SV MOOSE - Cruising the world

"Lovely it is, when the winds are stirring up the waves on the sea, to gaze out from the land on the great efforts of someone else." (Lucretius)

Hi, we're Duncan & Irene. I come from New Brunswick, Canada and Irene is from Groningen in northern Holland. We met when we were living in Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles and got the boat bug there. Since then we have sailed half way around the world on the dear old "Moose", our 39' cutter. We're currently sailing around Langkawi, Malaysia, and the Thai islands. We've just returned from a brief stint teaching school in Thailand (see the blog) and I acquired a new tattoo there - two barn swallows on my left forearm. I thought swallows symbolized freedom, but Irene has just informed me that the old sailors traditionally tattooed a swallow for every 5000 miles of sea that they had navigated. We've gone 27,000 miles so far. To avoid having to refer to my left as my flocking arm I've decided to get a telephone pole tattooed at my elbow and another at my wrist. I can then perch more swallows on the wire as the need arises.
On another level, our travelling has given us fresh perceptions of people and the places that are their homes; views through doors that were previously closed. At the same time we've changed; we've sort of become citizens of the water and what was originally a voyage turned into a lifestyle. So, welcome and please check out the stories, movies and photos

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Our latest 5 diary entries

10 photos
	30th Nov 2008
	Cruising Thailand; Phuket! (Duncan)
	Irene and I just got back from a month cruising Thailand and it was, well, underwhelming. We sailed up from Malaysia (actually, let’s get this straight from the outset, we motored, in fact we had the motor run...
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	30th Nov 2008
	Cruising de Thaise eilanden aan de westkust - niet echt mijn favoriet!
	We liggen in een marina met Moose. Wel lekker hoor, zeker na al die weken in Thailand. We zijn nu in Rebak, een klein eilandje dat behoort bij Langkawi, Malaysie. Heerlijk rustig, zwembad, tennisbanen en water...
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	28th Oct 2008
	What’s the nicest country you have seen? (Irene - English)
	We hear this question all the time, and it does not become easier to answer…. But here is a try…. We have different reasons for different countries, but in general I must say that the Pacific...
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	5th Sep 2008
	1.9 is the magic number! (Irene - English)
	We’re on the hard, again…..This time in Satun, Thailand, just across the border from Malaysia. Moose is in need of some TLC (tender, love and care) and man, this is the best boatyard we have seen in age...
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	5th Sep 2008
	1.9 is het magische getal! (Irene - Nederlands)
	Wij staan weer eens op het droge met Moose....In Satun, Thailand, deze keer, vlak over de grens van Malaysie. Het was wel even schrikken op weg hier naar toe: we liepen vast aan de grond. We gebruikten waypoints van...
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