montserrat/"},{"title":"Dominica Travel: If Outside Magazine Visited the Caribbean","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2017/08/21/dominica-travel-outside-magazine/"},{"title":"Fishing in Bequia: A Boy Learns From a Local Fisherman","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2017/08/23/fishing-in-bequia/"},{"title":"Living with Four Kids in a Trinidad Boatyard","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2017/11/05/kids-trinidad-boatyard-haul-out-catamaran/"}],"stops":[{"name":"St Thomas, USVI","lon":-64.93,"lat":18.34,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"British Virgin Islands","lon":-64.62,"lat":18.42,"when":""},{"name":"Antigua","lon":-61.85,"lat":17.07,"when":""},{"name":"Barbuda","lon":-61.79,"lat":17.6,"when":""},{"name":"Montserrat","lon":-62.19,"lat":16.72,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Dominica","lon":-61.46,"lat":15.58,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Martinique","lon":-60.87,"lat":14.46,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Bequia","lon":-61.24,"lat":13.0,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"end"},{"name":"Grenada","lon":-61.76,"lat":12.0,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"end"},{"name":"Tobago","lon":-60.556,"lat":11.33,"when":"Sep 2017"},{"name":"Trinidad","lon":-61.64,"lat":10.68,"when":"Oct 2017","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_9872.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_9872-150x150.jpg","lon":-65.1,"lat":18.55,"caption":"Reverse culture shock in St Thomas.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2017/01/20/reverse-culture-shock-usvi/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/soufriere-volcano-near-observatory-montserrat.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/soufriere-volcano-near-observatory-montserrat-150x150.jpg","lon":-62.45,"lat":16.6,"caption":"Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2017/06/27/sailing-the-caribbean-dont-miss-montserrat/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/01813.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/01813-150x150.jpg","lon":-61.2,"lat":15.35,"caption":"Dominica, the Caribbean's wild island.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2017/08/21/dominica-travel-outside-magazine/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1129.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1129-150x150.jpg","lon":-62.4,"lat":11.7,"caption":"The start of a Hash House Harriers trail, Grenada.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2017/07/03/grenada-hash-house-harriers-a-walk-or-a-run-for-everyone/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1685.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1685-150x150.jpg","lon":-60.9,"lat":12.4,"caption":"Grenada Carnival costumes."}],"gps_nm":1484,"est_nm":88,"nm":1572,"approx":false,"source":"chartplotter GPS","coords":[[-70.9502,19.9017],[-70.9415,19.9039],[-70.9416,19.9169],[-70.9319,19.9199],[-70.908,19.9102],[-70.8621,19.9106],[-70.8438,19.9172],[-70.7489,19.8556],[-70.7053,19.845],[-70.6868,19.8315],[-70.477,19.8112],[-70.2315,19.7527],[-70.0822,19.7285],[-69.9078,19.6838],[-69.8804,19.6701],[-69.6967,19.5322],[-69.6371,19.4935],[-69.5985,19.4775],[-69.5753,19.4042],[-69.4717,19.3595],[-69.3824,19.3335],[-69.3356,19.3006],[-69.3273,19.286],[-69.3343,19.3074],[-69.3231,19.319],[-69.2368,19.3729],[-69.2124,19.3672],[-69.116,19.2894],[-68.9628,19.1283],[-68.6569,18.9359],[-68.5279,18.7903],[-68.4876,18.7644],[-68.3532,18.7066],[-68.2032,18.6895],[-68.1027,18.6907],[-67.9171,18.6641],[-67.8017,18.5938],[-67.6755,18.5464],[-67.5598,18.4144],[-67.3745,18.2235],[-67.1603,18.2161],[-67.1956,18.1667],[-67.2337,18.0871],[-67.2197,18.0688],[-67.1987,18.0672],[-67.192,18.0728],[-67.2131,18.055],[-67.2372,17.9565],[-67.1997,17.9282],[-67.1292,17.9033],[-66.9293,17.9123],[-66.9093,17.9186],[-66.9054,17.9416],[-66.8805,17.9503],[-66.9074,17.9391],[-66.9074,17.9291],[-66.887,17.926],[-66.6499,17.9201],[-66.5612,17.9072],[-66.4958,17.9172],[-66.4264,17.8994],[-66.3399,17.9211],[-66.3193,17.9365],[-66.2928,17.9452],[-66.2909,17.9513],[-66.2936,17.945],[-66.327,17.932],[-66.3313,17.9227],[-66.3267,17.9166],[-66.2186,17.8865],[-66.068,17.897],[-65.9245,17.9486],[-65.9175,17.9581],[-65.8432,17.994],[-65.7706,18.06],[-65.6179,18.1744],[-65.5606,18.183],[-65.5112,18.2149],[-65.4665,18.2317],[-65.4041,18.2196],[-65.3361,18.2194],[-65.1892,18.2315],[-65.175,18.2348],[-65.127,18.2822],[-64.9888,18.3003],[-64.9706,18.3182],[-64.9323,18.3372],[-64.9266,18.3126],[-64.9396,18.2457],[-64.9954,18.3157],[-64.9961,18.3391],[-64.986,18.3433],[-64.9805,18.3421],[-64.9931,18.3397],[-64.9954,18.316],[-64.9467,18.2366],[-64.9277,18.3204],[-64.93,18.332],[-64.9249,18.3337],[-64.9341,18.3379],[-64.9508,18.3304],[-64.9617,18.3161],[-64.956,18.3226],[-64.9856,18.3256],[-64.9915,18.3394],[-64.9794,18.3437],[-64.9922,18.3334],[-64.9854,18.3256],[-64.9694,18.3227],[-64.939,18.3318],[-64.9336,18.2872],[-64.9845,18.2337],[-64.9973,18.3409],[-64.981,18.3441],[-65.0067,18.3345],[-65.0412,18.332],[-65.1364,18.2947],[-65.2581,18.2632],[-65.2541,18.2795],[-65.2977,18.3054],[-65.2501,18.2747],[-65.0959,18.3048],[-65.0444,18.324],[-64.9875,18.3267],[-64.9776,18.3166],[-64.9375,18.3371],[-64.9295,18.3356],[-64.9275,18.3206],[-64.9568,18.3032],[-64.9637,18.3069],[-64.9608,18.3176],[-64.9917,18.3337],[-64.9805,18.3443],[-64.9934,18.3336],[-64.9734,18.3234],[-64.9661,18.3329],[-64.973,18.3202],[-64.9386,18.3314],[-64.9352,18.3157],[-64.9544,18.3032],[-64.9613,18.3038],[-64.9615,18.3119],[-64.9627,18.3039],[-64.8861,18.2913],[-64.844,18.3045],[-64.8294,18.3204],[-64.8031,18.3274],[-64.8013,18.3386],[-64.792,18.3416],[-64.7905,18.3511],[-64.7691,18.3704],[-64.7447,18.3754],[-64.7246,18.3659],[-64.7081,18.385],[-64.705,18.378],[-64.6628,18.3819],[-64.6169,18.4034],[-64.6088,18.4132],[-64.6164,18.4182],[-64.5865,18.4094],[-64.524,18.4223],[-64.5123,18.4322],[-64.5192,18.4508],[-64.5261,18.4555],[-64.5323,18.4537],[-64.532,18.4473],[-64.5316,18.4526],[-64.54,18.4541],[-64.5471,18.4482],[-64.527,18.4631],[-64.5298,18.4585],[-64.498,18.4677],[-64.4716,18.6138],[-64.4166,18.6998],[-64.3843,18.7202],[-64.4103,18.7023],[-64.4268,18.5689],[-64.3585,18.5857],[-64.3872,18.5253],[-64.3807,18.5074],[-64.3748,18.5073],[-64.3881,18.5068],[-64.3869,18.5108],[-64.382,18.5061],[-64.3804,18.5216],[-64.3635,18.5342],[-64.332,18.5298],[-63.1076,18.0944],[-63.0986,18.0799],[-63.1019,18.0619],[-63.098,18.0857],[-63.0793,18.1196],[-63.0205,18.1364],[-62.9604,18.1332],[-61.9194,17.0757],[-61.8954,17.0768],[-61.9096,17.0736],[-61.9219,17.0826],[-61.9453,17.1367],[-61.9058,17.2624],[-61.8677,17.1843],[-61.8502,17.1611],[-61.8527,17.1688],[-61.845,17.1788],[-61.7947,17.1839],[-61.7628,17.1406],[-61.7452,17.1514],[-61.7302,17.1449],[-61.745,17.1515],[-61.7633,17.1406],[-61.7946,17.1836],[-61.8309,17.1828],[-61.8623,17.1746],[-61.8918,17.1557],[-61.9279,17.1076],[-61.9111,17.0102],[-61.8787,16.9228],[-61.8463,17.0],[-61.8043,17.0081],[-61.7841,17.0049],[-61.7721,17.0132],[-61.7813,17.0103],[-61.7737,16.9991],[-61.7629,17.0023],[-61.7642,17.0095],[-61.7596,17.0043],[-61.7637,16.9989],[-61.7458,16.9959],[-61.7421,17.005],[-61.738,16.9998],[-61.7321,17.0035],[-61.7365,17.0153],[-61.7318,17.003],[-61.7615,16.9936],[-61.7817,17.0071],[-61.7773,17.0141],[-61.7859,17.0033],[-61.831,16.9983],[-61.9053,17.0018],[-61.9061,17.01],[-61.8843,17.0174],[-61.8745,17.0159],[-61.8761,17.0087],[-61.8729,17.017],[-61.896,17.0234],[-61.892,17.03],[-61.8987,17.0399],[-61.9164,17.0516],[-61.9281,17.1024],[-61.9123,17.1282],[-61.888,17.126],[-61.9156,17.1486],[-61.9213,17.08],[-61.9151,17.0743],[-61.8937,17.0771],[-61.9183,17.0741],[-61.9228,17.0855],[-61.8987,17.1215],[-61.8874,17.1259],[-61.9117,17.1444],[-61.9202,17.1716],[-61.8736,17.4852],[-61.7986,17.5284],[-61.7811,17.5497],[-61.7701,17.5509],[-61.7816,17.5496],[-61.797,17.5295],[-61.8466,17.4958],[-61.8638,17.4255],[-61.8393,17.3538],[-61.8722,17.1972],[-61.8668,17.1842],[-61.8423,17.1723],[-61.8343,17.1849],[-61.8154,17.1728],[-61.8048,17.1857],[-61.764,17.142],[-61.7449,17.1515],[-61.7293,17.1449],[-61.7443,17.1518],[-61.764,17.1413],[-61.7941,17.1837],[-61.8227,17.1843],[-61.8781,17.1665],[-61.8982,17.1403],[-61.8507,17.1182],[-61.8929,17.1377],[-61.9291,17.1068],[-61.9178,17.0503],[-61.8918,17.03],[-61.9064,17.021],[-61.9014,17.0016],[-61.8293,16.9967],[-61.7876,17.0028],[-61.773,17.0133],[-61.8049,16.9972],[-61.8354,16.9945],[-61.8681,16.9935],[-61.9022,17.0052],[-61.9146,17.0141],[-61.9193,17.0304],[-61.9227,17.0536],[-61.916,17.0708],[-61.8941,17.0768],[-62.2093,16.8425],[-62.2195,16.8145],[-62.2071,16.8023],[-62.2127,16.8072],[-62.2063,16.8088],[-62.2327,16.7785],[-62.25,16.7281],[-62.1799,16.6265],[-62.0644,16.4336],[-61.9674,16.299],[-61.9209,16.1992],[-61.9018,16.1823],[-61.8879,16.1588],[-61.7965,16.0763],[-61.7878,16.0592],[-61.7747,16.054],[-61.7463,16.0024],[-61.7189,15.9829],[-61.7222,15.9502],[-61.6802,15.8962],[-61.6321,15.8766],[-61.5876,15.8733],[-61.5934,15.8646],[-61.5865,15.8682],[-61.59,15.8871],[-61.5835,15.928],[-61.565,15.9463],[-61.5153,16.1552],[-61.5149,16.1704],[-61.5344,16.2284],[-61.5259,16.2048],[-61.5376,16.0652],[-61.5899,15.867],[-61.5986,15.8698],[-61.6214,15.8405],[-61.5757,15.723],[-61.513,15.5993],[-61.4754,15.5733],[-61.4638,15.5798],[-61.487,15.5304],[-61.4622,15.4],[-61.4381,15.3266],[-61.4133,15.3174],[-61.3789,15.2871],[-61.3778,15.2774],[-61.3812,15.291],[-61.3861,15.2804],[-61.39,15.2323],[-61.386,15.1827],[-61.312,14.9324],[-61.2557,14.8109],[-61.2531,14.7771],[-61.2149,14.7133],[-61.1952,14.6544],[-61.1482,14.5887],[-61.1238,14.5844],[-61.0696,14.6002],[-61.1132,14.5492],[-61.1179,14.5043],[-61.0669,14.3471],[-61.0564,14.2959],[-60.9824,14.1363],[-60.971,14.0857],[-60.9603,14.0765],[-60.9877,14.0697],[-61.0374,14.0249],[-61.1101,13.8955],[-61.1191,13.7904],[-61.1424,13.6777],[-61.074,13.2461],[-61.1238,13.1474],[-61.2488,13.0338],[-61.2578,13.0132],[-61.2452,13.0095],[-61.2447,13.003],[-61.2852,12.9986],[-61.3009,12.9811],[-61.3488,12.8532],[-61.3676,12.7852],[-61.3827,12.6662],[-61.405,12.6369],[-61.4038,12.5949],[-61.4148,12.5864],[-61.414,12.5297],[-61.3881,12.5269],[-61.3839,12.5341],[-61.4375,12.5386],[-61.5018,12.486],[-61.5048,12.4607],[-61.4865,12.4563],[-61.4981,12.4577],[-61.5077,12.4365],[-61.5239,12.3083],[-61.569,12.2075],[-61.5783,12.1234],[-61.6148,12.0326],[-61.7066,11.983],[-61.7169,12.01],[-61.725,12.0148],[-61.7133,11.9991],[-61.7202,11.9843],[-61.726,11.9859],[-61.7376,12.0113],[-61.7287,11.9888],[-61.7349,11.9825],[-61.7626,11.9839],[-61.7693,11.997],[-61.7878,11.978],[-61.8078,11.9916],[-61.8141,12.0055],[-61.7816,12.03],[-61.7571,12.0388],[-61.7774,12.0254],[-61.7755,12.0206],[-61.7771,12.0262],[-61.7569,12.0392],[-61.8006,12.0176],[-61.8105,12.0005],[-61.7882,11.9815],[-61.7288,11.9824],[-61.7147,11.9886],[-61.7136,12.0002],[-61.7248,12.014],[-61.717,12.0094],[-61.7137,11.99],[-61.7303,11.9835],[-61.7334,12.0062],[-61.6953,11.9684],[-60.6826,11.4067],[-60.5529,11.3289],[-60.5823,11.3469],[-60.6557,11.3474],[-60.6821,11.3007],[-60.672,11.2919],[-60.6821,11.3007],[-60.7047,11.298],[-60.8634,11.2008],[-60.8658,11.1788],[-60.86,11.1615],[-60.8415,11.1569],[-60.903,11.1367],[-61.6742,10.734],[-61.6716,10.6766],[-61.6532,10.6726],[-61.6397,10.6778]],"parts":[{"coords":[[-70.9502,19.9017],[-70.9415,19.9039],[-70.9416,19.9169],[-70.9319,19.9199],[-70.908,19.9102],[-70.8621,19.9106],[-70.8438,19.9172],[-70.7489,19.8556],[-70.7053,19.845],[-70.6868,19.8315],[-70.477,19.8112],[-70.2315,19.7527],[-70.0822,19.7285],[-69.9078,19.6838],[-69.8804,19.6701],[-69.6967,19.5322],[-69.6371,19.4935],[-69.5985,19.4775],[-69.5753,19.4042],[-69.4717,19.3595],[-69.3824,19.3335],[-69.3356,19.3006],[-69.3273,19.286],[-69.3343,19.3074],[-69.3231,19.319],[-69.2368,19.3729],[-69.2124,19.3672],[-69.116,19.2894],[-68.9628,19.1283],[-68.6569,18.9359],[-68.5279,18.7903],[-68.4876,18.7644],[-68.3532,18.7066],[-68.2032,18.6895],[-68.1027,18.6907],[-67.9171,18.6641],[-67.8017,18.5938],[-67.6755,18.5464],[-67.5598,18.4144],[-67.3745,18.2235],[-67.1603,18.2161],[-67.1956,18.1667],[-67.2337,18.0871],[-67.2197,18.0688],[-67.1987,18.0672],[-67.192,18.0728],[-67.2131,18.055],[-67.2372,17.9565],[-67.1997,17.9282],[-67.1292,17.9033],[-66.9293,17.9123],[-66.9093,17.9186],[-66.9054,17.9416],[-66.8805,17.9503],[-66.9074,17.9391],[-66.9074,17.9291],[-66.887,17.926],[-66.6499,17.9201],[-66.5612,17.9072],[-66.4958,17.9172],[-66.4264,17.8994],[-66.3399,17.9211],[-66.3193,17.9365],[-66.2928,17.9452],[-66.2909,17.9513],[-66.2936,17.945],[-66.327,17.932],[-66.3313,17.9227],[-66.3267,17.9166],[-66.2186,17.8865],[-66.068,17.897],[-65.9245,17.9486],[-65.9175,17.9581],[-65.8432,17.994],[-65.7706,18.06],[-65.6179,18.1744],[-65.5606,18.183],[-65.5112,18.2149],[-65.4665,18.2317],[-65.4041,18.2196],[-65.3361,18.2194],[-65.1892,18.2315],[-65.175,18.2348],[-65.127,18.2822],[-64.9888,18.3003],[-64.9706,18.3182],[-64.9323,18.3372],[-64.9266,18.3126],[-64.9396,18.2457],[-64.9954,18.3157],[-64.9961,18.3391],[-64.986,18.3433],[-64.9805,18.3421],[-64.9931,18.3397],[-64.9954,18.316],[-64.9467,18.2366],[-64.9277,18.3204],[-64.93,18.332],[-64.9249,18.3337],[-64.9341,18.3379],[-64.9508,18.3304],[-64.9617,18.3161],[-64.956,18.3226],[-64.9856,18.3256],[-64.9915,18.3394],[-64.9794,18.3437],[-64.9922,18.3334],[-64.9854,18.3256],[-64.9694,18.3227],[-64.939,18.3318],[-64.9336,18.2872],[-64.9845,18.2337],[-64.9973,18.3409],[-64.981,18.3441],[-65.0067,18.3345],[-65.0412,18.332],[-65.1364,18.2947],[-65.2581,18.2632],[-65.2541,18.2795],[-65.2977,18.3054],[-65.2501,18.2747],[-65.0959,18.3048],[-65.0444,18.324],[-64.9875,18.3267],[-64.9776,18.3166],[-64.9375,18.3371],[-64.9295,18.3356],[-64.9275,18.3206],[-64.9568,18.3032],[-64.9637,18.3069],[-64.9608,18.3176],[-64.9917,18.3337],[-64.9805,18.3443],[-64.9934,18.3336],[-64.9734,18.3234],[-64.9661,18.3329],[-64.973,18.3202],[-64.9386,18.3314],[-64.9352,18.3157],[-64.9544,18.3032],[-64.9613,18.3038],[-64.9615,18.3119],[-64.9627,18.3039],[-64.8861,18.2913],[-64.844,18.3045],[-64.8294,18.3204],[-64.8031,18.3274],[-64.8013,18.3386],[-64.792,18.3416],[-64.7905,18.3511],[-64.7691,18.3704],[-64.7447,18.3754],[-64.7246,18.3659],[-64.7081,18.385],[-64.705,18.378],[-64.6628,18.3819],[-64.6169,18.4034],[-64.6088,18.4132],[-64.6164,18.4182],[-64.5865,18.4094],[-64.524,18.4223],[-64.5123,18