Our short passage from Tobago to Trinidad on September 2, 2013
completed our circumnavigation of earth. We were last here in 2009.
We estimate that 42,000 miles have slipped below the keel of
our home since our departure in 2008. We
have burned 15,616 gallons of diesel fuel to move our mighty ship. The average price of fuel for the entire
voyage was $3.74/gallon with a total spent of $58,476. Highest price we paid for fuel was $7.21/ gallon
in Saint Helena Island and the cheapest fuel was $0.03/gallon in Venezuela.
What is hard to measure is the richness added to each of our
lives by this adventure. The smile on
Emily’s face as she swam with dolphins in the Bahamas and sea lions in
Galapagos will be with us forever in our memories. Her feeling of pride when she got
her SCUBA certification in Fiji and the entire crews’ sense of accomplishment as
we landed in Fatu Hiva after 21 days at sea would have been hard to duplicate
on land.
We were blessed by people around the globe who opened their
hearts and homes to us. People like Tiara,
the 13 year old girl in Fiji that invited Emily into her home and into her school
for a day. Or the family in Tonga who adopted
us and invited us to their church on Sunday and a pig roast feast in honor of
Fine's 65th birthday.
11 comments:
Congratulations the the whole crew of Emily Grace! An amazing achievement that you will remember for the rest of your lives. We hope that Tahina will be doing the same in a couple of years or so.
Bravo sir
I would love to read all the Stats about your journey-- IE: Fuel Consumption/Engine Hours and what ever else you have logged...
The log for Emily Grace must be pretty big after a circumnavigation of the earth!!
Not many folks can say they have done what you folks have on a beautiful vessel...
I won't say congratulations till you made it back to your home port...
Congratulations, Kim, Tom and Emily! We have followed you all the way and you have enlightened us as well as yourselves. We've vicariously enjoyed every minute of it! Wishing you safe travels the rest of the way and a wonderful life in your new home on land. Emily will have many experiences to share when she enters school and we know her grandmother and the rest of the family will be thrilled to see her- you too of course, but grandchildren are special:-)!
Phyllis and Dick Gruskin
Wow!
Yes you did!
We've followed you guys from the beginning.
Emily, you have wonderful parents,
Tom and Kim, you've given your daughter a gift so very few have ever received and we're sure those gifts are mutual.
The rewards will follow for you all.
Congratulations.
Wow!
Congratulations guys! Tremendous achievement. Hopefully we'll share an anchorage with you again someday. We were reminded recently that the world is round and paths cross and recross when we hung out with sv Pickles in Malaysia... yoru raft-up buddies from the Panama canal!
"...What we found was that the world is indeed an amazing place filled with beautiful and interesting people." -Alex Rust, right? Or did that originate from someone else?
Welcome to the time zone. It seems like only yesterday you learned to dock at Gwenmore. I have loved following your voyage and look forward to seeing you when you get back home. What an amazing education you have given Emily.
Susie/SV Evensong
I met you around the Panama Canal and have been following you since then. Your posts have been so interesting; you have a remarkable gift for description and you pick such interesting things to tell about. I'm sure you will be glad to get home, but I will miss you when this is all over. Thank you so much!
Congratulations on your wonderful achievement. Your lives will be filled with great stories.
One of our favorite cruising stories is the day we spent with you while we were in the Maskelyne Islands of Vanuatu on Children's day. Emily demonstrated oragami and we involved the village in a huge game of blackout BINGO! What fun! What is your next adventure?
Roz and Russ from S/V Worrall Wind, now land lubbers in California.
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