Sailboat “Zanshin” - single handed voyages around the Caribbean, with logbook, pictures and blog pages

Zanshin anchored behind the marina breakwater and close in to shore at Marigot on the French side of St. Martin.
(2011-12-19 22:34:17 NIKON D7000 with a "18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6" lens. [f/4.5, 1/40s] ISO 160 Focus 15.00m)

Anchored in Marigot, St. Martin

The aft starboard section of Hull 68, the future Zanshin at the factory during the final stages of construction. The hull itself is finished but the guts of the boat are still being completed and much of the boat is protected by bubble-wrap and other coverings to keep it from being damaged.
(2011-07-04 10:00:07 NIKON D7000 with a "18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6" lens. [f/5.0, 1/100s] ISO 200 Focus 2.00m)

Hull 68 during construction

The new Zanshin, a Jeanneau 57 yacht, has finally been completed after a year of waiting. The olde Zanshin I (a Jeanneau 49DS) is in new hands and has been re-christened “Miriam's Star” by her new owners, so the name is now free and clear. I spent the latter part of November 2011 completing the commissioning process in Annapolis and accepting the yacht from the Bay Yacht Agency and sailed it down to St. Martin in the Caribbean with 2 friends on a quick passage of 8 days.

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.

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:

“Immer eine Handbreit Wasser unter dem Kiel.”
(May there always be a handsbreadth of water beneath your keel.)

Zanshin in the water at the Annapolis Boat Show
[0°0'0"N 0°0'0"E ]

Zanshin in the Water II

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Jumbies bar

Saba Rock island
[18°30'9.23"N 64°21'29.08"W (facing NE)]

Saba Rock island

The remains of the mooring line that tore away on a catamaran that was next to me - while nobody was aboard! I managed to get in my dinghy and get aboard before it had drifted too far, then figured out how to start the engines and motor out of trouble. I was joined by a couple of other cruisers and we successfully picked up another mooring ball close by.

Torn mooring line

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