.4322],[-64.5192,18.4508],[-64.5261,18.4555],[-64.5323,18.4537],[-64.532,18.4473],[-64.5316,18.4526],[-64.54,18.4541],[-64.5471,18.4482],[-64.527,18.4631],[-64.5298,18.4585],[-64.498,18.4677],[-64.4716,18.6138],[-64.4166,18.6998],[-64.3843,18.7202],[-64.4103,18.7023],[-64.4268,18.5689],[-64.3585,18.5857],[-64.3872,18.5253],[-64.3807,18.5074],[-64.3748,18.5073],[-64.3881,18.5068],[-64.3869,18.5108],[-64.382,18.5061],[-64.3804,18.5216],[-64.3635,18.5342],[-64.332,18.5298],[-63.1076,18.0944],[-63.0986,18.0799],[-63.1019,18.0619],[-63.098,18.0857],[-63.0793,18.1196],[-63.0205,18.1364],[-62.9604,18.1332],[-61.9194,17.0757],[-61.8954,17.0768],[-61.9096,17.0736],[-61.9219,17.0826],[-61.9453,17.1367],[-61.9058,17.2624],[-61.8677,17.1843],[-61.8502,17.1611],[-61.8527,17.1688],[-61.845,17.1788],[-61.7947,17.1839],[-61.7628,17.1406],[-61.7452,17.1514],[-61.7302,17.1449],[-61.745,17.1515],[-61.7633,17.1406],[-61.7946,17.1836],[-61.8309,17.1828],[-61.8623,17.1746],[-61.8918,17.1557],[-61.9279,17.1076],[-61.9111,17.0102],[-61.8787,16.9228],[-61.8463,17.0],[-61.8043,17.0081],[-61.7841,17.0049],[-61.7721,17.0132],[-61.7813,17.0103],[-61.7737,16.9991],[-61.7629,17.0023],[-61.7642,17.0095],[-61.7596,17.0043],[-61.7637,16.9989],[-61.7458,16.9959],[-61.7421,17.005],[-61.738,16.9998],[-61.7321,17.0035],[-61.7365,17.0153],[-61.7318,17.003],[-61.7615,16.9936],[-61.7817,17.0071],[-61.7773,17.0141],[-61.7859,17.0033],[-61.831,16.9983],[-61.9053,17.0018],[-61.9061,17.01],[-61.8843,17.0174],[-61.8745,17.0159],[-61.8761,17.0087],[-61.8729,17.017],[-61.896,17.0234],[-61.892,17.03],[-61.8987,17.0399],[-61.9164,17.0516],[-61.9281,17.1024],[-61.9123,17.1282],[-61.888,17.126],[-61.9156,17.1486],[-61.9213,17.08],[-61.9151,17.0743],[-61.8937,17.0771],[-61.9183,17.0741],[-61.9228,17.0855],[-61.8987,17.1215],[-61.8874,17.1259],[-61.9117,17.1444],[-61.9202,17.1716],[-61.8736,17.4852],[-61.7986,17.5284],[-61.7811,17.5497],[-61.7701,17.5509],[-61.7816,17.5496],[-61.797,17.5295],[-61.8466,17.4958],[-61.8638,17.4255],[-61.8393,17.3538],[-61.8722,17.1972],[-61.8668,17.1842],[-61.8423,17.1723],[-61.8343,17.1849],[-61.8154,17.1728],[-61.8048,17.1857],[-61.764,17.142],[-61.7449,17.1515],[-61.7293,17.1449],[-61.7443,17.1518],[-61.764,17.1413],[-61.7941,17.1837],[-61.8227,17.1843],[-61.8781,17.1665],[-61.8982,17.1403],[-61.8507,17.1182],[-61.8929,17.1377],[-61.9291,17.1068],[-61.9178,17.0503],[-61.8918,17.03],[-61.9064,17.021],[-61.9014,17.0016],[-61.8293,16.9967],[-61.7876,17.0028],[-61.773,17.0133],[-61.8049,16.9972],[-61.8354,16.9945],[-61.8681,16.9935],[-61.9022,17.0052],[-61.9146,17.0141],[-61.9193,17.0304],[-61.9227,17.0536],[-61.916,17.0708],[-61.8941,17.0768],[-62.2093,16.8425],[-62.2195,16.8145],[-62.2071,16.8023],[-62.2127,16.8072],[-62.2063,16.8088],[-62.2327,16.7785],[-62.25,16.7281],[-62.1799,16.6265],[-62.0644,16.4336],[-61.9674,16.299],[-61.9209,16.1992],[-61.9018,16.1823],[-61.8879,16.1588],[-61.7965,16.0763],[-61.7878,16.0592],[-61.7747,16.054],[-61.7463,16.0024],[-61.7189,15.9829],[-61.7222,15.9502],[-61.6802,15.8962],[-61.6321,15.8766],[-61.5876,15.8733],[-61.5934,15.8646],[-61.5865,15.8682],[-61.59,15.8871],[-61.5835,15.928],[-61.565,15.9463],[-61.5153,16.1552],[-61.5149,16.1704],[-61.5344,16.2284],[-61.5259,16.2048],[-61.5376,16.0652],[-61.5899,15.867],[-61.5986,15.8698],[-61.6214,15.8405],[-61.5757,15.723],[-61.513,15.5993],[-61.4754,15.5733],[-61.4638,15.5798],[-61.487,15.5304],[-61.4622,15.4],[-61.4381,15.3266],[-61.4133,15.3174],[-61.3789,15.2871],[-61.3778,15.2774],[-61.3812,15.291],[-61.3861,15.2804],[-61.39,15.2323],[-61.386,15.1827],[-61.312,14.9324],[-61.2557,14.8109],[-61.2531,14.7771],[-61.2149,14.7133],[-61.1952,14.6544],[-61.1482,14.5887],[-61.1238,14.5844],[-61.0696,14.6002],[-61.1132,14.5492],[-61.1179,14.5043],[-61.0669,14.3471],[-61.0564,14.2959],[-60.9824,14.1363],[-60.971,14.0857],[-60.9603,14.0765],[-60.9877,14.0697],[-61.0374,14.0249],[-61.1101,13.8955],[-61.1191,13.7904],[-61.1424,13.6777],[-61.074,13.2461],[-61.1238,13.1474],[-61.2488,13.0338],[-61.2578,13.0132],[-61.2452,13.0095],[-61.2447,13.003],[-61.2852,12.9986],[-61.3009,12.9811],[-61.3488,12.8532],[-61.3676,12.7852],[-61.3827,12.6662],[-61.405,12.6369],[-61.4038,12.5949],[-61.4148,12.5864],[-61.414,12.5297],[-61.3881,12.5269],[-61.3839,12.5341],[-61.4375,12.5386],[-61.5018,12.486],[-61.5048,12.4607],[-61.4865,12.4563],[-61.4981,12.4577],[-61.5077,12.4365],[-61.5239,12.3083],[-61.569,12.2075],[-61.5783,12.1234],[-61.6148,12.0326],[-61.7066,11.983],[-61.7169,12.01],[-61.725,12.0148],[-61.7133,11.9991],[-61.7202,11.9843],[-61.726,11.9859],[-61.7376,12.0113],[-61.7287,11.9888],[-61.7349,11.9825],[-61.7626,11.9839],[-61.7693,11.997],[-61.7878,11.978],[-61.8078,11.9916],[-61.8141,12.0055],[-61.7816,12.03],[-61.7571,12.0388],[-61.7774,12.0254],[-61.7755,12.0206],[-61.7771,12.0262],[-61.7569,12.0392],[-61.8006,12.0176],[-61.8105,12.0005],[-61.7882,11.9815],[-61.7288,11.9824],[-61.7147,11.9886],[-61.7136,12.0002],[-61.7248,12.014],[-61.717,12.0094],[-61.7137,11.99],[-61.7303,11.9835],[-61.7334,12.0062]],"approx":false},{"coords":[[-61.7334,12.0062],[-61.6953,11.9684],[-60.6826,11.4067],[-60.5529,11.3289]],"approx":false},{"coords":[[-60.5529,11.3289],[-60.5823,11.3469],[-60.6557,11.3474],[-60.6821,11.3007],[-60.672,11.2919],[-60.6821,11.3007],[-60.7047,11.298],[-60.8634,11.2008],[-60.8658,11.1788],[-60.86,11.1615],[-60.8415,11.1569],[-60.903,11.1367],[-61.6742,10.734],[-61.6716,10.6766],[-61.6532,10.6726],[-61.6397,10.6778]],"approx":true}],"gpx":"data/gpx/eastcarib.gpx"},{"id":"zigzag","title":"The zigzag years","when":"2018 – 2020","text":["Our route here looks like a giant zigzag. A gale hit us on the 800-mile run from Grenada to Haiti, and we spent a sub-zero winter on a dock in Georgia.","Sailing from Georgia through the Bahamas, we again stopped in Luperón.","Then came more boatyard time in Trinidad, and Martinique, where COVID caught up with us."],"reads":[{"title":"Rough Offshore Sailing: A Rite of Passage in a Gale","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2018/02/16/rough-offshore-sailing-gale-force-wind/"},{"title":"Destination Île-à-Vache, Haiti: Voodoo, Fear and Fascination","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2018/05/02/ile-a-vache-haiti-voodoo/"},{"title":"Wintering Afloat: -2°C at Fort McAllister Marina, Georgia","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2018/11/28/wintering-afloat-on-a-catamaran/"},{"title":"Boatyard Project Management: Set Expectations Early","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2019/10/18/boatyard-project-management-cruisers-101/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Île-à-Vache, Haiti","lon":-73.64,"lat":18.07,"when":"2018","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Ragged Island","lon":-75.74,"lat":22.23,"when":"Mar 2018"},{"name":"George Town, Exumas","lon":-75.76,"lat":23.51,"when":"2018, 2019"},{"name":"Abacos","lon":-77.06,"lat":26.55,"when":"May 2018, Apr 2019"},{"name":"Fort McAllister, Georgia","lon":-81.21,"lat":31.887,"when":"winter 2018","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Luperón","lon":-70.95,"lat":19.9,"when":"May 2019"},{"name":"St Thomas, USVI","lon":-64.93,"lat":18.34,"when":"May 2019"},{"name":"Trinidad","lon":-61.64,"lat":10.68,"when":"Jun – Dec 2019","dy":0,"anchor":"end"},{"name":"Martinique","lon":-60.87,"lat":14.46,"when":"2020","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/4bd0fd63-3707-4060-a6d0-6b5e13955062.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/4bd0fd63-3707-4060-a6d0-6b5e13955062-150x150.jpeg","lon":-73.4,"lat":17.75,"caption":"Île-à-Vache, Haiti.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2018/05/02/ile-a-vache-haiti-voodoo/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/09eeade7-cd8f-4492-9a49-feb0c14cd611.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/09eeade7-cd8f-4492-9a49-feb0c14cd611-150x150.jpeg","lon":-80.6,"lat":32.2,"caption":"Wintering afloat at Fort McAllister, Georgia.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2018/11/28/wintering-afloat-on-a-catamaran/"}],"gps_nm":0,"est_nm":4737,"nm":4737,"approx":true,"source":"estimated","coords":[[-61.64,10.68],[-61.7,10.76],[-61.76,12.04],[-63.2135,13.2708],[-64.941,14.4953],[-66.5142,15.4623],[-68.095,16.3679],[-69.8798,17.1174],[-71.669,17.1526],[-71.8589,17.4844],[-73.4702,18.1151],[-73.6944,18.1028],[-73.8,18.02],[-74.0,17.98],[-74.3,18.05],[-74.4292,18.1718],[-74.7577,18.3969],[-74.6352,18.674],[-74.0362,20.2391],[-75.6807,21.9797],[-75.7333,21.9999],[-75.725,22.0666],[-75.725,22.1333],[-75.7598,22.2348],[-75.8885,22.773],[-75.8713,22.8777],[-75.5217,23.3749],[-75.5,23.45],[-75.68,23.55],[-75.76,23.51],[-75.68,23.55],[-75.9,23.72],[-76.24,24.02],[-76.36,24.12],[-76.42,24.11],[-76.46,24.15],[-76.44,24.17],[-76.46,24.15],[-76.42,24.06],[-76.36,23.95],[-76.29,23.89],[-76.17,23.81],[-76.12,23.79],[-76.08,23.8],[-75.9,23.72],[-75.68,23.55],[-75.76,23.51],[-75.68,23.55],[-75.524,24.157],[-76.1997,24.5872],[-76.3517,24.8283],[-76.3417,24.8599],[-76.2667,24.8799],[-76.1625,24.8624],[-76.2,24.86],[-76.27,24.9],[-76.24,24.98],[-76.26,25.196],[-76.42,25.27],[-76.79,25.39],[-76.82,25.46],[-76.7543,25.5368],[-76.7392,25.5683],[-76.7367,25.6083],[-76.97,26.3891],[-77.0,26.4],[-77.0195,26.4306],[-77.0233,26.4933],[-77.0458,26.5116],[-77.0598,26.5469],[-77.0333,26.6133],[-77.0208,26.6316],[-77.0,26.75],[-81.2559,31.056],[-81.3751,31.1237],[-81.4126,31.1269],[-81.2559,31.056],[-80.9051,31.7527],[-80.9488,31.7988],[-81.0866,31.8532],[-81.101,31.8601],[-81.2114,31.8868],[-81.101,31.8601],[-80.9488,31.7988],[-79.8333,30.9999],[-79.1667,30.8332],[-78.0,29.9999],[-77.7755,29.0794],[-77.2719,26.9891],[-77.3408,27.0657],[-77.21,26.73],[-77.25,26.7],[-77.32,26.72],[-77.336,26.762],[-77.32,26.72],[-77.25,26.7],[-77.1717,26.6899],[-77.1392,26.6466],[-77.0499,26.6308],[-77.0333,26.6133],[-76.98,26.64],[-76.88,26.45],[-76.88,26.2],[-76.9083,25.4999],[-76.78,25.555],[-76.7413,25.5456],[-76.79,25.39],[-76.42,25.27],[-76.2667,25.0333],[-76.1917,24.9783],[-76.2667,24.8799],[-76.3417,24.8599],[-76.3517,24.8283],[-76.33,24.13],[-76.4,24.12],[-76.45,24.12],[-76.44,24.17],[-76.46,24.15],[-76.42,24.06],[-76.36,23.95],[-76.29,23.89],[-76.17,23.81],[-76.15,23.8],[-76.08,23.8],[-75.9,23.72],[-75.68,23.55],[-75.76,23.51],[-75.68,23.55],[-75.33,23.74],[-74.948,23.6816],[-74.92,23.62],[-74.8,23.6],[-73.9724,23.617],[-73.5,23.0833],[-73.1917,22.3499],[-73.1,22.28],[-72.9717,22.3466],[-72.4917,21.6166],[-71.0843,19.8931],[-71.0,19.96],[-70.95,19.94],[-70.9417,19.9057],[-70.95,19.94],[-70.9,19.97],[-70.7,19.88],[-70.55,19.83],[-70.3026,19.7857],[-69.9003,19.7142],[-69.2148,19.378],[-67.2917,18.0316],[-67.1921,18.0731],[-67.24,18.02],[-67.23,17.9],[-67.1,17.89],[-66.95,17.92],[-66.8819,17.9457],[-66.6271,17.8375],[-65.7608,17.8374],[-65.25,17.98],[-64.9308,18.3355],[-64.93,18.3],[-64.6959,17.7541],[-64.2972,17.8993],[-63.0972,18.0643],[-63.1,18.0],[-62.8,17.8],[-61.8947,17.077],[-61.85,16.3],[-61.78,15.95],[-61.5931,15.8649],[-61.55,15.82],[-61.15,15.55],[-60.7779,14.7731],[-60.76,14.55],[-60.8674,14.3715],[-60.8819,14.4353],[-60.9037,14.4257],[-60.8261,14.0602],[-60.8498,13.6981],[-61.0976,11.7429],[-61.5615,10.8379],[-61.6741,10.7161],[-61.6715,10.697],[-61.7,10.76],[-61.76,12.04],[-61.8,12.12],[-61.72,12.25],[-61.55,12.5],[-61.45,12.6],[-61.47,12.63],[-61.33,13.25],[-61.12,13.85],[-61.06,14.0],[-60.96,14.08],[-60.95,14.15],[-60.87,14.37],[-60.8819,14.4353],[-60.87,14.37],[-60.95,14.15],[-61.06,14.0],[-61.12,13.85],[-61.33,13.25],[-61.24,13.0],[-61.33,13.25],[-61.12,13.85],[-61.03,13.97],[-61.06,14.0],[-60.95,14.15],[-60.87,14.37],[-60.87,14.46]],"gpx":"data/gpx/zigzag.gpx"},{"id":"grenada","title":"The COVID years in Grenada","when":"2020 – Dec 2021","text":["We waited out the pandemic in Martinique and Grenada. The anchorages around Hog Island had so many kid boats that the children went trick-or-treating from boat to boat."],"reads":[{"title":"Long Reads Grenada","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2021/12/11/long-reads-grenada-aphrodite/"},{"title":"COVID Arrives in Grenada","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2021/09/11/covid-arrives-in-grenada/"},{"title":"Boat Schooling: Academics and University Readiness","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2020/06/02/boat-schooling-academics-and-university/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Grenada","lon":-61.76,"lat":12.0,"when":"2020 – 2021","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"gps_nm":528,"est_nm":0,"nm":528,"approx":false,"source":"chartplotter GPS","coords":[[-60.891,14.4331],[-60.9032,14.4191],[-60.8989,14.3999],[-60.9045,14.3929],[-60.977,14.3398],[-61.0551,14.2622],[-61.0572,14.266],[-61.0706,14.3697],[-61.1059,14.5123],[-61.1017,14.5246],[-61.0886,14.5296],[-61.1038,14.512],[-61.1024,14.5013],[-61.0804,14.4392],[-61.0566,14.4003],[-61.0289,14.453],[-60.9584,14.351],[-60.9405,14.4076],[-60.912,14.4585],[-60.9059,14.4456],[-60.8887,14.435],[-61.0079,14.4622],[-61.0141,14.4751],[-61.0135,14.4684],[-61.0381,14.4451],[-61.0637,14.4513],[-61.1023,14.5131],[-61.0795,14.5462],[-61.0549,14.5526],[-61.0811,14.5489],[-61.092,14.5395],[-61.1151,14.5066],[-61.1281,14.4602],[-61.0836,14.4899],[-61.087,14.4609],[-61.0635,14.4011],[-61.0137,14.4684],[-61.0147,14.4752],[-61.0136,14.4647],[-60.9907,14.4591],[-60.9097,14.4412],[-60.8847,14.444],[-60.895,14.4345],[-60.9202,14.4302],[-61.0088,14.3719],[-61.1226,14.4596],[-61.1622,14.5517],[-61.1956,14.6611],[-61.2008,14.7189],[-61.1952,14.7353],[-61.1772,14.7427],[-61.227,14.7738],[-61.2728,14.8526],[-61.3029,14.9316],[-61.3471,15.0799],[-61.4414,15.2758],[-61.4552,15.3516],[-61.4804,15.4221],[-61.4839,15.5391],[-61.4631,15.5795],[-61.4837,15.5487],[-61.4862,15.5014],[-61.4508,15.3743],[-61.4007,15.2461],[-61.368,15.1205],[-61.3303,15.0091],[-61.2765,14.8829],[-61.2261,14.7888],[-61.1771,14.7434],[-61.1885,14.7163],[-61.1856,14.6989],[-61.1103,14.4732],[-61.0637,14.4249],[-60.9719,14.3753],[-60.964,14.3869],[-60.9598,14.4508],[-60.9097,14.4119],[-60.9049,14.4355],[-60.8859,14.4446],[-60.8947,14.4382],[-60.9248,14.3803],[-61.0531,14.2],[-61.0853,14.1362],[-61.7708,12.182],[-61.7714,12.0477],[-61.7673,12.0397],[-61.7595,12.0417],[-61.7913,12.0249],[-61.8066,11.9994],[-61.7798,11.9939],[-61.7671,11.9278],[-61.7531,11.9575],[-61.742,11.9284],[-61.7321,11.9641],[-61.7221,11.9306],[-61.7129,11.9954],[-61.7225,12.0111],[-61.7099,11.9893],[-61.7005,12.0019],[-61.7108,12.0154],[-61.7015,11.9983],[-61.7231,11.985],[-61.7309,12.0003],[-61.7241,11.9854],[-61.7238,12.001],[-61.7205,11.9952],[-61.7255,11.9793],[-61.7128,11.992],[-61.7633,11.973],[-61.8133,11.9716],[-61.8177,11.9941],[-61.8001,12.0818],[-61.7475,12.1925],[-61.6911,12.2797],[-61.5853,12.3644],[-61.4896,12.4612],[-61.5016,12.4518],[-61.5179,12.4166],[-61.5572,12.2434]],"gpx":"data/gpx/grenada.gpx"},{"id":"caribbean","title":"Leaving the Caribbean","when":"Nov – Dec 2021","text":["In November 2021, after six years in the Caribbean, we left Grenada.","We sailed north past Puerto Rico and Hispaniola to Miami, where we collected our mail and had our Fischer Panda generator serviced.","Then we headed south through the Bahamas and the Windward Passage, past Jamaica, and arrived in Colón, Panama."],"stops":[{"name":"Puerto Rico","lon":-67.17,"lat":17.85,"when":""},{"name":"Miami","lon":-80.179,"lat":25.7435,"when":"Nov 2021"},{"name":"Tavernier","lon":-80.5084,"lat":25.002,"when":"Dec 2021"},{"name":"Windward Passage","lon":-74.2,"lat":20.0,"when":""},{"name":"Shelter Bay, Colón","lon":-79.95,"lat":9.37,"when":""}],"reads":[{"title":"Crossing the Panama Canal: A Different Cruising World","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/09/26/crossing-the-panama-canal-differences/"}],"gps_nm":2583,"est_nm":454,"nm":3037,"approx":false,"source":"chartplotter GPS","coords":[[-61.5593,12.2432],[-61.5739,12.243],[-61.581,12.2367],[-61.5806,12.2242],[-61.5929,12.2252],[-61.5859,12.2116],[-61.5908,12.1535],[-61.6094,12.0746],[-61.635,12.0373],[-61.6639,12.014],[-61.7121,11.9884],[-61.7265,11.9872],[-61.7306,12.0005],[-61.7219,11.9859],[-61.6817,12.0084],[-61.6826,12.0167],[-61.6807,12.0091],[-61.6969,12.0068],[-61.7071,11.9907],[-61.7259,11.9831],[-61.7283,12.0009],[-61.7257,11.9826],[-61.7544,11.9648],[-61.8114,11.9908],[-61.814,12.0198],[-61.8076,12.0487],[-61.7756,12.0207],[-61.7848,12.1011],[-61.7336,12.2148],[-61.729,12.275],[-61.7316,12.4385],[-61.7215,12.4485],[-61.7199,12.4841],[-61.6216,12.5058],[-61.5646,12.4577],[-61.5356,12.534],[-61.4994,12.4865],[-61.4807,12.4828],[-61.4836,12.4743],[-61.4964,12.4828],[-61.5021,12.4791],[-61.501,12.4616],[-61.4905,12.4576],[-61.4997,12.4467],[-61.5016,12.432],[-61.4733,12.4332],[-61.4827,12.4197],[-61.5398,12.121],[-61.5832,12.0642],[-61.6454,11.9988],[-61.7213,11.9702],[-61.7594,11.9756],[-61.763,12.0006],[-61.7611,11.9844],[-61.7363,11.9824],[-61.7283,11.9893],[-61.7389,12.0119],[-61.727,12.0007],[-61.7412,11.9835],[-61.7626,11.9835],[-61.806,12.0026],[-61.7709,12.0401],[-61.754,12.0437],[-61.7583,12.0325],[-61.7762,12.0259],[-61.7752,12.0208],[-61.8061,12.0008],[-61.7645,11.9852],[-61.7253,11.985],[-61.7132,11.9925],[-61.7171,12.0098],[-61.725,12.0144],[-61.7131,11.9991],[-61.716,11.9867],[-61.725,11.9828],[-61.7277,11.9999],[-61.7382,12.0114],[-61.727,12.0009],[-61.7298,11.9909],[-61.7634,11.9833],[-61.7641,11.9988],[-61.7612,11.9848],[-61.7245,11.9835],[-61.727,12.0009],[-61.7315,12.0017],[-61.7294,11.9911],[-61.7408,11.9836],[-61.7642,11.9842],[-61.7639,11.9929],[-61.776,11.9856],[-61.804,12.0002],[-61.7563,12.0421],[-61.8068,12.0041],[-61.8111,11.9952],[-61.8046,11.9875],[-61.7923,11.9983],[-61.7943,11.9868],[-61.7862,11.9936],[-61.7634,11.9926],[-61.7689,11.9865],[-61.8173,12.0004],[-61.7793,12.0867],[-61.7729,12.0912],[-61.7624,12.0814],[-61.7783,12.0814],[-61.8032,12.0941],[-61.7609,12.0792],[-61.7777,12.0649],[-61.821,12.0948],[-61.8175,12.0012],[-61.7659,11.8979],[-61.758,11.9548],[-61.737,11.9159],[-61.7402,11.9334],[-61.7314,11.962],[-61.7299,12.0013],[-61.7238,11.9751],[-61.73,11.9711],[-61.8111,11.9659],[-61.8194,11.9847],[-61.8192,12.0053],[-61.804,12.0388],[-61.7561,12.0427],[-61.8549,12.135],[-61.8482,12.1392],[-61.8811,12.1071],[-61.891,12.1153],[-61.8999,12.1071],[-61.8906,12.1164],[-61.9959,12.2038],[-61.9904,12.2069],[-62.1746,12.4155],[-62.2608,12.4966],[-62.3189,12.6012],[-62.3905,12.776],[-62.4457,12.8698],[-62.8147,13.288],[-62.8973,13.422],[-63.1026,13.6731],[-63.148,13.7556],[-63.1853,13.7995],[-63.289,13.9919],[-63.336,14.0553],[-63.4527,14.3372],[-63.4868,14.3837],[-63.5268,14.4588],[-63.6649,14.6334],[-63.7161,14.7259],[-64.0878,15.1802],[-64.2883,15.4515],[-64.4779,15.6391],[-64.4856,15.6673],[-64.5406,15.7551],[-64.578,15.8571],[-64.6781,15.9834],[-64.8184,16.1304],[-64.993,16.2752],[-65.0598,16.3186],[-65.4468,16.7085],[-65.636,16.8857],[-65.7216,16.9454],[-65.7573,16.9791],[-66.0371,17.1525],[-66.3235,17.3157],[-66.6721,17.5374],[-66.7043,17.6004],[-66.7547,17.6693],[-66.9825,17.7712],[-67.1521,17.8281],[-67.1732,17.849],[-67.2121,17.894],[-67.2421,17.9479],[-67.2553,17.9628],[-67.2784,17.9735],[-67.4102,18.1319],[-67.4347,18.1963],[-67.4719,18.2593],[-67.6522,18.5066],[-67.9171,18.8102],[-68.2441,19.0143],[-68.5436,19.1582],[-68.6566,19.2193],[-68.9467,19.4026],[-69.2116,19.561],[-69.3367,19.6289],[-69.4373,19.6793],[-69.5889,19.7419],[-69.726,19.828],[-69.9379,19.9058],[-70.1535,19.9631],[-70.1745,19.9742],[-70.2203,20.0153],[-70.2122,20.0342],[-70.5491,20.5216],[-70.5705,20.5398],[-70.6781,20.5237],[-71.5562,20.4742],[-71.7182,20.4558],[-71.7882,20.4347],[-72.1887,20.5716],[-73.2628,20.8137],[-73.7507,20.8912],[-74.091,21.0095],[-74.2056,21.0281],[-74.5512,21.1473],[-74.6039,21.1658],[-74.6004,21.1746],[-74.6065,21.1775],[-75.3774,21.4456],[-75.4686,21.4882],[-76.2081,21.7385],[-77.3217,22.1267],[-77.6205,22.3699],[-78.0786,22.6545],[-78.701,22.8798],[-78.7302,22.9394],[-78.8015,23.046],[-79.0303,23.3666],[-79.0997,23.4479],[-79.2248,23.63],[-79.3514,23.8816],[-79.4195,24.042],[-79.4617,24.1909],[-79.5676,24.4647],[-79.6156,24.6669],[-79.6402,24.7061],[-79.6576,24.7542],[-79.6969,24.83],[-80.0072,25.4155],[-80.1,25.62],[-80.19,25.665],[-80.2,25.71],[-80.179,25.7435],[-80.2,25.71],[-80.19,25.665],[-80.1,25.62],[-80.15,25.45],[-80.25,25.25],[-80.35,25.1],[-80.45,25.03],[-80.5084,25.002],[-80.42,24.98],[-79.31,25.7],[-79.25,25.66],[-78.3,25.5],[-77.62,25.2],[-77.6,25.0],[-77.45,24.93],[-77.2,24.9],[-77.0,24.8],[-76.8,24.6],[-76.65,24.35],[-76.4,24.0],[-76.1,23.6],[-75.95,23.35],[-75.9008,23.2407],[-75.9117,23.2077],[-75.8779,22.9124],[-75.8811,22.889],[-75.8692,22.8795],[-75.8753,22.8704],[-75.6088,22.5093],[-75.604,22.5172],[-75.5814,22.494],[-75.576,22.4981],[-75.463,22.3428],[-75.3251,22.2703],[-75.2349,22.2378],[-75.2103,22.1987],[-75.1109,22.1127],[-74.7404,21.5049],[-74.7117,21.4917],[-74.5298,21.1802],[-74.0871,20.2434],[-74.0839,20.2162],[-74.0954,20.1794],[-74.1387,20.1225],[-74.3086,19.9732],[-75.0675,19.3506],[-75.1663,19.2559],[-76.4544,18.1839],[-76.4417,18.1946],[-76.3652,18.1818],[-76.322,18.1673],[-76.0752,17.9157],[-76.2768,17.4892],[-76.2942,17.4245],[-77.565,14.6591],[-78.7069,12.1234],[-79.4363,10.4768],[-79.9133,9.4239],[-79.9207,9.3879],[-79.9428,9.3678],[-79.9446,9.3728],[-79.95,9.3693]],"parts":[{"coords":[[-61.5593,12.2432],[-61.5739,12.243],[-61.581,12.2367],[-61.5806,12.2242],[-61.5929,12.2252],[-61.5859,12.2116],[-61.5908,12.1535],[-61.6094,12.0746],[-61.635,12.0373],[-61.6639,12.014],[-61.7121,11.9884],[-61.7265,11.9872],[-61.7306,12.0005],[-61.7219,11.9859],[-61.6817,12.0084],[-61.6826,12.0167],[-61.6807,12.0091],[-61.6969,12.0068],[-61.7071,11.9907],[-61.7259,11.9831],[-61.7283,12.0009],[-61.7257,11.9826],[-61.7544,11.9648],[-61.8114,11.9908],[-61.814,12.0198],[-61.8076,12.0487],[-61.7756,12.0207],[-61.7848,12.1011],[-61.7336,12.2148],[-61.729,12.275],[-61.7316,12.4385],[-61.7215,12.4485],[-61.7199,12.4841],[-61.6216,12.5058],[-61.5646,12.4577],[-61.5356,12.534],[-61.4994,12.4865],[-61.4807,12.4828],[-61.4836,12.4743],[-61.4964,12.4828],[-61.5021,12.4791],[-61.501,12.4616],[-61.4905,12.4576],[-61.4997,12.4467],[-61.5016,12.432],[-61.4733,12.4332],[-61.4827,12.4197],[-61.5398,12.121],[-61.5832,12.0642],[-61.6454,11.9988],[-61.7213,11.9702],[-61.7594,11.9756],[-61.763,12.0006],[-61.7611,11.9844],[-61.7363,11.9824],[-61.7283,11.9893],[-61.7389,12.0119],[-61.727,12.0007],[-61.7412,11.9835],[-61.7626,11.9835],[-61.806,12.0026],[-61.7709,12.0401],[-61.754,12.0437],[-61.7583,12.0325],[-61.7762,12.0259],[-61.7752,12.0208],[-61.8061,12.0008],[-61.7645,11.9852],[-61.7253,11.985],[-61.7132,11.9925],[-61.7171,12.0098],[-61.725,12.0144],[-61.7131,11.9991],[-61.716,11.9867],[-61.725,11.9828],[-61.7277,11.9999],[-61.7382,12.0114],[-61.727,12.0009],[-61.7298,11.9909],[-61.7634,11.9833],[-61.7641,11.9988],[-61.7612,11.9848],[-61.7245,11.9835],[-61.727,12.0009],[-61.7315,12.0017],[-61.7294,11.9911],[-61.7408,11.9836],[-61.7642,11.9842],[-61.7639,11.9929],[-61.776,11.9856],[-61.804,12.0002],[-61.7563,12.0421],[-61.8068,12.0041],[-61.8111,11.9952],[-61.8046,11.9875],[-61.7923,11.9983],[-61.7943,11.9868],[-61.7862,11.9936],[-61.7634,11.9926],[-61.7689,11.9865],[-61.8173,12.0004],[-61.7793,12.0867],[-61.7729,12.0912],[-61.7624,12.0814],[-61.7783,12.0814],[-61.8032,12.0941],[-61.7609,12.0792],[-61.7777,12.0649],[-61.821,12.0948],[-61.8175,12.0012],[-61.7659,11.8979],[-61.758,11.9548],[-61.737,11.9159],[-61.7402,11.9334],[-61.7314,11.962],[-61.7299,12.0013],[-61.7238,11.9751],[-61.73,11.9711],[-61.8111,11.9659],[-61.8194,11.9847],[-61.8192,12.0053],[-61.804,12.0388],[-61.7561,12.0427],[-61.8549,12.135],[-61.8482,12.1392],[-61.8811,12.1071],[-61.891,12.1153],[-61.8999,12.1071],[-61.8906,12.1164],[-61.9959,12.2038],[-61.9904,12.2069],[-62.1746,12.4155],[-62.2608,12.4966],[-62.3189,12.6012],[-62.3905,12.776],[-62.4457,12.8698],[-62.8147,13.288],[-62.8973,13.422],[-63.1026,13.6731],[-63.148,13.7556],[-63.1853,13.7995],[-63.289,13.9919],[-63.336,14.0553],[-63.4527,14.3372],[-63.4868,14.3837],[-63.5268,14.4588],[-63.6649,14.6334],[-63.7161,14.7259],[-64.0878,15.1802],[-64.2883,15.4515],[-64.4779,15.6391],[-64.4856,15.6673],[-64.5406,15.7551],[-64.578,15.8571],[-64.6781,15.9834],[-64.8184,16.1304],[-64.993,16.2752],[-65.0598,16.3186],[-65.4468,16.7085],[-65.636,16.8857],[-65.7216,16.9454],[-65.7573,16.9791],[-66.0371,17.1525],[-66.3235,17.3157],[-66.6721,17.5374],[-66.7043,17.6004],[-66.7547,17.6693],[-66.9825,17.7712],[-67.1521,17.8281],[-67.1732,17.849]],"approx":false},{"coords":[[-67.1732,17.849],[-67.2121,17.894],[-67.2421,17.9479],[-67.2553,17.9628],[-67.2784,17.9735],[-67.4102,18.1319],[-67.4347,18.1963],[-67.4719,18.2593],[-67.6522,18.5066],[-67.9171,18.8102],[-68.2441,19.0143],[-68.5436,19.1582],[-68.6566,19.2193],[-68.9467,19.4026],[-69.2116,19.561],[-69.3367,19.6289],[-69.4373,19.6793],[-69.5889,19.7419],[-69.726,19.828],[-69.9379,19.9058],[-70.1535,19.9631],[-70.1745,19.9742],[-70.2203,20.0153],[-70.2122,20.0342],[-70.5491,20.5216],[-70.5705,20.5398],[-70.6781,20.5237],[-71.5562,20.4742],[-71.7182,20.4558],[-71.7882,20.4347],[-72.1887,20.5716],[-73.2628,20.8137],[-73.7507,20.8912],[-74.091,21.0095],[-74.2056,21.0281],[-74.5512,21.1473],[-74.6039,21.1658],[-74.6004,21.1746],[-74.6065,21.1775],[-75.3774,21.4456],[-75.4686,21.4882],[-76.2081,21.7385],[-77.3217,22.1267],[-77.6205,22.3699],[-78.0786,22.6545],[-78.701,22.8798],[-78.7302,22.9394],[-78.8015,23.046],[-79.0303,23.3666],[-79.0997,23.4479],[-79.2248,23.63],[-79.3514,23.8816],[-79.4195,24.042],[-79.4617,24.1909],[-79.5676,24.4647],[-79.6156,24.6669],[-79.6402,24.7061],[-79.6576,24.7542],[-79.6969,24.83]],"approx":false},{"coords":[[-79.6969,24.83],[-80.0072,25.4155],[-80.1,25.62],[-80.19,25.665],[-80.2,25.71],[-80.179,25.7435],[-80.2,25.71],[-80.19,25.665],[-80.1,25.62],[-80.15,25.45],[-80.25,25.25],[-80.35,25.1],[-80.45,25.03],[-80.5084,25.002],[-80.42,24.98],[-79.31,25.7],[-79.25,25.66],[-78.3,25.5],[-77.62,25.2],[-77.6,25.0],[-77.45,24.93],[-77.2,24.9],[-77.0,24.8],[-76.8,24.6],[-76.65,24.35],[-76.4,24.0],[-76.1,23.6],[-75.95,23.35],[-75.9008,23.2407]],"approx":true},{"coords":[[-75.9008,23.2407],[-75.9117,23.2077],[-75.8779,22.9124],[-75.8811,22.889],[-75.8692,22.8795],[-75.8753,22.8704],[-75.6088,22.5093],[-75.604,22.5172],[-75.5814,22.494],[-75.576,22.4981],[-75.463,22.3428],[-75.3251,22.2703],[-75.2349,22.2378],[-75.2103,22.1987],[-75.1109,22.1127],[-74.7404,21.5049],[-74.7117,21.4917],[-74.5298,21.1802],[-74.0871,20.2434],[-74.0839,20.2162],[-74.0954,20.1794],[-74.1387,20.1225],[-74.3086,19.9732],[-75.0675,19.3506],[-75.1663,19.2559],[-76.4544,18.1839],[-76.4417,18.1946],[-76.3652,18.1818],[-76.322,18.1673],[-76.0752,17.9157],[-76.2768,17.4892],[-76.2942,17.4245],[-77.565,14.6591],[-78.7069,12.1234],[-79.4363,10.4768],[-79.9133,9.4239],[-79.9207,9.3879],[-79.9428,9.3678],[-79.9446,9.3728],[-79.95,9.3693]],"approx":false}],"gpx":"data/gpx/caribbean.gpx"},{"id":"canal","title":"Through the Panama Canal","when":"Dec 2021","max_zoom":8.8,"text":["We went up through the Gatún Locks, across Gatún Lake and down through Pedro Miguel and Miraflores.","When we passed under the Bridge of the Americas into Balboa, the cruising culture changed overnight."],"reads":[{"title":"Crossing the Panama Canal: A Different Cruising World","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/09/26/crossing-the-panama-canal-differences/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Gatún Locks","lon":-79.921,"lat":9.272,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Gatún Lake","lon":-79.83,"lat":9.19,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Miraflores Locks","lon":-79.592,"lat":8.997,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"end"},{"name":"Balboa, Panama City","lon":-79.525,"lat":8.912,"when":"Dec 2021","dy":14,"anchor":"start"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/view-from-the-panama-canal-sv-aphrdodite.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/view-from-the-panama-canal-sv-aphrdodite-150x150.jpg","lon":-79.8,"lat":9.22,"caption":"A ship follows us through the canal.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/09/26/crossing-the-panama-canal-differences/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/jorga-bridge-of-the-americas-panama-crossing-the-panama-canal.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/jorga-bridge-of-the-americas-panama-crossing-the-panama-canal-150x150.jpg","lon":-79.54,"lat":8.955,"caption":"Our niece Jorja at the Bridge of the Americas.