Capt. Denny Morgan

SV Jubilant on passage to Hawaii 2003

SV Contagious at Nuka Hiva 1980

My navigation experience first included regular vacations in my own boats in the waters of Washington and British Columbia for 15 years.  After a delivery to San Francisco more time offshore became my interest resulting in the following wanderings double handed with my then wife or, lately , with a friend or single handed for short trips.                                                                                                                    Miles 1969 Seattle to San Francisco on the Spencer 53, TEMPO                                 940 Sailing In The Hans Christian 43 CONTAGIOUS 1979 Seattle to Berkley on our Hans Christian 43 CONTAGIOUS                        930 1979 to Longbeach                                                                                         451 1979 To Cabo San Lucas with stops at Encenada, Turtle Bay, Mag Bay               915 1980 Cabo San Lucas to La Paz and return                                                       315 1980 Cabo San Lucas to Nuka Hiva with a Clarion Island stop.                         2622 1980 Marquessas cruising                                                                               210 1980 Fatu Hiva to Takaroa , Apitaki and Toau in Tuamotu Islands.                      584 1980 Toau to Tahiti                                                                                        250 1980 To Rarotonga in The Cooks via Huahini, Riatea, Tahaa and Bora Bora          764 1980 Bora Bora to Vavau Tonga via Niue                                                          834 1980 Vavau cruising and passage to Suva, Fiji                                                   455 1981 Fiji Cruising.                                                                                          625 1981 Suva ti Port Villa, Vanuatu                                                                       622 1981 Port Villa to Espritu Santo with stops at Malacula, Atchin, Epi etc.               220 1981 Luganville to Honiara, Solomon Islands. Stops in the Banks, Torres Islands.  742 1981 Solomons extensive cruising to Gizo, New Georgia Group.                          463 1981 Gizo cruising to Kieta, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.                    160 1981 Kieta, PNG to Truk Island with a stop at Nukuoro Atoll.                              972 1981 Truk Island to Guam Island                                                                      510 1982 Guam Island to Aburatsu Harbor, Kyushu, Japan.                                      1548 1982 Aburatsu thru the inland sea (Seto Naiki) to Cho Shi, Honshu, Japan.             833 1982 Cho Shi Japan to Seattle, Washington, USA arriving August 5, 1982.            4578 1986 Seattle to Hawaii, local cruising and return.                                                3150 Sailing In The Spencer 53 JUBILANT and Others 1987 thru 2000 Extensive Washington and British Columbia Cruising 1988 San Diego to Cabo San Lucas on HC 48 CARTELLA                                   920 1994 Bare boat sailing in the Greek Cycladez Islands 1998 San Francisco to San Diego on MAVERICK                                                550 2000 Seattle to San Diego                                                                                1530 2001 & 2002 San Diego to Mexico. Zihuatenejo to San Carlos and return. Est.      4000 2003 San Diego to Hilo Hawaii                                                                         2300 2003 Cruising Hawaian Islands                                                              Est        800 2004 Hawaii to Palmyra to Cooks, Tonga Fiji, New Caledonia to Brisbane Australia 5740 miles 2005 Brisbane to Darwin to Indonesia to Singapore to Malaysia to Phuket Thailand 4200 2006 Phuket to Salalah Oman via Sri Lanka and Male, Maldives                            3300 2006 Salalah to Port Said via Red Sea and Suez Canal                                          2300 2006-7  Pt. Said to Gibraltar via extensive Mediterranean Cruising                         3250                                                                                                                    52,580

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