SOME PEOPLE WHO CREWED WITH US

Greg, 27 from London, UK. Always ready to go and explore anytime anywhere, Greg enjoyed as well the slow times, of which there were plenty whenever doing the long passages or in remote islands in Mozambique, where bad weather kept us segregated aboard with nothing to do for days (nothing to do except gorge on fresh lobsters and octopus!). We had real pleasure sharing with him the boat and the discoveries along the way (sifakas, whales, dugongs).

Embarked in: Nosy Be, Madagascar
Disembarked in: Richard's Bay, South Africa
Approx. miles sailed: 1700

Ken, 29 from Canada. When not gene sequencing back in Vancouver Ken likes to kitesurf his heart out at every possible chance, along with his burning passion for photography. He endured bravely the shifts from Mauritius to Madagascar and got to see "whale highway" while rounding Cap d'Ambre on a seven knots average sail: it was hard getting him OFF the steering wheel!

Embarked in: Port Louis, Mauritius
Disembarked in: Nosy Be, Madagascar
Approx. miles sailed: 1200

Luc, 25 from Ontario, Canada. After saving up from tree-planting in Canada and "ingrish" teaching in Korea, Luc was ready to take on the Indian Ocean with us. Another crewmember with almost zero sailing experience, he turned out to be a natural helmsman and sailed us smoothly from Malaysia to Sri Lanka and then on to Gan, Maldives. Whenever Luc steered, the boat seemed magically to stop rocking and rolling, somehow he had an instinct for taking the swell with a soft hand on the helm. These were the only times we could ever get some sleep!
Boarded in: Langkawi, Malaysia
Disembarked in: Addu, Maldives
Approx. miles sailed: 1900

Stephanie, 25 from London. Three months aboard took her from crazy Singapore to remote beach-combing, night sailing through fields of tankers and cargoes, and discovering what snorkeling can be. We went up the Malacca strait to Phuket and back. She left Keturah to volunteer for a charity in Nigeria.
Boarded in: Singapore
Disembarked in: Penang
Approx. miles sailed: 920

Peter, a Dane born and raised in Thailand. Along with his fishing rods and gear, he brought with him fascinating stories of life among the Karen and Hmong hill tribes. We were going to have squid fishing competition but the squids never materialized for us to have a go.

Embarked in: Kudat, Borneo, Malaysia
Disembarked in: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Approx. miles sailed: 150

Maika and Thorbjorn from Denmark. We had a delightful time sailing up from Sebana Cove to Tioman, had Tulai Island all to ourselves for three days and a great short sail in a stiff breeze coming into Tioman. After an uneventful crossing from Tioman to Miri, Sarawak they continued their voyage onwards to China.

Embarked in: Sebana Cove, Johor, Malaysia
Disembarked in: Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
Approx. miles sailed: 800

Shaun, 21 from UK. Shaun was cruising the Med on a Canadian boat planning to go around the world the wrong way without an anchor windlass. Getting a bit fed up of that he decided to come enjoy the first class comforts aboard Keturah: a dry bunk and a windlass working every other time. He sailed on Keturah from Singapore to Langkawi where he got offered a job on mount Fuji, a new unmissable experience to pursue. I cherish his D&B collection I've copied and his skill in befriending Penang's rickshaw drivers. Currently reformed good boy in college.

Embarked in: Singapore
Disembarked in: Langkawi
Approx. miles sailed: 500


Klaus, 31, from Austria. After graduating this year in Telecommunications, Klaus decided to have his first trip outside Europe, and since he was at it have a spell on Keturah also.
Embarked in: Singapore
Disembarked in: Lumut
Approx. miles sailed: 300

Carlos from NYC came to Kudat after trekking a while in the jungle. He was pretty much the reason I could get out of the boatyard before 2011! We had lots of fun in Kudat in spite of the murderous job of prepping and painting the bottom, then finally went on to Mantanani island, KK, Brunei and all the way to Singapore.
Embarked in: Kudat, Malaysia
Disembarked in: Singapore
Approx. miles sailed: 900

Me and Jennie sailed together a few years back into the Indian Ocean and Chagos. Having kept in touch and hearing that I finally got my boat it has been a long while she wanted to come check it out...and she did. She helped out tremendously with the bottom job in Kudat's boatyard and sailed to a few nice islands before continuing her travels in Asia.
Embarked in: Kudat, Malaysia
Disembarked in: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Approx. miles sailed: 100

Andy is a US airline pilot. Having a month off and wanting to sail, he joined us in Dumaguete. Together we went to Tubbataha reef and then on to Puerto Princesa. We enjoyed dissertating with him on life, religion and politics while crunching some good sailing miles under the keel. Getting a bit stuck waiting for parts here meant that the month pretty much ran out, but not before we went on a motorcycle tour of the area.

