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Kite Night Reflections from my Journey Across the Pacific
Here we go again. This time at midnight. My spinnaker continues to play tricks on me. It has already fallen in the water twice on this passage and both times I have had to climb the mast to rethread the halyard. Now it is tying itself into a most interesting looking knot about the masthead and forstay. The trades are blowing fifteen knots. Gusts are twenty. A two meter swell is rolling through from the southwest. About thirteen hundred nautical miles from land, I have no opti
Owen Murphy
Nov 14, 20256 min read


Meridian Marine Electrical Article Live on Victron's Home Page!
Earlier this year I did a massive rewire on a 55' Tayana in Port Canaveral, Florida. This was an extremely unique system that was just as...
Owen Murphy
Aug 15, 20231 min read


Panama Baby!
I am getting behind here and way overdo for a trip update. We arrived in Bocas del Toro on May 19th after another 5 day sail and settled...
Owen Murphy
Jul 1, 20232 min read


Interview with Podcast Host, Paul Trammel of Offshore Sailing
"I met Owen in St Augustine when I was fitting out Windflower. He and another electrician came by to give me advice. We talk about his...
Owen Murphy
Jun 13, 20231 min read


Isla de Providencia
It took five days of beautiful broad reach sailing to reach Isla de Providencia from Grand Cayman. We flew the spinnaker for a good...
Owen Murphy
May 19, 20231 min read


Owen Murphy
May 15, 20230 min read


Grand Cayman Limbo
It took almost four days sail to from Cuba to Grand Cayman against the current and with almost no wind. It was wild to see how the ocean...
Owen Murphy
May 5, 20232 min read


CUBA
Well, we sailed down through the Keys and dropped into Cuba. We bounced along the north coast stopping in Havanna, Bahia Honda, Cayo...
Owen Murphy
Apr 4, 20231 min read


Departure!
So long Saint Augustine! I am on my way down south after three years of preparing Rumi for her grand adventure around the world. This is...
Owen Murphy
Dec 5, 20225 min read
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