Two months ago, we opened the shipping container like a giant birthday gift. Inside it we found the wood from the trees our boatbuilder had cut down in Denmark, all the rigging from last summer’s project in Marstal, canvas for our new sa…
The yard period has demanded a huge effort from both the Neptun team and from the shipyard. Fortunately, work is progressing steadily, and the last two months have given new life onboard. When in the middle of the chaos and mess of a shi…
After months of research looking for shipyards in Central America, we found our way to Astilleros Marecsa in Mazatlán Mexico. Neptun arrived on New Year’s Day and celebrated new year’s together in Mazatlán before the previous voyage ende…
After clearing out of El Salvador, the crew enjoyed a swim call off the coast of Guatemala before making its first stop in Chiapas, just across the Mexico-Guatemala border. In Chiapas, the crew made a trip inland to San Cristobal where t…
NEPTUN transits the Panama Canal, old SULZER engine, riveted lock gates, jungle lake at anchor, on the way from the Pacific into Caribbean waters.