Captain's Blog

Arriving in Trinidad marks a pivotal point in our journey. In general, the sailing aspect is complete since there are no more ocean crossin...

Looking for a break after three weeks at sea, we opted to stop in the port of Natal, Brazil. Laying a-hull till sunrise, we slowly motore...

Charting the remote area where the island of St. Helena lies, ancient cartographers would inscribe: 'here there be dragons.' The h...

A couple days after arriving in Capetown,we found fellow Americans. It is odd to see other American sailors on this side of the world. The...

A promising forecast arrived. We cast the dock lines at 3am under the rays of a full moon and motored our of the Durban harbor. Yeah... moto...

We were welcomed to Africa by my mother and little Brother Tyler, who arrived the morning we pulled into t he Durban Marina. These two are a...

The Broken Compass's departure strategy is to leave in bad weather. Port Louis was no exception as we left with the heaviest wind in o...