Blue View – The Last Pandemic from a Sailor’s View

Blue View – The Last Pandemic from a Sailor’s View

The last pandemic occurred in 2009 while we were on a long passage from Easter Island to Pitcairn Island. Our communications at sea were limited and we were totally unaware that the H1N1 swine flu epidemic had become a full fledged, worldwide pandemic. Thus we were quite surprised to discover that Pitcairn had closed its port and wasn’t allowing any new arrivals to land…

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Thanksgivings Through the Years

Thanksgivings Through the Years

Over the past two decades, we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving in many different places … sometimes in the USA where it’s actually a major holiday and sometimes in foreign ports where we sought to share some American traditions with local friends who considered it just another Thursday in November.  Come take a look at past Thanksgivings with us.

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