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/09/26/crossing-the-panama-canal-differences/"}],"gps_nm":41,"est_nm":0,"nm":41,"approx":false,"source":"chartplotter GPS","coords":[[-79.95001,9.36927],[-79.94854,9.37024],[-79.94528,9.37273],[-79.94484,9.37228],[-79.94591,9.37123],[-79.94588,9.37149],[-79.94588,9.3715],[-79.94603,9.37133],[-79.94617,9.37138],[-79.94614,9.37111],[-79.94614,9.3711],[-79.94614,9.3711],[-79.94615,9.37111],[-79.94615,9.3711],[-79.94615,9.3711],[-79.94614,9.37111],[-79.94613,9.37112],[-79.94612,9.37112],[-79.94613,9.37111],[-79.94612,9.37109],[-79.94612,9.3711],[-79.94613,9.3711],[-79.94613,9.3711],[-79.94612,9.3711],[-79.94609,9.37108],[-79.94608,9.37108],[-79.94608,9.37108],[-79.94608,9.37108],[-79.94607,9.37108],[-79.94608,9.37107],[-79.94607,9.37107],[-79.94607,9.37107],[-79.94608,9.37108],[-79.94605,9.37108],[-79.94607,9.37108],[-79.94608,9.37108],[-79.94609,9.37108],[-79.94607,9.37108],[-79.94611,9.37112],[-79.9461,9.37114],[-79.94603,9.37117],[-79.94133,9.37131],[-79.93739,9.37047],[-79.93637,9.36733],[-79.93697,9.36642],[-79.93736,9.36551],[-79.93625,9.3651],[-79.93467,9.36458],[-79.93341,9.36229],[-79.9285,9.35594],[-79.9249,9.3507],[-79.92033,9.33967],[-79.92019,9.33055],[-79.92056,9.32554],[-79.92015,9.31509],[-79.92014,9.30503],[-79.92024,9.29844],[-79.92086,9.29246],[-79.92124,9.29017],[-79.92169,9.28767],[-79.92181,9.28588],[-79.92171,9.28466],[-79.92166,9.28459],[-79.92153,9.28363],[-79.92168,9.28038],[-79.92201,9.27785],[-79.92197,9.27787],[-79.92199,9.27792],[-79.92197,9.27791],[-79.92197,9.27791],[-79.92208,9.27752],[-79.9224,9.27491],[-79.9224,9.27491],[-79.9224,9.27489],[-79.92238,9.27496],[-79.92239,9.27493],[-79.92239,9.27493],[-79.92241,9.27481],[-79.92283,9.27171],[-79.92282,9.27175],[-79.92284,9.27173],[-79.92284,9.27175],[-79.92282,9.27175],[-79.92283,9.27174],[-79.92334,9.26905],[-79.92387,9.26388],[-79.92517,9.25575],[-79.92499,9.24362],[-79.92515,9.23909],[-79.93181,9.23804],[-79.93204,9.23864],[-79.93197,9.23859],[-79.93201,9.23867],[-79.93202,9.23865],[-79.93203,9.23864],[-79.93134,9.23868],[-79.93093,9.23737],[-79.93053,9.22833],[-79.92645,9.21678],[-79.92449,9.21197],[-79.9209,9.20799],[-79.91029,9.20196],[-79.89958,9.19616],[-79.88887,9.19034],[-79.88513,9.18793],[-79.88174,9.18562],[-79.87148,9.17988],[-79.86383,9.1793],[-79.8591,9.18042],[-79.85586,9.18139],[-79.85114,9.18196],[-79.84713,9.18172],[-79.84205,9.18032],[-79.83869,9.17839],[-79.83244,9.17408],[-79.82323,9.16601],[-79.81895,9.16177],[-79.81657,9.15859],[-79.81503,9.1556],[-79.81162,9.14382],[-79.80923,9.13185],[-79.8068,9.12009],[-79.80543,9.11931],[-79.80096,9.11758],[-79.78884,9.11502],[-79.77691,9.11255],[-79.77549,9.11249],[-79.7718,9.11328],[-79.76414,9.11458],[-79.76092,9.11569],[-79.75439,9.11858],[-79.74845,9.11945],[-79.73845,9.1187],[-79.72628,9.11683],[-79.71418,9.11501],[-79.70734,9.1137],[-79.70574,9.11248],[-79.70376,9.1109],[-79.69939,9.10935],[-79.69939,9.10935],[-79.69936,9.10932],[-79.69946,9.10939],[-79.69942,9.10942],[-79.69943,9.10939],[-79.69943,9.10939],[-79.69943,9.10939],[-79.69944,9.10938],[-79.69943,9.10937],[-79.69943,9.10937],[-79.69943,9.10936],[-79.69937,9.10934],[-79.69938,9.10933],[-79.6992,9.10932],[-79.69921,9.10936],[-79.69922,9.10934],[-79.69925,9.10931],[-79.69865,9.10988],[-79.69197,9.10606],[-79.69013,9.10384],[-79.68586,9.09663],[-79.68217,9.09002],[-79.67826,9.0825],[-79.67536,9.0752],[-79.67263,9.06885],[-79.66932,9.06492],[-79.6627,9.05987],[-79.657,9.05472],[-79.65176,9.04846],[-79.64869,9.04355],[-79.64368,9.03776],[-79.63702,9.03241],[-79.63392,9.03003],[-79.63067,9.02887],[-79.62526,9.02625],[-79.62089,9.02408],[-79.61696,9.02119],[-79.61258,9.01718],[-79.61167,9.01635],[-79.61168,9.01633],[-79.61168,9.01633],[-79.61168,9.01634],[-79.61168,9.01634],[-79.61168,9.01633],[-79.61168,9.01633],[-79.61169,9.01633],[-79.61171,9.01635],[-79.61171,9.01634],[-79.60765,9.01247],[-79.60636,9.01066],[-79.60345,9.00904],[-79.59983,9.00525],[-79.59703,9.00281],[-79.59548,9.00092],[-79.59552,9.00086],[-79.59289,8.99819],[-79.59197,8.99724],[-79.59197,8.99724],[-79.59198,8.99725],[-79.59198,8.99725],[-79.59199,8.99725],[-79.59203,8.99727],[-79.59203,8.99729],[-79.5898,8.99504],[-79.58979,8.99497],[-79.58983,8.99498],[-79.58978,8.99498],[-79.58614,8.99109],[-79.58283,8.98531],[-79.57839,8.97301],[-79.57425,8.9605],[-79.5707,8.95057],[-79.56517,8.94235],[-79.55798,8.93248],[-79.54941,8.92227]],"gpx":"data/gpx/canal.gpx"},{"id":"panama-costarica","title":"Waiting on a generator","when":"Mar – May 2022","text":["On the Pacific side we waited for our Northern Lights generator, exploring the Azuero Peninsula and Golfito, Costa Rica, where Paul photographed wild scarlet macaws.","Back in Panama City, a crane lowered our new generator into a transom locker while other boats left for the Galápagos."],"reads":[{"title":"The generator saga","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/09/26/crossing-the-panama-canal-differences/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Azuero Peninsula","lon":-80.01,"lat":7.63,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Golfito, Costa Rica","lon":-83.16,"lat":8.62,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Panama City","lon":-79.52,"lat":8.91,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"lead_in":[[-79.525,8.912],[-79.94262,8.48364]],"days":46,"gps_nm":753,"est_nm":0,"nm":753,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-79.9426,8.4836],[-79.9475,8.2517],[-79.9889,8.0362],[-79.9896,7.7504],[-80.0073,7.635],[-79.9468,7.5145],[-79.9656,7.3919],[-80.0519,7.3021],[-80.1573,7.2247],[-80.2728,7.1654],[-80.3498,7.1026],[-80.4424,7.0888],[-80.7804,7.1137],[-80.8872,7.1381],[-81.3545,7.4547],[-81.4124,7.5158],[-81.4233,7.603],[-81.4844,7.6513],[-82.2109,7.7774],[-82.5497,7.8554],[-82.7992,7.8879],[-82.8827,7.9197],[-82.9538,7.9738],[-82.8536,7.9808],[-82.8956,8.0045],[-82.9584,8.0783],[-83.1551,8.3405],[-83.116,8.4156],[-83.1942,8.5701],[-83.1553,8.622],[-83.1641,8.6296],[-83.2007,8.5539],[-83.1955,8.3823],[-82.942,8.0056],[-82.376,7.4489],[-82.1265,7.3164],[-81.9082,7.1117],[-81.8269,7.0633],[-80.5544,7.0649],[-79.9914,7.3719],[-79.95,7.4374],[-79.7568,8.1033],[-79.6944,8.4401],[-79.639,8.6043],[-79.6221,8.7331],[-79.5207,8.9137],[-79.5032,8.8627],[-79.5245,8.9098],[-79.717,8.2593],[-79.8354,8.0004],[-79.9087,7.7415],[-79.9595,7.6607],[-80.0027,7.6254]],"gpx":"data/gpx/panama-costarica.gpx"},{"id":"equator","title":"Swimming at the Equator","when":"May 2022","text":["With no wind, we motored due west along the equator for most of a day, from 81°46′ W to 83°27′ W. The water was 3,000 metres deep. We jumped in anyway."],"reads":[{"title":"Shellback Ceremony: Crossing the Equator as a Family","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/05/shellback-ceremony-family-at-sea-equator/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Along the equator, 81°46′–83°27′ W","lon":-82.61,"lat":0.0,"when":"May 2022","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"zoom_to":[[-84.2,-0.6],[-81.2,0.6]],"zoom_max":8.8,"lead_in":[],"days":9,"gps_nm":910,"est_nm":0,"nm":910,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-80.0027,7.6254],[-79.9401,7.4841],[-79.9024,7.2541],[-79.9054,7.1623],[-79.9531,6.995],[-79.947,6.8988],[-80.3151,6.4339],[-80.6205,6.1507],[-80.8926,5.863],[-81.0397,5.6837],[-81.0373,5.5365],[-80.9841,5.2501],[-80.9399,4.8678],[-80.9519,4.7908],[-81.1249,4.9407],[-81.1701,4.8301],[-81.1242,4.7085],[-81.2298,4.7248],[-81.2945,4.7546],[-81.4314,4.7714],[-81.5658,4.8285],[-81.5457,4.8018],[-81.5622,4.8243],[-81.5782,4.81],[-81.5573,4.6438],[-81.5089,4.5056],[-81.2489,4.2431],[-81.0618,4.0099],[-80.6112,3.1623],[-80.6001,3.0713],[-80.6382,2.904],[-80.6221,2.5389],[-80.5375,2.2819],[-80.337,1.8967],[-80.2709,1.7167],[-80.4295,1.8216],[-80.5156,1.8521],[-80.794,2.019],[-81.1477,2.3611],[-81.3145,2.483],[-81.8952,2.7512],[-82.1162,2.8157],[-82.0181,2.6418],[-81.902,2.3456],[-81.7506,2.0888],[-81.6488,1.8611],[-81.6363,1.7633],[-81.6554,1.4452],[-81.6514,1.0988],[-81.6841,0.8817],[-81.6496,0.6396],[-81.6789,0.4814],[-81.6986,0.0413],[-81.7664,0.0001],[-83.5074,0.0028],[-83.9211,-0.2293]],"gpx":"data/gpx/equator.gpx"},{"id":"galapagos","title":"An unplanned stop in the Galápagos","when":"May 2022","text":["We hadn't planned to stop. Then an island appeared that looked like a Martian landscape, and we couldn't resist. We cleaned the hull offshore, checked in, swam with sea lions, penguins and sharks, and hiked the Sierra Negra volcano."],"reads":[{"title":"Long Reads Galapagos","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/12/long-reads-galapagos-aphrodite/"},{"title":"Sierra Negra: Hiking in Darwin’s Footsteps on a Galapagos Volcano","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/09/sierra-negra-hiking-in-darwins-footsteps-on-a-galapagos-volcano/"},{"title":"Galapagos Animals Up Close: Feet, Claws and Flippers","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/06/galapagos-animals/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Isabela, Galápagos","lon":-90.96,"lat":-0.96,"when":"May 2022","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/galapagos-land-sighting.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/galapagos-land-sighting-150x150.jpg","lon":-89.4,"lat":-1.7,"caption":"Land ho: our first sight of the Galápagos.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/12/long-reads-galapagos-aphrodite/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/volcano-sierra-negra-hike-trailhead-galapagos.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/volcano-sierra-negra-hike-trailhead-galapagos-150x150.jpg","lon":-92.2,"lat":-1.6,"caption":"Trailhead to Sierra Negra, Isabela.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/09/sierra-negra-hiking-in-darwins-footsteps-on-a-galapagos-volcano/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/seal-lion-transom-sv-aphrodite-galapagos.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/seal-lion-transom-sv-aphrodite-galapagos-150x150.jpeg","lon":-90.3,"lat":0.3,"caption":"A sea lion on SV Aphrodite's stern, Galápagos.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/06/galapagos-animals/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/spheniscus-mendiculus-galapagos-penguins.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/spheniscus-mendiculus-galapagos-penguins-150x150.jpg","lon":-91.7,"lat":0.7,"caption":"Three Galápagos penguins.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/06/galapagos-animals/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/galapago-blue-footed-booby-bird.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/galapago-blue-footed-booby-bird-150x150.jpg","lon":-89.2,"lat":-0.6,"caption":"A blue-footed booby, Galápagos.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/06/galapagos-animals/"}],"lead_in":[[-83.9211,-0.2293],[-84.00176,-0.27508]],"days":5,"gps_nm":471,"est_nm":0,"nm":471,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-84.0018,-0.2751],[-84.6301,-0.6356],[-85.1849,-0.7845],[-85.5454,-0.9929],[-86.0016,-1.1858],[-86.3112,-1.3747],[-86.563,-1.5899],[-87.0361,-1.8915],[-87.2829,-2.0971],[-87.3745,-2.1139],[-87.6078,-2.0949],[-87.8826,-2.028],[-88.7267,-1.7649],[-88.7895,-1.7322],[-89.1777,-1.6294],[-89.2125,-1.6104],[-89.2837,-1.508],[-89.3661,-1.3344],[-89.7639,-1.2771],[-90.3237,-1.1467],[-90.8377,-1.0687],[-90.9976,-1.0013],[-90.9621,-0.9643]],"gpx":"data/gpx/galapagos.gpx"},{"id":"marquesas","title":"Three weeks of open Pacific","when":"May – Jun 2022","text":["This was our longest offshore passage. Flying fish and squid landed on deck, and a squid-fishing fleet lit up the horizon at night.","The kids finished their homeschooling year at sea, and Karen dropped a message in a bottle.","Our first landfall was Fatu Hiva, where there were no ATMs. We traded a sailing line for fresh fruit."],"reads":[{"title":"After the Galapagos: The Sea Is Alive with Extremes of Life, Luxury and Exploitation","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/04/after-the-galapagos-the-sea-is-alive-with-extremes-of-life-luxury-and-exploitation/"},{"title":"Sleep Deprivation at Sea: 4 Methods on a Pacific Crossing","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/18/sleep-deprivation-at-sea-pacific-crossing/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Fatu Hiva","lon":-138.67,"lat":-10.47,"when":"Jun 2022","dy":14,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Hiva Oa","lon":-139.03,"lat":-9.81,"when":"","dy":-8,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Message in a bottle","lon":-115.0808,"lat":-5.4899,"when":"10 Jun 2022"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/injured-booby-bird-pacific-ocean-crossing-sailboat-2-e1759495779355.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/injured-booby-bird-pacific-ocean-crossing-sailboat-2-e1759495779355-150x150.jpg","lon":-101.06,"lat":-5.42,"caption":"A red-footed booby hitches a ride mid-Pacific.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/04/after-the-galapagos-the-sea-is-alive-with-extremes-of-life-luxury-and-exploitation/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dolphins-bow-sv-aphrodite-catamaran.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dolphins-bow-sv-aphrodite-catamaran-150x150.jpg","lon":-96.5,"lat":-0.8,"caption":"Dolphins off SV Aphrodite's bow, west of the Galápagos."},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fatu-hiva-french-polynesia-bay-of-virgins.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fatu-hiva-french-polynesia-bay-of-virgins-150x150.jpg","lon":-137.4,"lat":-11.2,"caption":"The Bay of Virgins, Fatu Hiva."},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/colorful-market-hiva-oa-french-polynesia.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/colorful-market-hiva-oa-french-polynesia-150x150.jpg","lon":-140.2,"lat":-9.0,"caption":"A colourful market in Hiva Oa."