The new Zanshin, a Jeanneau 57 yacht, has been delivered for commissioning in Annapolis after being built at the Jeanneau factory and shipped to the USA. Zanshin I (a Jeanneau 49DS) is in new hands and has been re-christened “Miriam's Star” by her new owners. The new Zanshin name has been affixed and the boat is no longer merely “Hull Nº 68”. The commissioning process is well underway by the Bay Yacht Agency and I only have a couple of weeks more to wait before I get to move aboard. I did get so see the boat in the final production stages (see the Jeanneau factory tour page) and to date a lot of strangers have spent more time aboard than I have as the Zanshin was used by Jeanneau as a presentation boat at the 2011 Annapolis Boat Show.

The new Zanshin is indeed a yacht rather than a boat. With 8 feet more length than Zanshin I, this new vessel is quite a bit larger, both inside and outside. I've become quite attached to the name Zanshin, so I will also be giving the new yacht the same name and have worked on this site to rename the references to the first Zanshin to Zanshin I in order to avoid too much confusion in boat naming. The site itself is being re-worked over time so that by the time I do take delivery and sail Zanshin back down into the warm Caribbean waters the site should reflect the new boat and new voyages.

Once I'm settled into the new Zanshin my plans include sailing around the Caribbean waters and, when the time is right, a slow set of passages circumnavigating the globe along the so-called “barefoot route” which entails staying in warm climes and avoiding the rough and potentially dangerous waters around the capes.

Please enjoy browsing the site and, for those who find themselves sailing in unknown waters: