Capt. Alex 22 January 2011 | Palau Palau is the westernmost island group of Micronesia and one of the prettiest places imaginable comprising of mushroom shaped rock islands and having underwater flora and fauna that rivals any on earth. Its history is colorful with its ancient money of huge stone circles with holes in them[…]

Captain Alex 23 January 2011 | Somewhere near Palau Ben did one last back flip off the government dock before casting the lines and raising sail. We had a good start with the wind and needed it in order to make it to the Toagel Mlungui pass 15 miles away with enough light to get[…]

captain alex 29 January 2011 | bocas grande island The good winds of 20 knots kept us moving along nicely and at supper time we all got some good laughs when Ben went to powder his spaghetti with parmesan in the cockpit and instead coated Kirk who was dining on the leeward side. Later that[…]

captain alex 31 January 2011 | hinatuan pass The plan was to wake in the morning and continue on towards Cebu, but a monsoon rainstorm had hit and with visibility near zero there was no chance of navigating the islands and reef so we decided to stay put for the day to wait it out.[…]

captain alex 11 February 2011 | Cebu, Philipines We did an overnight in Surigao on Mindanao island rafting up with a fishing vessel with 20 or so Phlipinos aboard. We had been warned to watch out for MILFs (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) who had been trying since 1978 to set up an Islamic state there[…]

captain alex 13 February 2011 | cebu yacht club, philipines The typhoon never materialized as work continued on Bubbles and with the engine, toilet and stove all in pieces under repair and myself, Ben, Kirk and Shannon along with the the Philipina cousins Angel and Jane all staying aboard she was a full boat and[…]

paul turc 14 February 2011 | romblon island, philippines I arrived around midnight in Cebu City absolutely exhausted due to a 26-hour travel day from Las Vegas. I told myself in the plane that I would be going straight to sleep upon arrival in Cebu. Alex had other plans. He greeted me at the airport[…]

captain alex 24 February 2011 | borocay, philippine islands We arrived just after sunrise into the island of Romblon and after barely missing the unmarked reefs that weren’t on the Garmin charts (kirk saved us from the first and benito from the second) we caught a mooring in front of a massive marble quarry. After[…]

valentine 25 February 2011 | coron island, phillipines I like to ride the local bus. Wherever I go I think ‘screw the air con’ and the very westernly concept of ‘one person, one seat’ and I bear with most of asia’s insane, chaotic organization of public transport. Then I experience what I like to think[…]