Merry Christmas from the McCubbins
Last update 18Dec23
You can often find us on www.MarineTraffic.com, by searching for Milvina in the Vessel Name box (inactive till about November 2023) Recent sailing track by satellite is here Password is Neil
Click
here
to see Milvina's track for past few years. This link
works year round, and is best with a browser
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Internet Explorer version 10 Click the "SATELLITE" tab above either map to see us on Google Earth This page is a quick summary. More photos and details here Previous years are cataloged here |
We started 2023 in late 2022,
with Helen and Neil going to Milvina in Guatemala, doing work on her and
then sailing to the Cayman Islands, through the Panama Canal and on to the
Galapagos Islands, then to Hiva-Oa in French Polynesia. This is the anchorage in Fatu Hiva, our landfall in the Marquesas. More at the 2023 main page |
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2023 saw us
settled in to
home on the BC coast, short
trips around the area, enjoying visits from friends, ranging from our 2
year old granddaughter to an old friend we had not seen in 20 years. Photos around home |
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Claire and Michael with 2-year-old Elise, and are expecting another
baby in March 2024. They joined us in the
Galapagos Islands for a
couple of weeks. Claire is still nurse practitioner working mostly with addiction issues and their related health problems in the population around Courtenay/Comox, and Michael is still practising law there. |
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Derek and his wife Becca are both teaching in Courtenay, upgrading their
house, and hiking a lot. Derek is playing rugby and coaching a very
successful school team. (Double click any photo for full size photos and return with back button). |
In October, Helen and Neil flew back to Milvina on the Island of Hiva-Oa,
to get Milvna ready for another season sailing. Photo is from deck in the boatyard More at the 2023 main page |
Click for 2023 travels Sailing home page
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We have the site fairly complete for 2019, You can find Several previous years sailing logs here.