I am solo- sailing the world with my cat, Mako! I've had a lifelong dream of sailing around the world since I was in middle school; after college I bought a 1993' Beneteau Oceanis 510. My first few years were spent gaining confidence in single-handling and fixing up my 30-year-old boat.. as of now I have crossed the Pacific ocean single-handed and continuing west! I appreciate you being here and please subscribe to join in on the adventures to come!
During a day of snorkeling, attempted spearing, and watching a hammerhead feed from the drone, Ian and Tara came across a shark tangled in the nets of a fish trap. The shark had already died in the net, so Ian pulled it out of the water so
A large, dense bait ball of schooling fish visible from a drone is also a place to spot sharks feeding. From altitude, the sharks appear as small dark shapes darting around inside or near the bait ball, noticeably bigger than individual fis
When scanning for marine wildlife from a drone, Lauren Landers Sailing looks for a small dark spot that is moving. The key to telling a shark apart from a large Napoleon wrasse comes down to body shape and movement: a Napoleon wrasse is thi
The morning after anchoring, several boats in the group dive the bommies in the area. These are patches of coral that rise from 70 to 100 feet below the surface up to the waterline. Lauren Landers Sailing notes that a lot of the coral was o
Snorkeling in a small creek just in front of the boat, Lauren Landers Sailing finds small coral heads and strikingly beautiful blue giant clams. The observation leads to a broader reflection: after years of knowing Caribbean fish and marine
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