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2008
- August 8th 2008: Sailing vessel Encanto is home
- August 7th 2008: Less than 70 miles to go
- August 6th 2008: Blogs day 34 - 43
- July 26th 2008: Blogs day 26 - 33
- July 19th 2008: Leviathan Morning Breath
- July 17th 2008: Blogs day 23 - 25
- July 15th 2008: Blogs day 16 - 22
- July 8th 2008: Blogs day 11 - 15
- June 30th 2008: Blogs day 6 - 10
- June 25th 2008: First week's blogs
- June 26th 2008: An other day of good sailing
- June 25th 2008: Captain and crew are doing well
- June 20 and June 23rd 2008: The voyage has started
- June 18th 2008: Encanto is returning ....... Home
- June 10th 2008: The Occassional Update
- June 9th 2008: Bon Voyage
- April 3rd 2008: Trading in my flipflops for a pair of Jimmy Chooooooo's
- March 28th 2008: Speech Festival on American Samoa
- March 15th 2008: Exploratory essay "The Malae o le Tai"
- March 3rd 2008: It be blowing in Samoa
- February 6th 2008: We have jobs in American Samoa
- February 2nd 2008: Cousin Margaret visits the Encantoids
- January 24th 2008: Just Judy musing in an idle moment
- January 22nd 2008: Storm update
- January 21st 2008: Stropical Storm in Pago Pago
2007
- 2007 December 27
- December 25th 2007: Ho, Ho, Ho and Happy Holidays to everyone
- December 8th 2007: Tropical Cyclone Daman
- One Day, December 1st 2007
- Happy Thanksgiving
- November 9th 2007
- November 3rd 2007: Trouble discovered
- October 31 - November 2 2007: Happy Halloween
- October 25 - 29 2007: American Samoa
- October 19th 2007
- October 18th 2007
- October 17th 2007: Thuesday Pago Pago
- October 16th 2007: Monday Pago Pago
- October 15th 2007
- October 15th 2007: American Samoa
- October 12th 2007: Friday evening
- October 11th 2007: Thursday
- October 6th 2007: Saturday Vessel underway
- October 5th 2007: Friday Vessel underway
- October 4th 2007: Thursday Vessel underway
- October 4th 2007: Vessel underway
- October 3rd 2007: wednesday Vessel underway
- October 2nd 2007: Thuesday Vessel underway
- October 1st 2007: Monday Vessel underway
- September 30th 2007: Sunday Vessel underway
- September 29th 2007: Saturday
- September 28th 2007: Friday
- September 23rd 2007: Sunday
- September 22nd 2007: Saturday
- September 21st 2007: Friday Bora Bora, Society Islands
- September 19th en 20th 2007: Thursday Bora Bora Society Islands
- September 18th 2007: Tuesday Lifted the anchor and sailed to Bora Bora
- September 17th 2007: Monday
- September 16th 2007: Sunday Raiatea, Society Islands
- September 15th 2007: Saturday Faaroa Bay, Raiatea, Society Islands
- September 8 through 14th 2007
- September 7th 2007: Day 24 in the Society Islands
- September 6th 2007: Day 23 in the Society Islands
- September 5th 2007: Day 22 in the Society Islands
- September 4th 2007: Day 21 in the Society Islands
- September 3rd 2007: Day 20 in the Society Islands
- September 2nd 2007: Thaiti
- September 1st 2007: Moorea underway to Thaiti
- August 31st 2007: Friday
- August 30th 2007: Thursday
- August 29th 2007: Wednesday
- August 28th 2007: Thuesday
- August 27th 2007: Monday
- August 25th & 26th 2007: Weekend
- August 24th 2007
- August 23rd 2007
- August 22nd 2007
- August 21st 2007
- August 20th 2007
- August 19th 2007
- August 12-18, 2007
- August 16, 2007, Thursday Society Islands, Day 1
- August 11th 2007: Passage Underway leaving Toau Atoll
- August 10th 2007: Toau Atoll South Anchorage
- August 9th 2007: Toau Atoll South Anchorage
- August 8th 2007: Vessel underway
- August 6th 2007: Fakarava Havaiki
- August 5th 2007: Fakarava North Anchorage
- August 4th 2007: Day 30 in Tuoamotos
- August 3rd 2007: Day 29
- August 2nd 2007
- August 1st 2007
- July 31th 2007: More snorkling
- July 30th 2007
- July 29th 2007
- July 28th 2007 Tetamanu Village
- July 22th 2007 Tahanea Atol
- July 21th 2007 Tahanea Atol
- July 20th 2007 Tahanea
- July 19th 2007 Makemo Groupe Raevski
- July 18th 2007
- July 17th 2007
- July 16th 2007 Makemo
- July 15th 2007 Makemo
- July 14th 2007 Pouheva Village
- July 13th 2007
- July 12th 2007
- July 11th 2007 Underway
- July 11th 2007
- July 10th 2007: Still Going Slow
- July 9th 2007
- July 8th 2007: Encanto underway
- July 7th 2007: Encanto leaving The Marquesas
- July 1st 2007: Day 15
- June 30th 2007: Day 14
- June 29th 2007: Day 13
- June 28th 2007: Day 12
- June 27th 2007: Day 11
- June 26th 2007: Day 10
- June 25th 2007: Day 9
- June 24th 2007: Day 8
- June 23rd 2007: Day 7 Saturday
- June 22nd 2007: Fatu Hiva - Day 6
- June 21st 2007: FATU HIVA
- June 20st 2007: FATU HIVA
- June 19th 2007: FATU HIVA
- June 17th 2007: Fatu Hiva Marquesas Islands, Fathers day
- June 17th 2007: Statistics of our passage
- June 16th 2007: Marquesas Islands LAND AHOY!! LAND Ahoy....