}],"lead_in":[],"days":24,"gps_nm":3013,"est_nm":0,"nm":3013,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-90.9624,-0.9643],[-91.2845,-1.1545],[-93.6345,-1.8008],[-94.5259,-1.9072],[-94.8263,-1.9135],[-95.2356,-2.1332],[-95.793,-2.1477],[-96.0527,-2.1855],[-96.5298,-2.3533],[-96.6732,-2.5031],[-96.7627,-2.5427],[-97.3695,-2.6995],[-97.6402,-2.9964],[-97.956,-3.237],[-98.2253,-3.4937],[-98.489,-3.8975],[-98.753,-4.5007],[-98.921,-4.707],[-98.9783,-4.8374],[-99.1802,-5.0159],[-99.2837,-5.0714],[-100.0174,-5.1905],[-100.3162,-5.3009],[-100.6305,-5.3312],[-101.1585,-5.4439],[-101.537,-5.6704],[-101.7515,-5.7089],[-102.5344,-5.9539],[-103.2385,-6.0016],[-103.9754,-6.154],[-106.0445,-6.1287],[-106.7285,-6.1944],[-108.8235,-6.0792],[-109.0056,-6.027],[-110.3463,-5.9628],[-110.7281,-5.9835],[-112.0062,-5.8692],[-112.6119,-5.8464],[-113.1914,-5.7565],[-113.6902,-5.637],[-118.6643,-5.1474],[-122.89,-6.079],[-123.1367,-6.1859],[-123.2426,-6.1724],[-126.7446,-6.9202],[-129.6137,-7.4924],[-130.6006,-7.8431],[-130.9959,-7.9348],[-134.2558,-9.1223],[-138.5783,-10.5732],[-138.659,-10.5988],[-138.7264,-10.5314],[-138.668,-10.4642]],"gpx":"data/gpx/marquesas.gpx"},{"id":"polynesia","title":"French Polynesia","when":"Jun – Oct 2022","text":["We spent a month in Fakarava's lagoon, then sailed on to Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Bora Bora and Maupiti.","In a Tahiti marina we spotted SV Guillemot, the superyacht we had “raced” after the Galápagos."],"stops":[{"name":"Fakarava","lon":-145.62,"lat":-16.06,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Tahiti","lon":-149.59,"lat":-17.54,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Moorea","lon":-149.85,"lat":-17.51,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"end"},{"name":"Huahine","lon":-151.01,"lat":-16.8,"when":"","dy":-8,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Bora Bora","lon":-151.75,"lat":-16.52,"when":"","dy":14,"anchor":"end"},{"name":"Maupiti","lon":-152.23,"lat":-16.49,"when":"","dy":-8,"anchor":"end"},{"name":"Maupihaa","lon":-153.93,"lat":-16.83,"when":"","dy":14,"anchor":"end"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/guillemot-under-sail.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/guillemot-under-sail-150x150.jpeg","lon":-149.3,"lat":-17.2,"caption":"SV Guillemot, seen again in Tahiti.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2022/06/04/after-the-galapagos-the-sea-is-alive-with-extremes-of-life-luxury-and-exploitation/"}],"lead_in":[],"days":108,"gps_nm":1297,"est_nm":0,"nm":1297,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-138.6681,-10.464],[-138.7262,-10.4055],[-139.0313,-9.8043],[-139.1116,-9.9374],[-139.154,-9.955],[-139.3881,-10.2294],[-139.9309,-10.7736],[-140.2726,-11.14],[-141.0358,-11.8757],[-141.2985,-12.1783],[-141.6296,-12.4682],[-141.8937,-12.7738],[-142.3622,-13.25],[-142.7631,-13.5783],[-142.8542,-13.6165],[-143.0543,-13.8202],[-143.6272,-14.4738],[-144.0729,-14.8779],[-144.3363,-15.1971],[-144.524,-15.3766],[-144.6937,-15.5691],[-144.9422,-15.8793],[-145.0011,-15.9408],[-145.1345,-16.0256],[-145.1464,-16.0908],[-145.1746,-15.9932],[-145.1586,-15.909],[-145.1184,-15.8257],[-145.1924,-15.9919],[-145.308,-16.3748],[-145.3616,-16.4724],[-145.4629,-16.5152],[-145.4537,-16.5043],[-145.5042,-16.3212],[-145.5518,-16.257],[-145.619,-16.0639],[-145.6918,-16.0858],[-145.6986,-16.0754],[-145.6193,-16.0613],[-145.6954,-16.0834],[-145.7793,-16.0712],[-149.5182,-17.4714],[-149.6205,-17.5516],[-149.6193,-17.5849],[-149.6229,-17.5546],[-149.6568,-17.5302],[-149.623,-17.5545],[-149.6166,-17.5858],[-149.6329,-17.5926],[-149.7112,-17.517],[-149.8041,-17.4662],[-149.8518,-17.5133],[-149.8824,-17.4781],[-149.9058,-17.4792],[-149.9003,-17.5619],[-149.8398,-17.6113],[-149.6415,-17.6015],[-149.6232,-17.5545],[-149.6064,-17.5474],[-149.6158,-17.4916],[-149.681,-17.4418],[-150.1051,-17.249],[-150.8951,-16.8559],[-150.9714,-16.8458],[-151.0439,-16.8126],[-151.0693,-16.742],[-150.9918,-16.8127],[-151.049,-16.7258],[-151.4612,-16.5292],[-151.6933,-16.4399],[-151.7915,-16.4675],[-151.7481,-16.5237],[-151.7733,-16.5164],[-151.7722,-16.5012],[-151.7339,-16.4658],[-151.7614,-16.4678],[-151.7457,-16.527],[-151.761,-16.5021],[-151.7422,-16.4623],[-151.7842,-16.4933],[-152.1303,-16.493],[-152.2277,-16.4894],[-152.2448,-16.4472],[-152.315,-16.497],[-152.5958,-16.5164],[-153.5892,-16.6456],[-153.9134,-16.7246],[-153.987,-16.7558],[-153.9704,-16.7875],[-153.949,-16.7788],[-153.9268,-16.8289]],"gpx":"data/gpx/polynesia.gpx"},{"id":"tonga","title":"West to Tonga","when":"Oct – Nov 2022","text":["From Maupihaa, a remote atoll at the western edge of French Polynesia, we crossed to Vava'u, then worked our way south through Ha'apai to Nuku'alofa."],"stops":[{"name":"Vava'u","lon":-173.99,"lat":-18.65,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Ha'apai","lon":-174.81,"lat":-20.26,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Nuku'alofa","lon":-175.29,"lat":-21.05,"when":"","dy":0,"anchor":"start"},{"name":"Mid-ocean swim","lon":-162.1566,"lat":-15.3799,"when":"12 Oct 2022"}],"lead_in":[],"days":40,"gps_nm":1470,"est_nm":0,"nm":1470,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-153.9267,-16.8289],[-154.0005,-16.78],[-154.9642,-16.6491],[-155.4439,-16.5379],[-155.7076,-16.515],[-156.1536,-16.5757],[-157.013,-16.3891],[-157.6647,-16.3322],[-157.9759,-16.3249],[-158.7739,-16.1298],[-158.8905,-16.1349],[-159.0822,-16.0546],[-159.9529,-15.7997],[-161.6009,-15.402],[-162.1572,-15.3804],[-162.1962,-15.3963],[-162.5078,-15.3776],[-162.8149,-15.332],[-163.1422,-15.2062],[-163.2114,-15.2271],[-163.3588,-15.1903],[-163.6291,-15.2032],[-164.1723,-15.175],[-164.6473,-15.2734],[-164.9228,-15.3177],[-165.1295,-15.3325],[-165.6305,-15.511],[-166.2966,-15.6096],[-166.5524,-15.6634],[-166.9336,-15.7707],[-167.1682,-15.7868],[-167.5447,-15.87],[-168.0533,-15.8818],[-168.8391,-15.8036],[-170.6838,-16.8582],[-171.279,-17.1568],[-172.3432,-17.734],[-173.1858,-18.1102],[-173.2636,-18.0784],[-173.3493,-18.0734],[-173.6416,-18.2833],[-173.7965,-18.4222],[-174.0266,-18.5699],[-174.0776,-18.6581],[-173.9817,-18.6585],[-174.0526,-18.6836],[-174.1004,-18.7227],[-174.084,-18.7283],[-174.1398,-18.7083],[-174.0626,-18.6804],[-174.0299,-18.7009],[-174.0211,-18.6643],[-173.9831,-18.6566],[-174.0498,-18.6802],[-174.0983,-18.732],[-174.0749,-18.6909],[-174.0621,-18.7022],[-174.1007,-18.7233],[-174.0749,-18.7155],[-173.9829,-18.6564],[-174.0516,-18.7046],[-174.0711,-18.75],[-174.1383,-18.8054],[-174.233,-19.2408],[-174.4875,-19.5763],[-174.7462,-19.9726],[-174.7967,-20.0674],[-174.8224,-20.2057],[-174.8068,-20.2604],[-174.8306,-20.27],[-175.2919,-21.0526],[-175.3141,-21.0624],[-175.2928,-21.0532],[-175.22,-21.0752],[-175.1811,-21.1392],[-175.227,-21.0645],[-175.2929,-21.0558]],"gpx":"data/gpx/tonga.gpx"},{"id":"opua","title":"Landfall in New Zealand","when":"Nov 2022","text":["It took six days to sail from Nuku'alofa to Opua in the Bay of Islands. That's where our Pacific crossing ended and our New Zealand chapter began."],"stops":[{"name":"Opua, New Zealand","lon":-185.89,"lat":-35.29,"when":"Nov 2022","dy":0,"anchor":"start"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/new-zealand-sunset.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/new-zealand-sunset-150x150.jpg","lon":-184.9,"lat":-34.6,"caption":"Sunset over the Bay of Islands, New Zealand."}],"lead_in":[],"days":7,"gps_nm":1056,"est_nm":0,"nm":1056,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-175.2929,-21.0558],[-175.3447,-21.0607],[-175.6753,-21.6331],[-176.0097,-22.1722],[-176.0883,-22.3512],[-176.3129,-22.775],[-176.6106,-23.2073],[-176.7808,-23.4875],[-177.3977,-24.6271],[-178.0663,-25.6101],[-178.8697,-26.6681],[-179.2173,-27.2062],[-179.51,-27.6033],[-180.073,-28.0537],[-180.123,-28.19],[-181.3887,-29.1491],[-182.7455,-30.1179],[-182.9011,-30.2931],[-183.9542,-31.2488],[-184.3887,-31.6785],[-184.4015,-31.7593],[-184.3817,-31.8666],[-184.4004,-32.0442],[-184.4686,-32.2994],[-184.4957,-32.5933],[-184.4804,-32.5746],[-184.5229,-32.6035],[-184.4412,-32.6563],[-184.4838,-32.6548],[-184.5297,-32.703],[-184.5636,-32.9536],[-184.6219,-33.1947],[-184.7078,-33.4187],[-185.04,-33.9635],[-185.1187,-34.0613],[-185.2372,-34.2739],[-185.5088,-34.6627],[-185.6882,-34.9828],[-185.7062,-34.9593],[-185.7894,-35.1395],[-185.8893,-35.242]],"gpx":"data/gpx/opua.gpx"},{"id":"nz","title":"A New Zealand summer","when":"Nov 2022 – May 2023","text":["We spent the southern summer in New Zealand, first in Opua, where Betty left us for a three-week Outward Bound experience.","Then we sailed to Auckland, where the twins went to summer camp and we caught up on boat work."],"reads":[{"title":"Title: Miele Washing Machine Repair: How Miele Stepped Up","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/05/01/miele-washing-machine-repair-sailboat/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Auckland","lon":-185.24,"lat":-36.84,"when":"Dec 2022 – May 2023"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sv-aphrodite-auckland.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sv-aphrodite-auckland-150x150.jpg","lon":-185.45,"lat":-36.95,"caption":"SV Aphrodite in Auckland's harbour.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/05/01/miele-washing-machine-repair-sailboat/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/paul-new-zealand-boat-kid-up-the-mast-sv-aphrodite-auckland-westhaven.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/paul-new-zealand-boat-kid-up-the-mast-sv-aphrodite-auckland-westhaven-150x150.jpg","lon":-184.9,"lat":-36.55,"caption":"Paul up the mast at Westhaven Marina, Auckland.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/03/16/crewing-on-a-sailboat-bahamas-to-tahiti/"}],"lead_in":[],"days":171,"gps_nm":172,"est_nm":0,"nm":172,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-185.9013,-35.2551],[-185.8802,-35.3182],[-185.8648,-35.3118],[-185.9081,-35.2297],[-185.8903,-35.3009],[-185.8671,-35.3141],[-185.884,-35.3077],[-185.8993,-35.267],[-185.9133,-35.2725],[-185.8974,-35.2705],[-185.8944,-35.2929],[-185.887,-35.2625],[-185.893,-35.288],[-185.8757,-35.3126],[-185.8962,-35.2728],[-185.9132,-35.274],[-185.8854,-35.2645],[-185.8964,-35.2552],[-185.8875,-35.239],[-185.8104,-35.1832],[-185.6935,-35.1573],[-185.6609,-35.1702],[-185.3724,-35.5688],[-185.3269,-35.6787],[-185.3093,-35.7389],[-185.3633,-35.9971],[-185.171,-36.2612],[-185.1709,-36.2852],[-185.1875,-36.2906],[-185.1298,-36.3488],[-185.1047,-36.433],[-185.1925,-36.7751],[-185.1702,-36.824],[-185.1949,-36.8359],[-185.2712,-36.8235],[-185.2507,-36.8376],[-185.2746,-36.8297],[-185.2441,-36.8277],[-185.2493,-36.8403]],"gpx":"data/gpx/nz.gpx"},{"id":"fiji","title":"Onto Fiji, through a gale","when":"May – Jun 2023","text":["The passage north from New Zealand brought Force 8 to 10 winds, a rudder problem 500 miles out and a night on the para-anchor, 60 miles from Savusavu.","Once ashore, we arranged to make a new rudder.","We participated in a sevusevu ceremony, I drank my first cup of kava, and we cooked stew in a hot spring."],"reads":[{"title":"Heavy Weather Sailing: Force 8–10 from New Zealand to Fiji","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/05/19/heavy-weather-sailing-at-night/"},{"title":"Losing a Rudder at Sea: Offshore Discovery 500 nm from Fiji","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/05/20/losing-a-rudder-at-sea-500-nm-from-fiji/"},{"title":"Sevusevu Ceremony in Fiji: Reluctant First-Time Kava Drinker","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/05/26/sevusevu-ceremony-fiji-kava/"},{"title":"Savusavu Hot Springs: Cooking Stew in a Geothermal Vent","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/05/28/savusavu-hot-springs-cooking-stew/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Savusavu","lon":-180.69,"lat":-16.78,"when":""},{"name":"Suva","lon":-181.58,"lat":-18.14,"when":""}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/6e2531bc-24ed-4ac0-b88e-5de0189d828e.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/6e2531bc-24ed-4ac0-b88e-5de0189d828e-150x150.jpeg","lon":-183.1,"lat":-25.5,"caption":"Paul on deck in heavy weather, offshore on the way to Fiji.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/05/19/heavy-weather-sailing-at-night/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fiji-sevusevu-kava-chief-ceremony-savusavu.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fiji-sevusevu-kava-chief-ceremony-savusavu-150x150.jpg","lon":-180.45,"lat":-16.45,"caption":"The sevusevu welcome ceremony, Savusavu.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/05/26/sevusevu-ceremony-fiji-kava/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_0547.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_0547-150x150.jpg","lon":-180.9,"lat":-16.4,"caption":"Savusavu's hot springs.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/05/28/savusavu-hot-springs-cooking-stew/"}],"lead_in":[],"days":38,"gps_nm":1513,"est_nm":0,"nm":1513,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-185.2337,-36.8334],[-185.1047,-36.6748],[-185.059,-36.5679],[-185.0367,-36.4623],[-185.0465,-36.4568],[-184.9882,-35.9087],[-184.9398,-35.7028],[-185.0021,-35.049],[-185.0099,-34.6328],[-185.0669,-34.3289],[-185.0965,-33.4963],[-185.1261,-33.0959],[-185.3496,-31.9958],[-185.5538,-31.3831],[-185.546,-30.7892],[-185.627,-29.9034],[-185.7132,-29.7622],[-185.8193,-29.5308],[-185.9572,-29.1878],[-186.0813,-28.8184],[-186.3372,-28.4268],[-186.4939,-28.2245],[-186.4684,-28.1923],[-186.4864,-28.2063],[-186.4778,-28.223],[-186.1037,-28.1834],[-185.881,-28.0978],[-185.6695,-27.9714],[-185.5468,-27.8648],[-185.4371,-27.6975],[-185.3714,-27.5097],[-185.3169,-27.2652],[-185.289,-27.0379],[-185.3001,-26.8233],[-185.2182,-26.5918],[-184.3992,-25.1758],[-184.3214,-25.0501],[-184.2805,-25.0238],[-184.0208,-24.5995],[-183.5685,-23.3511],[-183.4594,-22.8909],[-183.2964,-22.6323],[-183.1017,-22.0463],[-182.986,-21.8058],[-182.7708,-21.4329],[-182.5384,-20.8466],[-182.5235,-20.7684],[-182.5168,-20.2711],[-182.4364,-20.0401],[-182.294,-19.3206],[-182.2551,-19.236],[-182.2678,-19.2372],[-182.2729,-19.2145],[-182.2484,-19.1536],[-181.9724,-18.9008],[-181.5063,-18.4348],[-180.8968,-17.7198],[-180.8589,-17.6348],[-180.8438,-17.5439],[-180.8727,-17.382],[-180.8299,-17.1396],[-180.8733,-17.0148],[-180.7478,-16.8203],[-180.6725,-16.7762],[-180.746,-16.8437],[-180.2886,-16.8281],[-180.1201,-16.8096],[-180.0992,-16.7515],[-180.0822,-16.7932],[-180.0996,-16.9338],[-180.227,-17.0286],[-180.8913,-17.7204],[-181.2638,-18.1431],[-181.4335,-18.2135],[-181.4778,-18.2126],[-181.5684,-18.2019],[-181.6035,-18.1764],[-181.5968,-18.1339],[-181.5764,-18.1237]],"gpx":"data/gpx/fiji.gpx"},{"id":"vanuatu","title":"Vanuatu","when":"Jun – Jul 2023","text":["Six hundred miles of trade winds carried us from Suva to Vanuatu.","From Port Vila, we carried 2,200 pounds of dry concrete to Pentecost Island on our catamaran. There we watched the land diving and met Margaret, a subsistence farmer.","Then we sailed on to Luganville on Espiritu Santo."],"reads":[{"title":"Sailing from Fiji to Vanuatu: 600 NM of Trade Winds","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/06/23/sailing-from-fiji-to-vanuatu/"},{"title":"Land Diving on Pentecost Island: Ritual, Tourists, Ethics","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/01/26/land-diving-on-pentecost-ethics/"},{"title":"Provisioning in the Pacific Islands: A Sailing Family Adapts","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2024/02/04/provisioning-in-the-pacific-islands/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Pentecost","lon":-191.82,"lat":-15.7,"when":""},{"name":"Luganville","lon":-192.83,"lat":-15.52,"when":""}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/land-diving-tower.