Finding Gary and Karina

Hi everyone

We aren't on facebook (or what ever the latest fad is) so while you probably know we are going away for a while, you may have no idea how to communicate with us while we are on our voyage.  The truth is, since this is our first time, we aren't sure either...  We will try to make it as simple as possible but keep in mind that things may change in the future as we sort all of this out.

Here is our contact card to copy into what ever program (or paper book) you use.  Be sure to read the further explanations below it.

Thanks in advance for everyone's support in this adventure.  One of the hardest things we will deal with is leaving our friends and family.  Just because you don't hear from us, doesn't mean we aren't thinking of you.  Keeping in touch will certainly be a priority for us but there may be an adjustment period as we leave the connectivity we are all used to.

Gary Peacock and Karina McQueen

Address:  We are keeping our normal home address.  Email us if you don't know what it is

Phone: all gone

email both of us:  searover at our address

email Gary: gary at our blog address

email Karina: karina at our blog address

blog: www.svsearover.com

spot tracker:  SeaRover's Spot page

AIS Tracker: MarineTraffic.com

Skype:  email us for address

Notes:

Snail mail address:  Mail is being forwarded to a very kind person who probably doesn't want to sort through stacks of mail for us.  Unless you want them to know about your goings on over the year, you probably don't need to send us a Christmas card or Birthday card.  Email us instead!

Phone:  We are giving up all of our phone numbers... check out our blog for the latest info on this front.

Email:  THE BEST WAY TO GET A HOLD OF US.  Please make a note of the above listed addresses and delete the rest.  This is our main method of communicating.  Please try your best not to get us on a spam list.  Never type our addresses into a "send a link" button on any website.

Blog:  Yes, we know nothing is on it yet...  This is our project while off the grid this summer.  Stay tuned.  We will do our best to make this the place you go for info on where we are and what we are up to.

Spot Tracker:  Sponsored by Mom and Dad.  We will do our best to remember to turn it on, don't worry if we drop off the map...  Its technology.

AIS Tracker:  Only works where there is a VHF station near by.  Pretty cool website.  Again, don't worry if we drop off the map..

Skype:  We haven't used this too much yet, but this may become our voice link to the world.  Feel free to add us as a contact (gary.peacock.lhits).  Internet on the boat can be spotty so if you want to talk, email us first and we'll confirm a time to connect.

That's it so far.  We'll post any changes onto our blog as we learn all this stuff.

Gary

In Niue

Hi everyone.

We had pretty big seas but the crossing from Cooks was good. 

We have spent a couple of good days here but now it is time to head on. 

The spot doesn't seem to be working so don't expect to see any posts.  

See you in Samoa. 

Heading to Warmer Places!

Today we are heading to warmer places in the south pacific.

We will post if we can.

We will take our spot with us so hopefully you can follow our progress from the Cook Islands to Nuie then to Tonga and finally to Western Samoa.

From there we will fly to Hawaii where I will hop on Red Heather to bring her back to Squamish.

Everyone have a great couple of months.

 

Work is done on Sea Rover II (for now)

Hi Everyone

Over the past couple of months we have been hard at work on Sea Rover II.  We got the rigging done, cleaned up the hull, fixed the rudder, serviced 9 seacocks, 2 stuffing boxes and put in a full new instrument package.  I will have a number of posts on what was done in a separate section.  More to come when we have time.

 

Email to Blog Test

The direct email to blog posting feature of Blogger is going to be extremely important while away from Civilization.  Using SSB and Sailmail we should be able to post brief updates anywhere in the great blue sea.  I think we can also attach pictures as well but that wont happen with our connection speed of 4kps.

Work In Progress Alert!

I'm going to be experimenting with various techniques, templates and formats here.  Bare with me while I get things sorted.

Life begins as a Sea Bum

Back in the early 90's I was a Ski Bum.  Life was good.  Life was about living.  I learned lots and eventually had to grow up.  I became a worker bee, followed my heart and made some good decisions.  Life was good.  Life was still about living.  20 years have passed and life became about working, not living.  It was time to make a change.  This blog will chronicle the new journey as a Sea Bum.  Life is good again!