On Sept. 3, 1997, Dick & Pat Bennett, Bob & Leslie (daughter) Fischer family set out to sail around the world. Their nine-year adventure took them to countries and islands covering about 95 percent of the world! This story begins in Seattle shortly after the marriage of youngest daughter, Leslie and Bob Fisher. The honeymooners stayed on the voyage for 18 months. Dick and Pat’s complete voyage finally ended on June 4, 2006 after nine years. Our itinerary: Our sailing took us down the U.S. coast into Mexico, through the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, around Africa and across the Atlantic into Florida. We explored islands in Polynesia like the Marquesas, the Societies, the Cooks, Niue, and Tonga. In Melanesia, we stopped at Fiji, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia. We crossed the Coral Sea and spent several months in New Zealand and Australia, where we explored the Great Barrier Reef and the Australian Outback before heading to Papua New Guinea. We traveled the Timor Sea past Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean to the Cocos Keeling Islands, and on to the Comoros Islands. We sailed down the dangerous Mozambique Channel to the east coast of Africa and Cape Town. We sailed the Atlantic to Saint Helena Island, Ilha de Fernando de Noronha off the coast of Brazil, and into Trinidad. Stopping at many Caribbean ports. We finally made our way up the west coast of Florida to Bradenton, FL and settled in Cortez, FL My book about our travels has just been released and is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble: The Travels and Adventures of Our Pleasure Photos of our sailboat can be viewed on You Tube under the title: Cruising Ketch Our Pleasure
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 22:03:56 +0000
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