Photos… from the book

A 25-ton boat pushes lots of water.

A Kuna Indian lad selling fresh fish in the San Blas Islands, Panama.

A calm day of sailing in the South Pacific, still 2,000 miles to landfall.

A deserted beach in the Los Roques Islands, Venezuela.

A giant neon arrow points the entrance to the Panama Canal.

A spotted box fish in the extraordinary Mayreau Gardens, Tobago Cays.

A tourist sailing junk in Phuket, Thailand.

A typical long tail taxi boat in Thailand.

After 21 days at sea, Ken, Patrik, and Chuck welcome landfall in the Marquesas Islands.

All around the world, dolphins provided endless fascination as they rode our bow wave.

Alone on watch at sea during sunrise is a great moment to reflect.

An abundance of fruits and vegetables greeted us weekly at the open-air market in Turgutreis, Turkey.

An unusually mercurial, yet ominous morning in the Red Sea.

Anchored in Aden, Yemen, just 100 yards from where the USS Cole was attacked by terrorists.

Anchored with Guitar at Skopia Lamani, one of our favorite anchorages in Turkey.

Boatyard worker in Phuket, Thailand before the 2004 tsunami.

Bob kayaking in Bora Bora with water as clear as a swimming pool.

Bob visited us in Moorea, 2002.

Cairo's dense traffic borders ancient history.

Camels roaming freely in Salalah, Oman.

Cook's Bay, Moorea, with the Goddess Leli in the background (tilt your head right to see her looking skyward).

Cozy in his bunk, Patrik kept a journal.

Dove Bars delivered by the ice cream boat in Turkey.

Entering the first lock of the Panama Canal at night.

Femke and Ralph, from the Netherlands joined us for the New Zealand to Fiji passage.

Happy times motoring between islands in Fiji.

Heading north past Mt. Sinai, Egypt, in the Red Sea.

Hobie Cat sailing after school in Long Beach and dreaming of crossing oceans.

Hours were spent at the top of the mast checking the rigging. And to take in the view.

In Egypt, the stunning Temple of Karnak at night.

Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem take an ice-cream break.

James Bond Island in Phuket, Thailand, where The Man With the Golden Gun was filmed.

Julia showing her true colors.

Julia under sail headed for the Canary Islands.

Julia, 50 feet long and weighing 25 tons, arrives at the boatyard in Alameda, California, from Florida.

Julia, after receiving fresh bottom paint in New Zealand.

Julia, docked at Hasan's restaurant in Turkey, just before frying our electrical system.

Kastelorizon, Greece, as seen from the top of the island during an early morning hike.

Kayaking through narrow passages in Phuket, Thailand.

Keeping cool in the shade, a Yemenite smokes apple-flavored tobacco.

Ken and Larry in Guayraca Bay on the north coast of Colombia.

Ken awaits the opening of the last gate of the Panama Canal returning us to our home ocean, the Pacific.

Ken preparing for the Shellback Society initiation ceremony at the equator.

Ken's superb underwater photography captured this diagonal-banded sweetlips against a backdrop of beautiful plate coral.

L to R: Andre, Ken, Larry, and David celebrating Ken's 40th birthday in the Whitsunday Islands.

L to R: Francis, Ken, Larry, and Patrik go tropical on Union Island in the Caribbean.

Larry and the always upbeat Bill Claypool.

Larry skurfing (water skiing on a surfboard) in Huahine, French Polynesia.

Late afternoon downwind sailing across the Atlantic.

Mahi-mahi caught during the hilarious fish circus en route to Fiji.

Meltemi gale-force winds ripped our mainsail from luff to leech while en route to Amorgos, Greece.

Mommy Julia so happy at the naming ceremony.

Nearly six years after departure, Julia sails back under the Golden Gate Bridge on August 4, 2007.

Nick, my trustworthy friend and capable sailor.

One of the many incredible anchorages to choose from in Phuket.

Our room with a view: sunset from the aft cabin porthole.

Patrik in Huahine.

Patrik, Larry, and Ken beaming after our arrival in Tahiti.

Plumerias in bloom, Union Island, The Grenadines.

Preparing for a dive at Sanganeb Reef in the Red Sea.

Provisioning for the Atlantic crossing required much planning and creative stowing.

Queen Hatshepsut's palace, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt.

Rainsquall headed our way in the South Pacific.

Re-launching Julia after repairs in Phuket. Note the smoke from the 999 good luck firecrackers under the bow.

Rebuilding Julia was a bigger job than expected.

Sharing the road with the commerce of the world in the Suez Canal.

Skiing in foul weather gear atop Glacier Paradise, Zermatt, Switzerland.

Spinnaker trimming requires constant attention.

Sunrise over the red Sea.

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