Jacksonville-Bermuda-Newport

Racing sailors called the Bermuda passage “thrash to the onion patch.” But when we took the Mirage Great Harbour N37 to Bermuda in late August 2002, the only thrashing was the luckless yellowfin tuna we hooked third day out.I’ve always said that the worst passages make the best memories and the best stories, while the good passages tend to blend together over time. Despite this truism, rare is the mariner who looks for trouble, though there are a few.     Read more...

Ho’Okele, a 37-foot Great Harbour Trawler, left from Green Cove Springs in fall 2002 and arrived in Honolulu in early April 2003.The 2,274-mile Hawaii took 337.5 hours, or almost exactly two weeks.