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/land-diving-tower-150x150.jpg","lon":-191.45,"lat":-16.05,"caption":"The land-diving tower, South Pentecost.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/01/26/land-diving-on-pentecost-ethics/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/subsistence-farmer-margaret-garden-vanuatu-pentecost-island.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/subsistence-farmer-margaret-garden-vanuatu-pentecost-island-150x150.jpg","lon":-191.4,"lat":-15.4,"caption":"Margaret in her garden on Pentecost.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2024/02/04/provisioning-in-the-pacific-islands/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/pentecost-children-near-school.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/pentecost-children-near-school-150x150.jpg","lon":-192.5,"lat":-16.3,"caption":"Children near the school, South Pentecost.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/01/26/land-diving-on-pentecost-ethics/"}],"lead_in":[],"days":35,"gps_nm":830,"est_nm":0,"nm":830,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-181.5765,-18.1236],[-181.82,-18.5476],[-182.0204,-18.6375],[-182.2017,-18.779],[-182.593,-18.8499],[-182.8702,-18.9338],[-182.9627,-18.9474],[-183.1957,-18.931],[-183.2308,-18.9658],[-183.3029,-18.9669],[-185.8719,-18.5256],[-187.1584,-18.276],[-187.4002,-18.259],[-188.0001,-18.1805],[-188.53,-18.1582],[-191.5772,-17.8958],[-191.7718,-17.7875],[-191.771,-17.7717],[-191.6876,-17.7385],[-191.7776,-17.7554],[-191.8396,-17.7451],[-191.8635,-17.7101],[-191.9549,-17.2182],[-191.9948,-17.1282],[-192.1255,-16.2255],[-192.1208,-16.1461],[-191.8125,-15.9131],[-191.9114,-15.8014],[-191.935,-15.7035],[-191.9311,-15.6218],[-191.8594,-15.474],[-192.475,-15.5536],[-192.8209,-15.519]],"gpx":"data/gpx/vanuatu.gpx"},{"id":"solomons","title":"The Solomon Islands","when":"Jul – Sep 2023","text":["Honiara taught us a hard lesson in travel safety when we were mugged. However, we still remain in touch with the woman who came to our aid.","Farther west came Marovo Lagoon and Munda, where Barney Paulsen's backyard museum is full of World War II history."],"reads":[{"title":"Travel Safety in Honiara: Mugged on Skyline Road at Dawn","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/08/23/travel-safety-in-honiara-mugged/"},{"title":"Peter Joseph WWII Museum: A Backyard Full of World History","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/09/18/peter-joseph-wwii-museum-munda-solomons/"},{"title":"Fish Hook Injury at Sea: A Double Hook to the Face","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/09/16/fish-hook-injury-at-sea-munda-solomons/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Honiara","lon":-200.04,"lat":-9.43,"when":""},{"name":"Marovo Lagoon","lon":-201.9,"lat":-8.5,"when":""},{"name":"Munda","lon":-202.74,"lat":-8.33,"when":""}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/safety-point-cruz-yacht-club-friends.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/safety-point-cruz-yacht-club-friends-150x150.jpg","lon":-199.8,"lat":-9.75,"caption":"With friends in Honiara.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/08/23/travel-safety-in-honiara-mugged/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/peter-joseph-museum-barney-paulsen-munda-solomon-islands.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/peter-joseph-museum-barney-paulsen-munda-solomon-islands-150x150.jpg","lon":-203.0,"lat":-8.7,"caption":"Barney Paulsen and Paul at the Peter Joseph WWII Museum, Munda.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/09/18/peter-joseph-wwii-museum-munda-solomons/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/road-in-munda-war-museum_sv-aphrodite.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/road-in-munda-war-museum_sv-aphrodite-150x150.jpg","lon":-203.6,"lat":-8.2,"caption":"Walking the road by the war museum, Munda.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/09/18/peter-joseph-wwii-museum-munda-solomons/"}],"lead_in":[],"days":64,"gps_nm":871,"est_nm":0,"nm":871,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-192.8081,-15.5214],[-192.7296,-15.4997],[-192.724,-15.402],[-192.7755,-14.8961],[-192.8372,-14.8192],[-193.2706,-14.4083],[-193.9398,-13.9983],[-194.1742,-13.8262],[-194.6238,-13.4272],[-195.623,-12.6165],[-196.5627,-11.7841],[-197.2546,-11.0394],[-197.5294,-10.7693],[-197.7754,-10.3947],[-197.9868,-9.9967],[-198.054,-9.9553],[-198.6009,-9.8099],[-199.2535,-9.4489],[-199.5864,-9.3067],[-199.6587,-9.3068],[-199.9874,-9.374],[-200.0301,-9.4303],[-200.0458,-9.428],[-200.212,-9.2517],[-200.3238,-9.2499],[-200.0018,-9.4127],[-200.4107,-9.1929],[-200.5449,-9.1443],[-200.6917,-9.0261],[-200.7468,-9.0309],[-200.7916,-8.9777],[-200.8792,-9.001],[-200.8908,-8.9881],[-200.9859,-9.0002],[-201.2316,-8.8065],[-201.5098,-8.6666],[-201.7301,-8.5758],[-201.8207,-8.5081],[-201.8979,-8.4748],[-202.0576,-8.5114],[-202.1185,-8.556],[-202.1326,-8.6591],[-202.1594,-8.6623],[-202.1772,-8.7173],[-202.4498,-8.489],[-202.5831,-8.4053],[-202.6903,-8.3767],[-202.7742,-8.3926],[-202.7961,-8.3537],[-202.7312,-8.3318],[-202.7483,-8.3365],[-202.8116,-8.2914],[-202.8374,-8.3065],[-202.8868,-8.2577],[-202.9207,-8.1895],[-202.9014,-8.1119]],"gpx":"data/gpx/solomons.gpx"},{"id":"png","title":"Papua New Guinea","when":"Sep – Nov 2023","text":["We arrived on Green Island and then sailed to Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. We had planned to provision and be on our way. Instead, we went ashore and immediately felt welcomed by the local people. They were excited to report that Will Smith had just arrived. He was staying on a superyacht in the same anchorage.","Then Betty met [Marine Bayer](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/04/somali-pirates200904), a nurse who is a Knight of the Legion of Honour in France and a member of the French Explorers Society. Betty volunteered with Marine's [Aidocean](https://www.aidocean.org/association_aidocean/) medical mission on New Hanover Island.","In PNG, our family learned about shallow water blackout the hard way, in a freediving accident with Paul. After hyperventilating, he dove to 31 feet and very nearly didn't make it back. We are grateful every day that he did, and we wrote about it so other families understand the risk."],"reads":[{"title":"Medical Mission in Papua New Guinea: A Teen Volunteer","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/10/26/medical-mission-in-papua-new-guinea-betty/"},{"title":"Shallow Water Blackout: Freediving to 31 Feet in PNG","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/12/13/shallow-water-blackout-while-freediving/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Green Island","lon":-205.821,"lat":-4.513,"when":""},{"name":"Kavieng, New Ireland","lon":-209.21,"lat":-2.55,"when":""}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/80aebb6d-c7d0-4690-941a-85111ae51b46.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/80aebb6d-c7d0-4690-941a-85111ae51b46-150x150.jpeg","lon":-209.75,"lat":-2.35,"caption":"Betty recording patient information on New Hanover.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2023/10/26/medical-mission-in-papua-new-guinea-betty/"}],"lead_in":[],"days":63,"gps_nm":618,"est_nm":0,"nm":618,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-202.9061,-8.1229],[-202.8156,-8.1656],[-202.8029,-8.2379],[-202.8085,-8.1778],[-202.8984,-8.1309],[-202.9014,-8.1148],[-202.8184,-8.1333],[-202.7739,-8.0618],[-202.7494,-7.9635],[-202.8757,-7.78],[-203.0338,-7.5997],[-203.2288,-7.3419],[-203.4309,-7.0238],[-203.5501,-6.8734],[-203.5935,-6.7474],[-203.5976,-6.6897],[-203.6384,-6.6359],[-203.7046,-6.1994],[-203.7369,-5.7476],[-203.7869,-5.6599],[-204.2669,-5.1529],[-204.4434,-5.0068],[-204.6826,-4.8992],[-204.7721,-4.7908],[-204.9338,-4.654],[-205.4057,-4.6171],[-205.7833,-4.6313],[-205.8152,-4.6194],[-205.8537,-4.5141],[-205.8207,-4.5129],[-205.8957,-4.4255],[-206.009,-4.2114],[-206.1867,-3.7351],[-206.3363,-3.4582],[-206.4995,-3.3033],[-206.5297,-3.2221],[-207.0189,-2.9833],[-207.0846,-2.8791],[-207.3013,-2.615],[-207.3319,-2.5972],[-207.6125,-2.4933],[-207.7792,-2.4906],[-207.9901,-2.4552],[-208.1417,-2.4685],[-208.2431,-2.4527],[-208.5872,-2.4617],[-209.0904,-2.5068],[-209.1741,-2.519],[-209.219,-2.5877]],"gpx":"data/gpx/png.gpx"},{"id":"micronesia","title":"North to Micronesia","when":"Dec 2023 – Jan 2024","text":["We crossed the equator again to reach Chuuk Lagoon, a diving mecca full of World War II wrecks, where children spearfish for dinner.","We snorkeled on several wrecks and dived on a sunken Japanese Betty bomber. We were fortunate to tour the USNS Mercy hospital ship.","Betty and I toured on land, but men with machetes approached us twice on the same day. One man threatened to cut off our guide's arm unless we paid a $5 bribe. We paid up, but the local guide was quite scared.","Then we carried on west across Micronesia. Along the way, our Family Dictionary was written at sea and in Colonia, Yap, at 9°30.852′ N, 138°07.331′ E."],"reads":[{"title":"Lagoon to Table: Subsistence Fishing in Micronesia","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2024/01/05/subsistence-fishing-chuuk-micronesia/"},{"title":"Teen Independence: A Fishing Boat Scare in Micronesia","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2024/01/02/teen-independence-diesel-in-micronesia/"},{"title":"Weeviling: managing weevils on a sailboat in Micronesia","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2024/01/13/weeviling-managing-weevils-on-a-sailboat/"},{"title":"Family Dictionary: Life Afloat A to Z","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/family-dictionary/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Chuuk","lon":-208.15,"lat":7.45,"when":"Dec 2023"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/spearfishing2.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/spearfishing2-150x150.jpg","lon":-207.75,"lat":7.8,"caption":"A boy spearfishing in Chuuk.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2024/01/05/subsistence-fishing-chuuk-micronesia/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img-2576.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img-2576-150x150.jpg","lon":-222.7,"lat":10.2,"caption":"Our family in Yap."},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pa040086.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pa040086-150x150.jpg","lon":-208.9,"lat":6.8,"caption":"A wreck dive in Chuuk Lagoon."},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SV-Aphrodite-Family-Dictionary-Featured-Image.png","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/route-thumbs/SV-Aphrodite-Family-Dictionary-Featured-Image-route-150x150.jpg","lon":-221.1,"lat":8.8,"caption":"Our Family Dictionary, written at sea and in Colonia, Yap.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/07/04/familect-family-dictionary-word-of-hour/"}],"beats":[{"marker":"boat","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","stops":[{"name":"Family Dictionary, written at sea and in Colonia, Yap","lon":-221.8778,"lat":9.5142}],"legs":[]}],"lead_in":[[-209.219,-2.5877],[-208.89142,-2.51071]],"days":62,"gps_nm":1679,"est_nm":0,"nm":1679,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-208.8914,-2.5107],[-208.2583,-2.5687],[-208.2085,-2.5516],[-208.15,-2.5576],[-208.096,-2.6079],[-208.0411,-2.5691],[-207.967,-2.5456],[-207.732,-2.539],[-207.536,-2.4236],[-207.3771,-2.3076],[-207.0092,-1.8519],[-206.9384,-1.9076],[-206.86,-2.0188],[-206.9588,-1.7365],[-206.626,-1.322],[-206.1123,-0.5203],[-205.9991,-0.3934],[-205.9824,-0.3968],[-205.9759,-0.42],[-205.6799,-0.0479],[-205.6165,-0.0001],[-205.3191,0.0],[-205.2614,0.1582],[-205.2969,0.7786],[-205.536,0.7238],[-205.5739,1.1267],[-206.1534,1.9752],[-206.309,2.2408],[-206.4936,2.484],[-206.5417,2.7436],[-206.6079,2.9211],[-206.7397,3.3837],[-207.1042,4.8169],[-207.284,5.4392],[-207.4441,5.8819],[-207.5918,6.4779],[-207.716,6.846],[-207.7718,7.0903],[-207.8554,7.3221],[-207.9126,7.4239],[-207.994,7.5021],[-208.0965,7.5048],[-208.1702,7.4515],[-208.1222,7.3505],[-208.1693,7.4077],[-208.1996,7.5324],[-208.2067,7.6675],[-208.2862,7.7041],[-208.7896,7.7749],[-209.6661,7.9322],[-210.3847,8.015],[-212.6001,8.343],[-213.8969,8.4875],[-214.5625,8.5241],[-215.3148,8.7071],[-215.703,8.7508],[-216.0881,8.8406],[-216.3582,8.8859],[-216.9805,8.951],[-217.1988,8.9557],[-218.1722,9.0605],[-218.8576,9.1652],[-219.6859,9.2349],[-219.7688,9.2647],[-220.2497,9.2843],[-220.8239,9.3856],[-221.7981,9.4721],[-221.8691,9.4919],[-221.8778,9.5144]],"gpx":"data/gpx/micronesia.gpx"},{"id":"philippines","title":"The Philippines","when":"Feb – Apr 2024","text":["Our first stop in the Philippines was Allen, which had never received a foreign, privately-owned sailboat before. The culture felt wildly different from Micronesia: scooters buzzed everywhere, and jeepneys, brightly painted old military jeeps turned into buses, gave the streets a completely different feel.","Puerto Galera, on Mindoro, was our base in the Philippines for two months. A Ukrainian couple had their wedding photos taken on our boat.","Then family arrived from Calgary, and we sailed with them to Apo Reef, snorkeling some of the clearest water we'd found since French Polynesia."],"stops":[{"name":"Allen, Samar","lon":-235.72,"lat":12.502,"when":"Feb 2024"},{"name":"Puerto Galera","lon":-239.05,"lat":13.51,"when":"Feb – Apr 