Vancouver to Singapore… Singapore to Poland… Twenty three thousand miles, under the sun and free.
~Excerpt from the Class Afloat Song

To say that this trip is over would be jumping slightly ahead of myself. Instead I prefer to think that it’s slowing down for the summer, hibernating in a way, preparing to return in full force […]

May 30
Money is easy to make if it is money you want.  But with few exceptions people don’t want money.  They want comfort and love and admiration.
~John Steinbeck

Ah, on the rolling seas once again; our minds relieved from our tiring antics in port.  We realize that in only twelve days our feet will feel the […]

May 22

If a tourist says he’s a traveler, then what’s a traveler?
~myself

Wow, we are sailing. This morning, upon awakening, I had the sudden realization that what I considered my wall was now my floor. Its something you have to get used to on a sailing ship. Anyways, since it is the first time we have […]

 May 17

Another sail, another day, another class, another entry: now. I have solved my calamity of computer lacking through the usage of the classroom computer. This makes sense; why didn’t I think of it before?

In English today Ms. Harris enlightened us with some travel tips from the author of the Alchemist. She grabbed an anthology […]

Ok, so here is the deal.  Due to the massive amount of pictures that I have put on my Flickr account (my old photo site), they have decided to limit my account to a total of 100 pictures or so.  Because of this I have changed my service to Picasa.  Although unorganized you should be […]

So this is the post I wrote at sea…  Short I know.  Oh and I fixed those links in the last post so go check out the pics of my cabin and my ship.   
 
May 6
For those who have not yet heard, my computer has suffered greatly in these past few days.  Indeed, upon arriving in Athens, […]

Eh…  This is mighty unfortunate…  I traveled all this way to this internet cafe and I brought everything EXCEPT my “sail to malta” post.  Dammit.  Ill put it in with my next sail’s post due to how short my next sail will be.
As for some interesting things, I uploaded some pictures of my most recent […]

A story by my brother and my friend; Jason.
Gnarled fingers danced a solemn minuet across a dark fingerboard, bounding and pirouetting across strings. The fingers, which looked so old and decrepit that it was a wonder that they could even hold an instrument, much less play it, gracefully kept time with the accompanying music emanating […]

April 26
Peace begins with a smile.
Mother Theresa

Greece has passed, and once again we have set to sea.  New conversations, new thoughts, new pictures, same people.  To the black sea we say, as we haul our lines away.  With little to do, apart from classes and ship-work, we read and play.  Perhaps Indiana Jones will grace […]

April 20
There is nothing permanent except change.
~Unknown

The majestic Concordia sailed out of Port Said, ready to escape the clinging sands of Egypt. We took with us a large export of sickness; Egypt’s sharp reminder that once visited it is not quickly forgotten. Luckily for us, it was the usual collection of the shits […]

The biggest defect of humankind is our shortsightedness.
~M. Albom – Tuesdays in Morrie

March 24, 2007
Two days ago we set sail for Egypt, leaving the exotic Port Sultan Quaboos far behind.  Now, 250 nautical miles into our journey, some of us are realizing how many more miles we have to go.  From now until we reach […]

So I am going to try and start writing my jounal on my computer then uploading it to the Bloon each port.  I have to write it in Anthropology anyways, might as well make this time useful.  So here it goes!
Mar 7
Today was quick, painless and otherwise unnote-worthy.  On day-watch I ended up […]

We are finally leaving Singapore after a short delay of three days due to us waiting on a part shipment.  But now that we have the part, and its been installed, our skipper has announced that we are setting sail (actually motoring) at 1400 hours today.  Also known as 24 minutes from right now.  All […]

4:25 PM January 19, 2007
Today I experienced something that very few people have ever experienced.  Well, thats not entirely true as I have no idea how many people have been hit by lightning while on a barkentine…  Indeed my friends, today at the above time… the S.V. Concordia had her lightning rod tested while in […]

In class, thinking…  Not much of a bottle…  Just thought I would throw this overboard and see what people think.

Competition furthers humanity, fuels greed, and gives people reason to shine.
~Me

My oh my… I am going back to the ship tomorrow morning… At 6… AM.
Well, my friends, I had a oh so awesome time here with yall; good parties… interesting new tidbits of gossip… late nights… trying new things…
Anyways, all in all, this has had to […]

“G’day Mate, how ya goin?”
-Stereotypical Australian Hello

It’s been a while since my last entry hasn’t it?  I guess you guys have some crazy questions eh?  Well I hope this little FAQ will help you out.
Question 1: WHY THE HELL HAVN’T I HEARD FROM CARL?
Answer 1: Ok, so were going to start out with the angry […]

Bonjour mes amis!  Je suis dans New Caledonia, et c’est tres tres beau (belle most possibly….)
Yup french land.  It feels like I have just entered europe with the little side streets, some gothic architechture (was that spelled right?), and plenty of absolutly amazing bakeries….  Yumm.  Just right now I have a bag filled with the […]

Bula! (hello in fiji)
Long time, no talk. Ok only a week, but wowzers, I miss yall. Well, only alittle.
I gotta say, I am unfortunatly uninspired to write right now but I will do my best.
First: People. Indeed, people are people and there shall be thy ruffles. But all […]

Bald… 
Big news!  Carl is shaved!  Yup, my dome is tres smooth and I love it.  Plus I don’t think it looks half bad.  And if you don’t like it, you can suck it.    Check the photos out on my flcikr account. (check the sidebar on this post)
Apart from that, I am […]

Wow, this is unexpected.  Once again, not in character due to this being written on a extremely slow connection.  Basically we are all using a unsecure research wireless connection.  Pretty funny really.
Anyways, I am sure you are all wondering why I am using the internet two weeks before I get to Samoa, well…  We had […]

Ahoy there maties… I would love to do this post in character but I simply don’t have enough time right now. So if you don’t mind, this will be a improve e-mail like post chronicalling my times at sea. (and in hawaii) So here we go…
The first week for those who wern’t […]

It was late and I was groggy…
My mates and I spent a long night at Ye Old Barnacle, where we are quite well known. Upon departure I merrily staggered towards me ship… Up the gangplank… And into my bunk.
I woke to the swells of the ocean and the sounds of a very […]