Sea Dragon Ships Blog

The part we remember about exploration stories is the sudden glory of discovery- typically beyond what the determined travelers even imagine...

00Degrees00Minutes00Seconds 8Knots See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil. Elton, Tommy, Stephen. Three scared little monkeys sitting in t...

We’ve reached the last week of this long leg, and we are still having a great time. The weather gets more exciting as we drop south, with da...

Magical Mystical Moments... 0127 hrs Dale, Steve and Tom on watch; we amble around in the half asleep doze/alert night-watch mode; 12-15 kn...

In accordance with ancient maritime tradition, the first time equator crossers aboard Sea Dragon paid penance to the sea god Neptune today. ...

This heat is unlike anything I’ve ever felt before. As we drive further and further south towards Brazil, the temperature swells to an oppre...

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Sea Dragon is now really heading south, towards the Equator and tropical weather. There is more to sailing a boat in the tropics than warmer...

The cry of "Land ahead!" marked our arrival in Cape Verde. First ahead of us was the large mountainous island of Santo Antao, whic...

What a great feeling, climbing aboard Sea Dragon again after just over 2 months of revitalizing time back home in Lanzarote, Canary Islands,...

After 3 days of fierce storms with gale force winds, bone chilling temperatures, ferocious rain and frightening lightening storms we finally...

For the past few days the sea has been an ever-shifting mirror, reflecting a distortion of the cloud streaked azure sky. Long rolling swells...

While there is a lot of history behind sailing crews spinning yarns about the great seas they encounter, recent news suggest the Sea Dragon ...

The first part of this passage has been more like a re-run of the Bermuda leg. Catching the bottom edge of the same storms that are pounding...

The Azores are a beautiful set of islands. Although, I have to say that they would have been a lot been a lot better during the summer when ...

We've been out of Horta Harbor for over 24 hours with early calm seas and light winds. Past the lee, we got quite a surprise. The weathe...

The mental rot of being in port- close to land and in the flat water of the harbor - was beginning to set in as our time in the Azores appr...

Island of the whales, Azores the volcanic island of beauty. Here I completed my first Atlantic crossing on a sailboat. Now most of our great...

The Journey started in sunny Bermuda although there were days where the weather went south and we experienced gale force winds. Bermuda was ...

As the TTA (Time To Arrival) dropped from days to hours, the vibe amongst the crew turned from anxious to zealous with the notion of making ...

Sailing vessels, expeditions, and especially families need the best of crew. Today, we are glad to announce a major new addition. Atlas Seym...

This storm was really the perfect storm; stirred but not shaken with a sense of danger but not dangerous. Just a nice taster for green fish ...

I watched John approaching my bunk in the rocking, green LED lit corridor. 0545: he was coming to wake us up for our next six-hour watch. “S...

There are rare times when the drama of the high seas spreads all the way back to the "support" team members. On this leg, with Por...

We are five days from Bermuda, and a bit more than halfway to our waypoint in the center of the North Atlantic Gyre. Despite a bout of rough...

We are five days from Bermuda, and a bit more than halfway to our waypoint in the center of the North Atlantic Gyre. Despite a bout of r...