2024"}],"lead_in":[],"days":66,"gps_nm":1325,"est_nm":0,"nm":1325,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-221.8777,9.5144],[-221.8696,9.497],[-221.9156,9.4211],[-222.0005,9.3697],[-222.7138,9.5774],[-223.9096,9.868],[-224.6011,9.9841],[-225.0303,10.0287],[-225.8016,10.1712],[-226.2801,10.2321],[-227.0653,10.4038],[-227.4847,10.4714],[-228.2165,10.5556],[-228.2734,10.5791],[-228.3977,10.5906],[-228.4591,10.612],[-229.4577,10.7735],[-230.3157,11.03],[-230.8506,11.2304],[-231.2239,11.418],[-233.0742,12.1589],[-233.2592,12.2411],[-233.516,12.3838],[-233.8511,12.5057],[-234.0097,12.6055],[-234.3716,12.7215],[-234.7214,12.8576],[-235.0896,12.9356],[-235.409,12.9854],[-235.4906,12.8759],[-235.694,12.7095],[-235.7588,12.5628],[-235.72,12.5017],[-235.8107,12.5196],[-236.0632,12.4879],[-236.1995,12.5387],[-236.2262,12.6566],[-236.2595,12.6959],[-236.3998,12.7047],[-236.5853,12.6704],[-236.7653,12.666],[-236.9035,12.7096],[-237.2836,12.8632],[-238.1086,13.1158],[-238.2784,13.2021],[-238.7452,13.4913],[-238.7879,13.5013],[-238.9297,13.474],[-238.9877,13.5183],[-239.0454,13.5332],[-239.0336,13.5151],[-239.0463,13.5059],[-239.0735,13.5537],[-239.0797,13.6108],[-239.1108,13.6188],[-239.1189,13.5444],[-239.0595,13.5275],[-239.0462,13.506],[-239.0695,13.5296],[-239.5914,13.5711],[-239.6994,13.5632],[-239.7659,13.4801],[-239.7031,12.9156],[-239.6778,12.8233],[-239.5811,12.6534],[-239.5237,12.6796],[-239.5584,12.6747],[-239.7137,13.2537],[-239.7206,13.4271],[-239.6852,13.502],[-239.6168,13.5376],[-239.2803,13.4851],[-239.1132,13.517],[-239.046,13.5061],[-239.0978,13.5325],[-239.4107,13.5648]],"gpx":"data/gpx/philippines.gpx"},{"id":"malaysia","title":"Into Malaysia","when":"Apr – Jun 2024","text":["We crossed the South China Sea, rounded Singapore and sailed up the Strait of Malacca to Lumut, on Malaysia's west coast. Our schedule was driven in part by Paul writing an AP Calculus exam in Kuala Lumpur in early May.","We stayed at Pangkor Marina until March 2025. It's called “Hotel California” for a reason, but we had family visiting from Germany, so we sailed north to Penang."],"stops":[{"name":"Singapore Strait","lon":-256.15,"lat":1.2,"when":""},{"name":"Lumut","lon":-259.4,"lat":4.21,"when":"May – Jun 2024"}],"lead_in":[],"days":84,"gps_nm":1615,"est_nm":0,"nm":1615,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-239.4181,13.5658],[-239.5578,13.5725],[-239.7113,13.5512],[-239.7823,13.4986],[-240.0341,13.157],[-240.4129,12.4655],[-240.5797,12.3229],[-240.8178,12.1506],[-241.1785,11.789],[-241.2876,11.6527],[-241.4782,11.281],[-241.5987,11.0898],[-241.9497,10.3644],[-242.4257,9.8195],[-243.0627,9.0191],[-244.5161,7.4499],[-245.9313,6.627],[-246.6598,6.4482],[-247.4804,6.3062],[-248.9548,5.6447],[-249.6994,5.3649],[-250.0701,5.2668],[-250.3676,5.1447],[-250.4198,5.0954],[-250.7996,4.436],[-250.8593,4.381],[-251.0293,4.0537],[-251.6794,3.1007],[-251.7267,3.0506],[-252.045,2.8716],[-252.2848,2.7944],[-252.4775,2.791],[-252.538,2.7762],[-252.7953,2.6469],[-253.082,2.4511],[-253.3045,2.348],[-253.4927,2.2939],[-253.865,2.2756],[-254.1302,2.1123],[-254.375,1.9882],[-254.4266,1.9534],[-254.4758,1.8902],[-254.8255,1.7322],[-254.8951,1.6781],[-255.0925,1.5989],[-255.1792,1.582],[-255.3657,1.5054],[-255.5147,1.4633],[-255.5806,1.421],[-255.6495,1.4014],[-255.6516,1.3672],[-255.6885,1.3293],[-255.8661,1.3138],[-255.9008,1.3508],[-255.9421,1.3095],[-256.1006,1.2279],[-256.1305,1.2629],[-256.1488,1.2236],[-256.2294,1.171],[-256.2936,1.1725],[-256.6023,1.2745],[-256.9924,1.6291],[-257.7019,1.9484],[-258.1553,2.3187],[-258.1898,2.4059],[-258.1764,2.4809],[-258.1584,2.4805],[-258.3503,2.4783],[-258.5826,2.6435],[-258.9897,2.867],[-259.0376,2.9064],[-259.0818,2.9516],[-259.1324,3.0961],[-259.181,3.1787],[-259.2349,3.3612],[-259.2384,3.5205],[-259.2806,3.6598],[-259.4389,3.9681],[-259.4012,4.05],[-259.4119,4.1519],[-259.3987,4.2108]],"gpx":"data/gpx/malaysia.gpx"},{"id":"thailand","title":"Thailand, and an anchor lost and found","when":"Mar – Jun 2025","text":["From Penang we sailed north to Phuket and Phang Nga Bay, where we lost our anchor in deep water. Two technical divers and a lift bag got it back for us.","Then we sailed back south by Koh Lipe to Langkawi."],"reads":[{"title":"Damn Chain! Losing an Anchor in Deep Water in Thailand","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/09/13/losing-an-anchor-deep-water-thailand/"},{"title":"Saved! Anchor Retrieval: 2 Technical Divers, 1 Lift Bag (Poem)","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/09/18/anchor-retrieval-lift-bag-poem-thailand/"},{"title":"Re-galvanizing Anchor Chain in Malaysia: Trust Broken","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/09/05/re-galvanizing-anchor-chain-in-malaysia/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Penang","lon":-259.69,"lat":5.46,"when":""},{"name":"Phuket","lon":-261.65,"lat":7.82,"when":""},{"name":"Phang Nga Bay","lon":-261.55,"lat":8.07,"when":""},{"name":"Koh Lipe","lon":-260.7,"lat":6.49,"when":""},{"name":"Langkawi","lon":-260.2,"lat":6.3,"when":""},{"name":"Lost a solar panel","lon":-260.2239,"lat":6.1656,"when":"20 Mar 2025","dy":-10,"anchor":"end"},{"name":"Lost our anchor","lon":-261.6749,"lat":7.5132,"when":"2 Apr 2025"}],"lead_in":[[-259.3987,4.2108],[-259.56907,4.54046]],"days":113,"gps_nm":712,"est_nm":0,"nm":712,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-259.5691,4.5405],[-259.6649,4.8055],[-259.7194,4.8918],[-259.8171,5.224],[-259.7783,5.2271],[-259.8439,5.309],[-259.8528,5.4026],[-259.8304,5.4751],[-259.7389,5.4988],[-259.6855,5.4588],[-259.7882,5.6509],[-259.9091,5.8139],[-260.1709,6.0999],[-260.448,6.452],[-260.9342,7.2138],[-260.9172,7.2168],[-260.9718,7.279],[-261.4374,7.6524],[-261.6296,7.7677],[-261.6396,7.8209],[-261.5746,7.8261],[-261.5074,7.8945],[-261.4923,7.9782],[-261.4914,8.1943],[-261.4736,8.2765],[-261.4935,8.3369],[-261.4743,8.2678],[-261.5072,8.2726],[-261.5124,8.2578],[-261.4957,8.2066],[-261.4604,8.1658],[-261.5329,8.0923],[-261.5191,7.9904],[-261.5763,7.7725],[-261.5791,7.6624],[-261.6283,7.5565],[-261.6919,7.4729],[-261.6695,7.5737],[-261.6346,7.6095],[-261.6015,7.7053],[-261.6482,7.8243],[-261.5994,7.7874],[-261.679,7.5156],[-261.6484,7.8243],[-261.5841,7.7983],[-261.5614,7.8365],[-261.5375,7.9525],[-261.5414,7.9693],[-261.5834,7.9841],[-261.5416,7.9684],[-261.5344,7.9244],[-261.5861,7.7965],[-261.6483,7.825],[-261.59,7.7682],[-261.618,7.704],[-261.6135,7.6056],[-261.6504,7.5136],[-261.6913,7.4687],[-261.1926,7.1531],[-261.1409,7.1388],[-260.9613,7.1822],[-260.9351,7.1932],[-260.934,7.2139],[-260.8341,7.1515],[-260.6014,7.0787],[-260.5144,6.6703],[-260.5333,6.5722],[-260.5499,6.553],[-260.7212,6.5808],[-260.7521,6.5424],[-260.8213,6.507],[-260.2882,6.2603],[-260.2399,6.2609],[-260.1969,6.2929],[-260.15,6.3021],[-260.1138,6.2151],[-259.9544,6.0569],[-259.902,5.8423],[-259.8292,5.6293],[-259.6856,5.4587]],"gpx":"data/gpx/thailand.gpx"},{"id":"langkawi","title":"322 days in a Langkawi boatyard","when":"Jun 2025 – May 2026","text":["SV Aphrodite was hauled out at Lunas Shipyard in Langkawi for a 322-day refit: new woodwork, cushions, bottom paint and a Corian galley countertop.","We stayed in a house in Kuah to escape the dust.","In March 2026, Paul flew to the Bahamas to start a crewing trip to Tahiti.","Karen painted whale sharks on the keels."],"reads":[{"title":"Catamaran Haul-Out in Malaysia: 322 Days for a Refit","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/05/23/catamaran-haul-out-in-malaysia/"},{"title":"Boat Woodwork Refit in Malaysia: A Full-On Transformation","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/10/27/boat-woodwork-refit-langkawi-malaysia/"},{"title":"Keel Art: Whale Sharks on a Moving Canvas by a Teen Artist","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/04/13/keel-art-karen-aphrodite/"},{"title":"Leaving for an Epic Adventure: Crewing on a Sailboat at 18","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/03/16/crewing-on-a-sailboat-bahamas-to-tahiti/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Lunas Shipyard, Langkawi","lon":-260.2,"lat":6.29,"when":""}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/karen-lunas-shipyard-sv-aphrodite-mothers-day-card.png","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/route-thumbs/karen-lunas-shipyard-sv-aphrodite-mothers-day-card-route-150x150.jpg","lon":-259.8,"lat":6.55,"caption":"Karen's Mother's Day card: SV Aphrodite in the slings.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/05/23/catamaran-haul-out-in-malaysia/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/karen-early-keel-painting-sv-aphrodite.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/karen-early-keel-painting-sv-aphrodite-150x150.jpeg","lon":-260.55,"lat":6.0,"caption":"Karen starts the keel art.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/04/13/keel-art-karen-aphrodite/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/kuahhomestayrental.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/kuahhomestayrental-150x150.jpg","lon":-259.85,"lat":6.05,"caption":"Our house in Kuah, away from the shipyard dust.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2025/10/27/boat-woodwork-refit-langkawi-malaysia/"}],"beats":[{"marker":"boat","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","icon":"house","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","icon":"plane","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","legs":[]}],"lead_in":[],"days":342,"gps_nm":106,"est_nm":0,"nm":106,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-259.6838,5.4649],[-259.7659,5.5615],[-259.9558,6.0618],[-259.9731,6.0625],[-260.1187,6.2222],[-260.1531,6.2973],[-260.2148,6.2908],[-260.2524,6.2274],[-260.2617,6.2464],[-260.5063,6.3476],[-260.7821,6.5091],[-260.8218,6.5161]],"gpx":"data/gpx/langkawi.gpx"},{"id":"home","title":"Back to Thailand, then Malaysia","when":"May – Aug 2026","text":["Freshly refitted, we sailed back to Phang Nga Bay and Phuket for a family day out on Bangla Road.","In July 2026, Paul arrived in Phuket, flying back from Tahiti.","Then we headed south to Langkawi and down the Strait of Malacca toward Port Klang.","In August 2026 Betty left for Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Rick went along with her.","Our friend Carl, a retired NYC cop and a recurring character on this blog, drove them from Ottawa to Kingston.","In September 2026 Rick returned to SV Aphrodite in Malaysia.","We will continue our circumnavigation as a crew of five, staying in regular contact with Betty."],"subheads":{"3":"Betty leaves for Queen's","6":"What's Next"},"reads":[{"title":"Bangla Road Phuket: A Family Outing Takes an Unexpected Turn","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/06/24/family-day-ends-on-bangla-road-phuket/"},{"title":"Betty is Accepted to University","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/04/22/homeschooling-on-a-sailboat-university/"},{"title":"Long-Term Storage While Traveling","url":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/09/12/long-term-storage-while-traveling/"}],"stops":[{"name":"Phuket","lon":-261.63,"lat":7.81,"when":""},{"name":"Langkawi","lon":-260.2,"lat":6.29,"when":""},{"name":"Port Klang","lon":-258.7,"lat":2.89,"when":"Aug 2026"}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Old-Town-Phuket-SV-Aphrodite.jpeg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Old-Town-Phuket-SV-Aphrodite-150x150.jpeg","lon":-261.95,"lat":7.6,"caption":"Our family in Old Town Phuket.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2026/06/24/family-day-ends-on-bangla-road-phuket/"}],"beats":[{"marker":"boat","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","icon":"plane","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","legs":[]},{"marker":"boat","stops":[{"name":"Kingston","lon":-76.49,"lat":44.23}],"legs":[{"by":"air","nm":7918,"coords":[[-258.29,2.745],[-255.4366,4.4214],[-252.5831,6.0657],[-249.7297,7.678],[-246.8763,9.2581],[-244.0228,10.8061],[-241.1694,12.322],[-238.3159,13.8058],[-235.4625,15.2575],[-232.6091,16.6771],[-229.7556,18.0647],[-226.9022,19.4201],[-224.0488,20.7434],[-221.1953,22.0346],[-218.3419,23.2937],[-215.4884,24.5207],[-212.635,25.7156],[-209.7816,26.8784],[-206.9281,28.0091],[-204.0747,29.1077],[-201.2213,30.1742],[-198.3678,31.2086],[-195.5144,32.2109],[-192.6609,33.1811],[-189.8075,34.1192],[-186.9541,35.0252],[-184.1006,35.8991],[-181.2472,36.7409],[-178.3938,37.5506],[-175.5403,38.3281],[-172.6869,39.0736],[-169.8334,39.787],[-166.98,40.4683],[-164.1266,41.1175],[-161.2731,41.7346],[-158.4197,42.3195],[-155.5663,42.8724],[-152.7128,43.3932],[-149.8594,43.8819],[-147.0059,44.3385],[-144.1525,44.7629],[-141.2991,45.1553],[-138.4456,45.5156],[-135.5922,45.8438],[-132.7388,46.1398],[-129.8853,46.4038],[-127.0319,46.6357],[-124.1784,46.8354],[-121.325,47.0031],[-118.4716,47.1387],[-115.6181,47.2421],[-112.7647,47.3135],[-109.9113,47.3528],[-107.0578,47.3599],[-104.2044,47.335],[-101.3509,47.2779],[-98.4975,47.1888],[-95.6441,47.0675],[-92.7906,46.9142],[-89.9372,46.7288],[-87.0838,46.5112],[-84.2303,46.2616],[-81.3769,45.9798],[-78.5234,45.666],[-75.67,45.32]],"who":"Betty and Rick"},{"by":"car","nm":74,"coords":[[-75.67,45.32],[-76.49,44.23]]}]},{"marker":"boat","stops":[{"name":"Kingston","lon":-76.49,"lat":44.23}],"legs":[{"by":"air","nm":7918,"coords":[[-258.29,2.745],[-255.4366,4.4214],[-252.5831,6.0657],[-249.7297,7.678],[-246.8763,9.2581],[-244.0228,10.8061],[-241.1694,12.322],[-238.3159,13.8058],[-235.4625,15.2575],[-232.6091,16.6771],[-229.7556,18.0647],[-226.9022,19.4201],[-224.0488,20.7434],[-221.1953,22.0346],[-218.3419,23.2937],[-215.4884,24.5207],[-212.635,25.7156],[-209.7816,26.8784],[-206.9281,28.0091],[-204.0747,29.1077],[-201.2213,30.1742],[-198.3678,31.2086],[-195.5144,32.2109],[-192.6609,33.1811],[-189.8075,34.1192],[-186.9541,35.0252],[-184.1006,35.8991],[-181.2472,36.7409],[-178.3938,37.5506],[-175.5403,38.3281],[-172.6869,39.0736],[-169.8334,39.787],[-166.98,40.4683],[-164.1266,41.1175],[-161.2731,41.7346],[-158.4197,42.3195],[-155.5663,42.8724],[-152.7128,43.3932],[-149.8594,43.8819],[-147.0059,44.3385],[-144.1525,44.7629],[-141.2991,45.1553],[-138.4456,45.5156],[-135.5922,45.8438],[-132.7388,46.1398],[-129.8853,46.4038],[-127.0319,46.6357],[-124.1784,46.8354],[-121.325,47.0031],[-118.4716,47.1387],[-115.6181,47.2421],[-112.7647,47.3135],[-109.9113,47.3528],[-107.0578,47.3599],[-104.2044,47.335],[-101.3509,47.2779],[-98.4975,47.1888],[-95.6441,47.0675],[-92.7906,46.9142],[-89.9372,46.7288],[-87.0838,46.5112],[-84.2303,46.2616],[-81.3769,45.9798],[-78.5234,45.666],[-75.67,45.32]],"who":"Betty