Email received from Larry Briggs, now three times a circumnavigator under power: > I am waiting for a couple of people to arrive whom I will interview > for crew on this next leg (which started in Ft. Lauderdale > (again !) & came to Ensenada via Trinidad & Panama. > Chartwell's 2nd circumnavigation began on the 11th of December, > 2003; we went Westabout again but this time through the Pacific > Trust Territory, Kapingamarangi, Rabaul, the Admiralty Islands, Bali > & much of Indonesia, Singapore & Langkawi. There I spent quite some > time before eventually leaving again for the Maldives, Comores, > Tanzania, & entered South Africa at Richard's Bay; spent 8 months in > SA, going around again to Cape Town (where I owned an apartment ); > then up to Walvis Bay, St. Helena, Reciffe & other Brazillian ports > & Trinidad. > I kept Chartwell in Trinidad for a year& one-half because I was able > to buy back my former boat in which we had done a great deal of > cruising years ago. > Chartwell returned to Ft. Lauderdale on the 28th of February 2009 > via numerous Caribbean ports including St. Thomas & San Juan, > Puerto Rico. > She was sold within 2 months to an adventursome couple who hope to > cruise extensively. > Yes, I have been to Kota Kinabalu a number of times; I love that > whole area of Saba & Sarawak. > I would probably never had sold Chartwell but "Neptune's Chariot" > became available & I couldn't resist. She needed a lot of work, > having been neglected by (4) previous owners & I took her twice > in Trinidad for extensive repairs & improvements.