Welcome aboard the sailboat “Astarte” (pronounced ah-STAR-tay). She’s a Moody 422, built in England in 1987 and sailed across the pond. We are Michael and Barbara, the current captains and owners of this great boat. We are the third owners and hope to sail her for many years.  We began our latest adventure on February 6, 2009, leaving from St. Petersburg, Florida.  We hope we can stretch our cruising kitty to make this trip last as long as possible (sponsorship and donations accepted) .  Our goal for 2009 is to get to the San Blas Islands in Panama.  We'll travel through the islands to get there - having made it through the Bahamas, we'll  head through the Turks & Caicos, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico then down the Leeward and Windward chain, across the top of South America and onto Panama.  

The site is designed to keep family and friends up to date on our whereabouts and activities.  A few classrooms are also using the site for some real life lessons.  The log is updated often from the boat via the SSB (single-side band radio).  Photos are added when we have internet access.  The "where are we" is just that...a position report with two options.  It is quite cool.

We check "contact us" whenever we have access to internet - so if you don't get a response quickly- we apologize. 

We enjoy doing the site - we hope you enjoy following the adventures of S/V Astarte.