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• Table of Contents - You're here!

  • Charts and Maps - You asked for it! Here it is! You will not believe the huge distances - the Pacific Ocean is enormous. Anything less than 500 nm is a small trip!

  • Where are we? - we are able to update this using our radio email (NOT INTERNET). As technology improves so does our ability to let you know where we are! We are installing Inmarsat on Quest. That should make our life different this year. We also have the SPOT - Click on "SPOT" to find us!

  • Meet the Crew - This tells you who we are (kind of!).

  • Our Bible Mission may seem (at first glance) as disorganized and unfocused as life itself. But we believe that God works in mysterious ways and we just wait for opportunities to present themselves!

  • Bible Mission Page 2 The page above is just way too big and so, in 2009 I had to start a second page of our Bible Mission. This was the year loaded the boat beyond reason - Thank you Lord!

  • s/v Quest - Pictures and info about the boat!

• Jean's Interests - There are some good travel and cruiser links on this page.

  • I decided to devote a page to just Birds!

  • And another page to Flowers,

  • And a third page to Sea Life.

• 2010 Travels - from Hong Kong we sailed to Borneo, then on to Thailand via Singapore and Penang, Malaysia - also trip to Cambodia and a planned trip to Burma.

  • Mainland China - What a wonderful trip. You can't see everything, so you must pick and choose. BUT, you did guess that I loved the terracotta warriors.

  • Borneo - WOW! I don't think you can get more exotic than Borneo. We arrived in Kota Kinabalu to find a modern marina with all the necessities.

  • Singapore - It was great to come into Keppel Bay Marina and have professional dock hands when we needed them.

  • Penang, Malaysia - a very interesting place that suffers under government corruption and favoritism.

  • Phuket, Thailand - A neat place! Glad we were there in the "off" season.

  • Bangkok, Thailand - If you can tolerate big cities there are treasures to behold!

  • Diving Thailand

  • Phnom Penh - The main Cambodian city built where the Mekong River meets the Tonle Sap.

  • Angkor Wat - This is an incorrect designation of our travels to the temple area, but (since that's how I originally knew about the temples) I use the name for convenience.

  • Cambodian Countryside - Most of Cambodia is rural, so it's only reasonable that I include this page.

  • Burma - this is truly amazing!

• Voyages 2009 This year we returned to visit our friends in Fiji - as we promised!

  • Hawaii I visited Hawaii for the purpose of attaining my scuba diving certification, and I DID IT!

  • New Zealand  2009 was the last time Quest was in New Zealand. Because we plan to head north and west on our around the world journey we determined that we can't stay in New Zealand forever. It was quite bittersweet leaving friends in that beautiful country.

  • Fiji Because we had promised friends that we would return to Fiji, WE DID!

    • Naqara  - Ono Island, Astrolabe Reef

    • Buliya - Astrolabe Reef

    • Vuda Point

    • Navada Island

    • Waya Island

  • Vanuatu

    • Port Vila, Efate Island

    • Tanna Island - The volcano island.

    • Malekula Island

    • Maskelyne Islands - where I got bitten by a dog!

    • Southwest Bay Festival - The best photos of Vanuatu!

  • Solomon Islands - Gizo

    • Munda City, New Georgia Island

    • Lola Island, Zipolu Habu Resort

    • Viro Harbor

    • Penjuku

    • Marovo Lagoon

    • Uepi Resort

  • Micronesia

    • Kosrae

    • Pohnpei - The ancient site of Nan Midol, a wonder of Micronesia.

    • Yap - Some shots of traditional village life.

    • Palau

  • The Philippines

    • Masbate

    • Donsol, Luzon - Some whale shark photos!

    • Puerto Galero

    • Tilik

    • Subic Bay

  • Hong Kong

• 2007 in Fiji! (with chart) - 2008 too (That's Lord Howe Island).

  • Suva City, Viti Levu Island

    • Gau Island

    • Fawn Harbor, Vanua Levu Island

    • Albert Bay, Rabi Island

    • Budd Reef, Yanuca Island

    • Beqa Atoll

    • Viani Bay

    • Makogai

    • Naqara - I would say we made our dearest friends here (and came back to visit them in 2009)

  • Western Fiji

  • In The States

• Voyages 2006 (with chart).

  • In the States - 2006

  • The Cook Islands - 2006

    • Rarotonga, 2006

    • Aitutaki, 2006

    • Palmerston, 2006

    • Suwarrow, 2006

    • Penrhyn, 2006

  • Samoa

    • Tutuila, American Samoa

    • 'Upolu, Western Samoa

    • Savai'i, Western Samoa

  • Tonga

    • Niuatoputapu

    • Vava'u

    • Hapa'ai

    • Tongatopu

  • New Zealand 2006

• Voyages of the Quest (2005) - Pt.1 -  Find our itinerary (February to June) here!

  • Mexico - 2005 - Here's the 2005 D.R.Y.C. race to Puerto Vallarta.

  • A land tour around P.V. - This was an authentic tour of the rural area around Puerto Vallarta.

  • Moving south along the coast brings one to the Mexican Gold Coast - full of glitzy resorts and marinas, as well as outlying anchorages.

  • El Salvador - This section is mostly focused on our stay at Marina Barillas, a little island of paradise.

  • El Salvador Interior - features the people of El Salvador and their courageous efforts to rebuild their country after over a decade of civil war.

  • Costa Rica - The foremost memory of Costa Rica is the beautiful rain forests and unusual fauna.

  • The Panamanian Islands of the Pacific are absolutely gorgeous. It was an especial treat to get off the coast and into clear water!

  • The Panama Canal section also includes Panama City and other historical sites!

• Voyages of the Quest (2005) - Pt. 2 - Find our itinerary (June to September) here!

  • The Galapagos Islands are every bit as incredible as you would think. We saw so many interesting sights that we had to divide the section into two parts: San Cristobal Island and the other islands.

  • The Gambier Islands were remote and fantastic! Their location is west of Easter Island.

  • The Southern Marquesas Islands were unbelievably beautiful with geologic formations that were out of this world. Because of this we had to divide this section in two parts: So. Marquesas - Fatu Hiva and So. Marquesas - Hiva Oa

  • While cruising the Northern Marquesas we found one location more beautiful than the next!

  • The Tuamotus are a group of atolls that make you marvel at their beauty and fragility - Many only a few feet above sea level.

• Voyages of the Quest (2005) - Pt. 3 - Find our itinerary (September to December) here!

  • Tahiti to Raiatea - 2005 - This is our trip with Ann & Merik in Fr. Polynesia.

  • The Del Rey Yacht Club Rendezvous in French Polynesia was a rousing success by any measure. Check it out here.

  • The last island we visited in French Polynesia was Mopelia Atoll.

  • Our trip to the Cook Islands was great - also check out my new format (I'm learning!).

  • The Quest's last trip of 2005 was from the Cook Islands to New Zealand via Minerva Reef.

• Voyages of the Quest (2003 & 2004)

  • Mexico - 2003 - Here's the D.R.Y.C. race to Puerto Vallarta.

  • British Columbia, Canada

  • Marina del Rey - Quest's last U.S. Port of Call

  • Catalina Island - a frequent destination for southern California yachtsmen.

• Voyages of the Quest (2002) - Quest was built in New Zealand. These are images of our (my) first ocean voyage and first landfall as well as the whole trip back to North America. 

  • New Zealand

  • South Pacific Ocean Voyage

  • Tahiti & Moorea

  • The French Polynesian Leeward Islands

  • The Line Islands

  • Alaska