Embarked in: Dumaguete, PI
Disembarked in: Puerto Princesa, PI
Approx. miles sailed: 300

Kevin from Manchester came aboard in Port Carmen when we got out of the boatyard;after new paint, new dinghy and new floor the boat was an absolute mess. He really helped out in the cleanup and after re provisioning in Cebu off we went again to Balicasag, Siquijor and Apo islands on our way to Palawan. He got to dive quite a bit and left in Bombonon in order to travel the rest of Asia. He is currently a secret agent in Chennai, India.

Embarked in: Cebu, PI
Disembarked in: Bombonon, Negros, PI
Approx. miles sailed: 150

Cat is a 'traveling nurse', means she is a nurse deployed wherever there's shortage. She arrived in Cebu just a couple days ago and is eager to go see some of the great diving available around here. Keturah complies and already off she dove in Balicasag. She came with us through Siquijor, Caminguin, Apo, Bohol and back to Cebu. She goes on travelling to Singapore and who knows where else.

Boarded in: Cebu, PI
Disembarked in: Cebu
Approx. miles sailed: 400

Fernando worked on a superyacht until the whole crew got replaced by Filipinos. Instead of going back to Ecuador to brood, he decided to hop along. Back in Ecuador he's an experienced off road racer and ace mechanic.

Boarded in: Cebu, PI
Disembarked in: Camiguin
Approx. miles sailed: 300

Nobina is a Marine Biologist from Singapore. She has Japanese origins. She works in luxury motorboats and wanted to see things from "the other end of the spectrum". Used to life afloat, she fitted right in. She is fabulous at mixing drinks and keeping a happy side at all times. After much wandering the world she is now a permanent resident of Tofo, Mozambique, where she runs a fantastic travel and diving service at East Coast Dive & Travel Africa.
Boarded in: Weno, Chuuk (FSM)
Disembarked in: Yap (FSM)
Approx. miles sailed: 800

Andrew came aboard with Nobina in Chuuk where we threw a massive barbecue for his birthday, taking over an hotel's garden, grill and bar. He also works on luxury yachts, which means he was tidy, observant and competent. He is an historian and so he added an unique perspective in Pacific islands history relating to WWII events there.

Boarded in: Weno, Chuuk (FSM)
Disembarked in: Yap (FSM)
Approx. miles sailed: 800

Cecilia is a 19 y.o. from Sweden and sailed a little in Stockholm.
This is her first trip outside Europe and she decided to go straight for something unusual. She did great on the quite long and heavy crossing from Gizo (Solomons) to Chuuk (Micronesia) and will continue with us all the way to the Philippines.

Boarded in: Gizo, Solomon Islands
Disembarked in: Cebu, Philippines
Approx. Miles Sailed: 2100


TJ from the USA is an English teacher in Berlin. He likes to research things and so he got me charts straight from the Coast Guard office, in his enquiries he actually managed to meet the Solomon Islands PM and even got invited to give a speech at the Parliament! He sailed from Kira Kira to Gizo and patiently waited a couple weeks in Honiara while the windlass got fixed (well, sort of).
Boarded in: Kira Kira, Solomon Islands
Disembarked in: Gizo, S.I.
Approx. miles sailed: 300

Ab is a Dutchman, 63 y.o., was going to sail with a friend around the world but it didn't work out (where did I see that before?), and now is sailing on other people's boat. We had a good time sailing from Port Vila to Luganville. Unfortunately we both had infected cuts after climbing an extinct volcano and so he decided to seek better medical care back in Holland. Hope to see you aboard another time!
Boarded in: Port Vila (Vanuatu)
Disembarked in: Luganville (Vanuatu)
Approx. miles sailed: 300

Michael from Israel. Very congenial, learning fast, lots of fun. In the Israeli Army he mastered missile launching control systems (scary but cool) and knew quite a few secrets about US Navy ships going by. We share a love for herbal recreation, good music and computers, along with love of the sea, of course. After two months of sailing, facing bravely the crossing Fiji to Vanuatu, Michael went back to Eretz Israel to start college. We keep in touch.

Boarded in: Lautoka (Fiji)
Disembarked in: Port Vila (Vanuatu)
Approx. miles sailed: 800

Brian is an American programmer from New England, land of the "Windjammers". After programming the interface of a GPS he wanted some time off to sail and travel, and joined in Fiji for the crossing to Vanuatu.

Boarded in: Lautoka (Fiji)
Disembarked in: Port Vila (Vanuatu)
Approx. miles sailed: 800

Sharon, a friend met in Italy. She and Michael were here for the relaunch in Lautoka and helped me reorganize and finish up preparations for the jump to Vanuatu. Her support and friendship are very appreciated, along with her massage and acupuncture sessions. She practices that in Florida and readjusted my shoulder a few times after aches set in thanks to my moving the new generator around.

Boarded in: Lautoka (Fiji)
Disembarked in: Lautoka (Fiji)
Approx miles sailed: 200

Danica is probably the prettiest-to-a-fault Peace Corper I've ever seen. She is Bolivian-American and was --she's probably done by now-- serving her two years in Savusavu, Fiji. We had some fun evenings while I was recovering from TS-P11 (see Log), and when I felt better I invited her and her Latino colleague for a weekend away from the village. We just went to Cousteau's point and had a great dinner, wine and watched a movie in the cockpit. Considering she could get seasick while the boat was at a mooring in a flat calm day, let's hand it to her in spite of sailing only 6 miles!

Michela, 27, from Italy, never considered going on a boat, until we shared a beer in Paihia (NZ). She never sailed, never been on a boat. After the 10 days crossing from NZ (to Fiji) in December 2006 she now sails, steers, trims, balances the boat into self-steering. She worked very hard on the crossing and she now loves being on boats.
Since then she has been a permanent and irreplaceable presence aboard Keturah.

Boarded in: Opua (New Zealand) on Dec. '06
Disembarked in: Savusavu (Fiji) on Feb. '07
re-Boarded in: Kira Kira, Solomon Islands on Oct. 2007
Approx. miles sailed so far: 18000

Austin is from the US, 18, lived in London the last few years. Plays the hukulele and only took a RYA competent crew before coming aboard. He never bragged like so many others before him, but he also never lost his cool, even when I fixed the steering box while he was emergency tillering astern in a big swell.

Boarded in: Opua (NZ)
Disembarked in: Savusavu (Fiji)
Approx. miles sailed: 2000

Liat came on in Suva and stayed on for our N'gau-Wakaya-Makongai-Koro-Savusavu island hopping. She enjoyed making dolls, writing poetry, she would have enjoyed playing the mandolin if only this last one cooperated a bit more. She left to get herself a biodiesel van in the states and travel around some more.

Boarded in: Suva (Fiji)
Disembarked in: Savusavu (Fiji)
Approx. miles sailed: 600

Max was a pilot for the now defunct Alitalia airline. A keen racing sailor that can relax, always enthusiastic, full of energy and initiative. He joined the boat for a short spell back in New Zealand right after I bought Keturah. We had some serious fun sailing around the Bay of Islands.
Sailed in: Bay of Islands, New Zealand Nov. '06
Approx. miles sailed: 50

You would never be able to tell that Marco is actually a Policeman. I sure can't imagine any bad guy get arrested by him. He came along Max and had never sailed before. He managed to turn seasickness into a funny event, go figure. While he left most of the sailing to us eager ones, he contributed by picking mussels with which we had a great pasta.
Sailed in: Bay of Islands, New Zealand Nov. '06
Approx. miles sailed: 50

Saul (Mr. Soul) came sailing at the same time as Max and Marco. He was supposed to come sail on the crossing to Fiji but decided otherwise.
Sailed in: Bay of Islands, New Zealand Nov. '06
Approx. miles sailed: 50