- June 15th 2007: Day 24- 94.3 miles to go
- June 14th 2007: Day 23 Sun is out
- June 13th 2007 - Week Four Day Twenty Two: Dolphins
- Daily feelings and thoughts while underway (week3)
- June 13th 2007: Musings from Judy in the middle of the night
- June 10th 2007: Captain's log
- Daily feelings and thoughts while underway (week2)
- Daily feelings and thoughts while underway (week1)
- May 28th 2007: Vessel underway
- May 2nd 2007: Isla San Cristobal
- April 28th 2007: Arrival Galapagos Islands
- April 24th 2007 Captain's log: Recanting our past few days.
- April 22nd 2007: Encanto on the move to The Galapagos Islands
- April 22nd 2007: Checking out of Ecuador
- April 20th 2007, Ecuador
- April 18th 2007, Ecuador
- April 17th 2007 (2030 zulu) Ecuador
- April 13th 2007: Splish, Splash, we be taking a BATH
- April 12th 2007: Still on the hard
- April 10th 2007
- March 2007: Return Home to Encanto
- March 2007: The Make Over
- February 2007: Returning home to The USA
- Year end reflection by John Amber
2006
- A Life Lesson By Gabriella Amberchan
- 28Dec2006 Puerto Lucia
- December 25th 2006: To our faithful readers, family and friends
- December 25th 2006: The Twelve Nights Of Christmas
- December 21st 2006:
- December
19th 2006 part two: Status Report
- December 19th 2006 part one: Puerto Lucia La Libertad
- December 19th 2006 Quinceñera party
- December 5th 2006: Puerto Lucia, La Libertad, Ecuador
- November 25th 2006: Puerto Lucia La Libertad Ecuador
- November 8, 2006: Ecuador
- October 31st 2006: Halloween Night
- October 29th 2006: Huarez
- October 26th 2006: Lima Peru
- October 25th 2006: Mysterious lines of Peru
- 21 October 2006 Arequipa, Peru
- Sunday, 15 October 2006: Copa cabaña, Bolivia
- 13 &14 October 2006: Lake Titicaca, Peru
- October
7th 2006: We've made it
- October 1st 2006: Cuzco Peru
- September 2006: John meets Abraham
- September 5th 2006: Idle thoughts at Dawn
- August 25th 2006
- August 13 2006: Pacific Grove California
- August 9 2006: Pacific Grove California
- July 8th 2006: Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador
- 18 June 2006: Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador, THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
- 16 June 2006: Our Proclamation to Neptune: God of the Sea
- 16 June 2006
- 15 June 2006: Passage Note Days 8 and 9
- 12 June 2006: Underway from Panama City to Ecuador
- 12 June 2006: Passage Notes S/v Encanto
- June 10 2006: underway from Panama City to Ecuador.htm
- June 9 2006: Website Entry Captain's Log
- June 7 2006: Written Underway
- April
6th 2006: Visiting the Old Town, Casco Viejo
- 1
April 2006: El Valle, Panama
- March 16th: Playcita Anchorage,Panama City, Panama
- March 14th
- March 13th
- March 12th
- March 11th
- 6
March 2006: From Isla Parida to the Secas islands
- 1 March 2006: From Golfito, Costa Rica, we sailed to Isla Parida, Panama.
- Panama
- March 1-7 2006: Underway to Panama
- February
1st 2006: Isla Cano, Costa Rica
- January
28th 2006: Quepos, Costa Rica
- January
7th 2006 Bahia Ballena, Costa Rica
- January
5th 2006: Passage Notes: Central Costa Rica
2005
- December
31st 2005: Liberia, Costa Rica
- December 26th 2005: Central Costa Rica
- December
24th 2005: Bahia Huevos, Costa Rica
- December 20th 2005: 'Winter Solstice and Holiday Greetings to Everyone'
- November 30th 2005: Underway to Bahia Murcielagos
- November 25th 2005: Bahia del Coco, Costa Rica.
- November 23rd 2005: Tomorrow is "Thanksgiving"
- November
20th 2005: Playa Panama Costa Rica
- November 20th 2005: Underway to Playa Panama, Costa Rica
- November 20th 2005: Underway day sail passage
- November
15th 2005; Samantha's Birthday
- November
13th 2005: Santa Rosa Reserve, Bahia Santa Elena
- November 10th 2005: Bahia Santa Elena, Northern Costa Rica
- November 10th 2005: Costa Rica, Bahia Santa Elena
- November 9th 2005: Arriving in Costa Rica
- November 8th 2005: Day 2 of the passage
- November 7th 2005: Underway from El Salvador to Costa Rica
- October 30th 2005: Trick or treat
- October 18th 2005: Preparing to move on
- October 10th 2005: A Country in Red Alert: National Disaster
- October 3rd 2005: Winter in El Salvador
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- January 5th: Feliz Ano Nuevo
2004
- December 15th: What's Next?
- December 13th 2004: FELIZ NAVIDAD
- November 30th 2004: It is blowing like stink
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2003