and Rick"},{"by":"car","nm":74,"coords":[[-75.67,45.32],[-76.49,44.23]]}]},{"marker":"boat","stops":[{"name":"Kuala Lumpur","lon":-258.29,"lat":2.745}],"legs":[{"by":"air","nm":1918,"coords":[[-75.669,45.322],[-76.3179,45.5261],[-76.9716,45.7265],[-77.6299,45.9231],[-78.2928,46.1159],[-78.9603,46.3049],[-79.6324,46.49],[-80.3091,46.671],[-80.9902,46.8481],[-81.6759,47.0211],[-82.3659,47.19],[-83.0602,47.3547],[-83.7589,47.5153],[-84.4618,47.6715],[-85.1688,47.8234],[-85.8799,47.971],[-86.5951,48.1141],[-87.3142,48.2528],[-88.0371,48.3869],[-88.7638,48.5165],[-89.4941,48.6416],[-90.2281,48.7619],[-90.9654,48.8776],[-91.7061,48.9886],[-92.4501,49.0948],[-93.1972,49.1962],[-93.9472,49.2928],[-94.7002,49.3845],[-95.4558,49.4713],[-96.2141,49.5531],[-96.9749,49.63],[-97.738,49.7019],[-98.5032,49.7687],[-99.2705,49.8305],[-100.0397,49.8873],[-100.8106,49.9389],[-101.5831,49.9854],[-102.3569,50.0267],[-103.1321,50.063],[-103.9083,50.094],[-104.6855,50.1199],[-105.4634,50.1405],[-106.2419,50.156],[-107.0208,50.1662],[-107.7999,50.1713],[-108.5792,50.1711],[-109.3583,50.1658],[-110.1372,50.1552],[-110.9157,50.1394],[-111.6935,50.1184],[-112.4706,50.0922],[-113.2468,50.0608],[-114.0218,50.0243],[-114.7956,49.9826],[-115.568,49.9358],[-116.3388,49.8839],[-117.1079,49.8268],[-117.8751,49.7647],[-118.6402,49.6975],[-119.4031,49.6253],[-120.1637,49.5481],[-120.9218,49.466],[-121.6774,49.3789],[-122.4301,49.2869],[-123.18,49.19]]},{"by":"air","nm":5545,"coords":[[-123.18,49.19],[-124.9285,50.0846],[-126.7424,50.952],[-128.6242,51.7902],[-130.5758,52.5973],[-132.5992,53.3711],[-134.6957,54.1094],[-136.8662,54.81],[-139.1111,55.4706],[-141.43,56.0887],[-143.8217,56.6619],[-146.2842,57.188],[-148.8144,57.6645],[-151.4082,58.0891],[-154.0605,58.4599],[-156.765,58.7749],[-159.5144,59.0322],[-162.3005,59.2306],[-165.1142,59.3687],[-167.9459,59.4459],[-170.7852,59.4615],[-173.6221,59.4157],[-176.4462,59.3085],[-179.2475,59.1406],[-182.0167,58.9132],[-184.745,58.6273],[-187.4247,58.2847],[-190.049,57.8872],[-192.6122,57.4368],[-195.1096,56.9357],[-197.5377,56.3862],[-199.8938,55.7907],[-202.1765,55.1514],[-204.3848,54.4709],[-206.5189,53.7515],[-208.5794,52.9955],[-210.5673,52.2051],[-212.4844,51.3825],[-214.3326,50.5297],[-216.1141,49.6487],[-217.8313,48.7413],[-219.4869,47.8094],[-221.0833,46.8545],[-222.6234,45.8782],[-224.1097,44.8819],[-225.545,43.867],[-226.9318,42.8347],[-228.2727,41.7863],[-229.5702,40.7228],[-230.8265,39.6452],[-232.04410000000001,38.5545],[-233.2251,37.4515],[-234.3716,36.3372],[-235.4856,35.2122],[-236.56900000000002,34.0773],[-237.6236,32.9331],[-238.65120000000002,31.7803],[-239.6534,30.6194],[-240.6318,29.4511],[-241.58780000000002,28.2757],[-242.5229,27.0939],[-243.4384,25.906],[-244.3356,24.7124],[-245.2158,23.5136],[-246.07999999999998,22.31]],"who":"Rick"},{"by":"air","nm":1373,"coords":[[-246.07999999999998,22.31],[-246.2895,22.0098],[-246.4981,21.7094],[-246.70589999999999,21.4087],[-246.9128,21.1078],[-247.1189,20.8066],[-247.3241,20.5052],[-247.5285,20.2035],[-247.7322,19.9016],[-247.935,19.5994],[-248.1372,19.2971],[-248.3385,18.9945],[-248.53910000000002,18.6917],[-248.7391,18.3887],[-248.9383,18.0854],[-249.1368,17.782],[-249.3347,17.4784],[-249.5318,17.1746],[-249.7284,16.8705],[-249.92430000000002,16.5663],[-250.1196,16.262],[-250.3143,15.9574],[-250.5084,15.6527],[-250.7019,15.3478],[-250.8949,15.0427],[-251.0873,14.7375],[-251.2792,14.4321],[-251.47050000000002,14.1265],[-251.66129999999998,13.8208],[-251.8517,13.515],[-252.04149999999998,13.209],[-252.23090000000002,12.9028],[-252.4198,12.5966],[-252.6082,12.2902],[-252.7962,11.9837],[-252.9838,11.677],[-253.171,11.3702],[-253.3578,11.0633],[-253.54410000000001,10.7563],[-253.7301,10.4492],[-253.9158,10.142],[-254.1011,9.8347],[-254.286,9.5272],[-254.4706,9.2197],[-254.6549,8.9121],[-254.8388,8.6044],[-255.02249999999998,8.2966],[-255.20589999999999,7.9887],[-255.389,7.6807],[-255.5718,7.3727],[-255.7544,7.0646],[-255.9368,6.7564],[-256.1189,6.4482],[-256.3008,6.1398],[-256.4824,5.8315],[-256.6639,5.523],[-256.8452,5.2145],[-257.0263,4.906],[-257.20730000000003,4.5974],[-257.38800000000003,4.2888],[-257.56870000000004,3.9801],[-257.7492,3.6714],[-257.9296,3.3626],[-258.1098,3.0538],[-258.29,2.745]]}]},{"marker":"boat","legs":[]}],"lead_in":[],"days":78,"gps_nm":542,"est_nm":0,"nm":542,"approx":false,"source":"PredictWind GPS","coords":[[-260.822,6.516],[-260.8071,6.5235],[-260.844,6.5675],[-260.8048,7.2985],[-260.7773,7.3985],[-260.7882,7.4291],[-260.8004,7.4433],[-260.9014,7.4492],[-261.0627,7.6045],[-261.2081,7.6895],[-261.3388,7.8174],[-261.5427,7.9702],[-261.5833,7.9843],[-261.5393,7.9634],[-261.5394,7.9073],[-261.5875,7.7957],[-261.6469,7.8235],[-261.608,7.7789],[-261.6556,7.5301],[-261.6979,7.4574],[-261.3746,7.1299],[-261.2513,7.0293],[-260.8332,6.5369],[-260.2823,6.2599],[-260.2567,6.2544],[-260.1799,6.3025],[-260.1503,6.3025],[-260.1825,6.3022],[-260.2321,6.2545],[-260.2204,6.1686],[-259.6866,5.4738],[-259.6834,5.46],[-259.7119,5.4915],[-259.767,5.513],[-259.8237,5.4918],[-259.8484,5.4736],[-259.855,5.4447],[-259.8503,5.3541],[-259.7475,5.0069],[-259.6617,4.8277],[-259.6975,4.7603],[-259.6534,4.7663],[-259.5549,4.4586],[-259.4562,4.2377],[-259.4749,4.2315],[-259.4418,4.1102],[-259.4386,4.0192],[-259.3501,3.8776],[-259.224,3.768],[-259.0273,3.3214],[-258.9332,3.0467],[-258.82,2.9045],[-258.7174,2.8811],[-258.6887,2.909]],"gpx":"data/gpx/home.gpx","flight_nm":16754}],"groups":[{"id":"before","title":"Before We Moved Aboard","when":"Dec 2014 – Aug 2015","text":["In December 2014 I wrote my first blog post: could our family of six really sail around the world?","Rick flew to Antigua for sail training in January 2015, while I studied for my RYA Day Skipper theory at home near Ottawa. On his return trip, Rick visited the Miami International Boat Show."],"icons":["house","plane"],"beats":[{"marker":"house","at":[-76.043,45.349],"stops":[{"name":"Carp, near Ottawa","lon":-76.043,"lat":45.349,"when":"Dec 2014"},{"name":"Annapolis boat show","lon":-76.484,"lat":38.976,"when":""}],"legs":[]},{"marker":"plane","stops":[{"name":"Antigua","lon":-61.78,"lat":17.02,"when":"Jan 2015"},{"name":"Miami boat show","lon":-80.13,"lat":25.79,"when":"Feb 2015"}],"leg_ms":1700,"legs":[{"by":"air","nm":1830,"coords":[[-75.669,45.322],[-75.3652,44.8968],[-75.0658,44.4707],[-74.7708,44.0439],[-74.48,43.6164],[-74.1934,43.1881],[-73.9107,42.7591],[-73.6319,42.3294],[-73.3569,41.8991],[-73.0856,41.4681],[-72.8179,41.0365],[-72.5536,40.6042],[-72.2928,40.1714],[-72.0352,39.738],[-71.7809,39.3041],[-71.5297,38.8695],[-71.2816,38.4345],[-71.0365,37.999],[-70.7942,37.5629],[-70.5548,37.1263],[-70.3181,36.6893],[-70.0841,36.2518],[-69.8527,35.8139],[-69.6238,35.3755],[-69.3975,34.9367],[-69.1735,34.4975],[-68.9518,34.0579],[-68.7325,33.6178],[-68.5154,33.1774],[-68.3005,32.7367],[-68.0876,32.2955],[-67.8769,31.854],[-67.6681,31.4122],[-67.4613,30.97],[-67.2565,30.5275],[-67.0534,30.0847],[-66.8522,29.6416],[-66.6528,29.1982],[-66.455,28.7545],[-66.259,28.3105],[-66.0646,27.8662],[-65.8717,27.4216],[-65.6804,26.9768],[-65.4906,26.5317],[-65.3023,26.0864],[-65.1154,25.6409],[-64.9299,25.1951],[-64.7458,24.749],[-64.5629,24.3028],[-64.3814,23.8563],[-64.2011,23.4096],[-64.022,22.9628],[-63.8441,22.5157],[-63.6673,22.0684],[-63.4917,21.6209],[-63.3171,21.1733],[-63.1436,20.7254],[-62.9711,20.2774],[-62.7997,19.8293],[-62.6291,19.3809],[-62.4595,18.9324],[-62.2909,18.4838],[-62.1231,18.035],[-61.9561,17.5861],[-61.79,17.137]],"who":"Rick"},{"by":"air","nm":1155,"coords":[[-61.79,17.137],[-62.063,17.2866],[-62.3364,17.4358],[-62.6102,17.5846],[-62.8846,17.7331],[-63.1593,17.8812],[-63.4346,18.0288],[-63.7102,18.1761],[-63.9864,18.3231],[-64.263,18.4696],[-64.5401,18.6157],[-64.8177,18.7614],[-65.0957,18.9067],[-65.3743,19.0515],[-65.6533,19.196],[-65.9328,19.34],[-66.2128,19.4836],[-66.4933,19.6268],[-66.7743,19.7696],[-67.0558,19.9119],[-67.3378,20.0537],[-67.6203,20.1951],[-67.9033,20.3361],[-68.1868,20.4766],[-68.4709,20.6166],[-68.7555,20.7562],[-69.0406,20.8953],[-69.3262,21.034],[-69.6124,21.1721],[-69.8991,21.3098],[-70.1863,21.447],[-70.4741,21.5837],[-70.7624,21.7199],[-71.0513,21.8556],[-71.3407,21.9908],[-71.6307,22.1255],[-71.9212,22.2596],[-72.2123,22.3933],[-72.5039,22.5264],[-72.7961,22.659],[-73.0889,22.7911],[-73.3822,22.9227],[-73.6761,23.0537],[-73.9706,23.1841],[-74.2656,23.314],[-74.5612,23.4434],[-74.8574,23.5722],[-75.1542,23.7004],[-75.4515,23.8281],[-75.7495,23.9552],[-76.048,24.0817],[-76.3471,24.2077],[-76.6468,24.333],[-76.9471,24.4578],[-77.248,24.582],[-77.5495,24.7055],[-77.8516,24.8285],[-78.1543,24.9509],[-78.4576,25.0726],[-78.7615,25.1938],[-79.066,25.3143],[-79.3711,25.4342],[-79.6768,25.5534],[-79.9831,25.672],[-80.29,25.79]]},{"by":"air","nm":1194,"coords":[[-80.29,25.79],[-80.2324,26.0963],[-80.1745,26.4026],[-80.1162,26.7088],[-80.0577,27.0151],[-79.9988,27.3213],[-79.9396,27.6274],[-79.8801,27.9336],[-79.8203,28.2397],[-79.7601,28.5458],[-79.6995,28.8519],[-79.6386,29.158],[-79.5773,29.464],[-79.5157,29.77],[-79.4536,30.0759],[-79.3912,30.3819],[-79.3284,30.6878],[-79.2652,30.9937],[-79.2016,31.2995],[-79.1376,31.6053],[-79.0732,31.9111],[-79.0083,32.2168],[-78.943,32.5226],[-78.8772,32.8282],[-78.811,33.1339],[-78.7443,33.4395],[-78.6772,33.7451],[-78.6096,34.0506],[-78.5414,34.3561],[-78.4728,34.6616],[-78.4037,34.967],[-78.3341,35.2724],[-78.2639,35.5777],[-78.1932,35.883],[-78.122,36.1883],[-78.0501,36.4935],[-77.9778,36.7987],[-77.9048,37.1038],[-77.8313,37.4089],[-77.7571,37.7139],[-77.6824,38.0189],[-77.607,38.3239],[-77.531,38.6288],[-77.4543,38.9336],[-77.377,39.2384],[-77.299,39.5432],[-77.2203,39.8478],[-77.1409,40.1525],[-77.0608,40.4571],[-76.9799,40.7616],[-76.8983,41.0661],[-76.816,41.3705],[-76.7329,41.6748],[-76.649,41.9791],[-76.5642,42.2834],[-76.4787,42.5875],[-76.3923,42.8916],[-76.3051,43.1957],[-76.217,43.4997],[-76.128,43.8036],[-76.0381,44.1074],[-75.9473,44.4112],[-75.8555,44.7148],[-75.7627,45.0185],[-75.669,45.322]]}]}],"photos":[{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/learning-_rick_onlinecourse.png","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/route-thumbs/learning-_rick_onlinecourse-route-150x150.jpg","lon":-81.5,"lat":50.5,"caption":"Chartwork on our table in Carp, near Ottawa.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2014/12/31/sailing-navigation-without-gps/"},{"src":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dreamin-big-annapolis-boat-show-catamaran.jpg","thumb":"https://aphrodite.cat/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dreamin-big-annapolis-boat-show-catamaran-150x150.jpg","lon":-75.0,"lat":38.2,"caption":"Paul on a catamaran trampoline at the Annapolis boat show.","link":"https://aphrodite.cat/2024/01/01/from-house-to-sailboat-a-road-trip/"}],"summary":"A blog post in December 2014 started it all. By August 2015 we had learned to sail, bought SV Aphrodite, packed up our house and moved aboard.","members":[1,2,3],"passages":0,"gps_nm":0,"est_nm":0,"gpx":"data/gpx/group-before.gpx"},{"id":"florida-bahamas","title":"Florida and the Bahamas","when":"Sep 2015 – May 2016","text":["Our first eight months living aboard, when the boat, the weather and our routines were all still new to us."],"summary":"Sailing with kids began in Florida. Then we crossed the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas.","members":[4,5],"passages":2,"gps_nm":732,"est_nm":434,"gpx":"data/gpx/group-florida-bahamas.gpx"},{"id":"the-caribbean","title":"The Caribbean","when":"May 2016 – Dec 2021","text":["From the Bahamas we sailed on to Luperón, where our six years in the Caribbean began."],"summary":"Six years in the Caribbean: a hurricane season in Luperón, the long run down the island chain and the pandemic in Grenada. We left for Panama in November 2021.","members":[6,7,8,9,10],"passages":5,"gps_nm":4807,"est_nm":5279,"gpx":"data/gpx/group-the-caribbean.gpx"},{"id":"panama","title":"Panama","when":"Dec 2021 – May 2022","text":["Crossing the Panama Canal was a big step: it meant we were on our way to crossing the Pacific Ocean and beyond."],"summary":"We crossed the Panama Canal in December 2021, and on the Pacific side we waited for a new generator.","members":[11,12],"passages":2,"gps_nm":794,"est_nm":0,"gpx":"data/gpx/group-panama.gpx"},{"id":"pacific","title":"Crossing the Pacific","when":"May 2022 – May 2023","text":["Night watches meant some sleep deprivation and calm nights under more stars than we'd ever seen. Dolphins rode our bow wave more than once, and booby birds hitched a ride on deck."],"summary":"We crossed the Pacific by way of the equator, the Galápagos, the Marquesas, French Polynesia and Tonga. Then we spent a summer in New Zealand.","members":[13,14,15,16,17,18,19],"passages":7,"gps_nm":8389,"est_nm":0,"gpx":"data/gpx/group-pacific.gpx"},{"id":"melanesia","title":"Melanesia","when":"May – Nov 2023","text":["With winter's arrival in New Zealand, and our supply of warm clothing running thin, we were eager to head north to Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea."],"summary":"A gale on the way to Fiji, then Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.","members":[20,21,22,23],"passages":4,"gps_nm":3832,"est_nm":0,"gpx":"data/gpx/group-melanesia.gpx"},{"id":"micronesia-philippines","title":"Micronesia and the Philippines","when":"Dec 2023 – Apr 2024","text":["Micronesia and the Philippines are neighbours on the map, but they felt worlds apart."],"summary":"We crossed the equator again to Chuuk and Yap, then spent two months in the Philippines.","members":[24,25],"passages":2,"gps_nm":3004,"est_nm":0,"gpx":"data/gpx/group-micronesia-philippines.gpx"},{"id":"southeast-asia","title":"Southeast Asia","when":"Apr 2024 – Aug 2026","text":["Rick has wanted our children to experience Southeast Asia for as long as I can remember. He had previously traveled to Asia for work. His colleague from Ottawa, Dave Garrard, moved to Kuala Lumpur for work and liked it so much he stayed.","Sailing here let us catch up with Dave and his wife Nonny."],"summary":"Malaysia and Thailand, a 322-day refit in Langkawi, and then Betty left for university in Canada.","members":[26,27,28,29],"passages":4,"gps_nm":2975,"est_nm":0,"gpx":"data/gpx/group-southeast-asia.gpx"}]}