About

Cliff(67)and Susanna(51) will be taking a break from their construction business in Marin County to chaperone their daughter Sydney(10) around the Pacific for the foreseeable future. Cliff’s last trip ended in French Polynesia, but he’s hoping to make it further this time, probably leaving the boat in NZ or Australia. Having learned to Snuba to 50ft at age 5, Sydney’s goal is to do so in her namesake city down under and every reef along the way.

Avid divers and longboard surfers, you may spot all three of them above or below the surface. If they’re late to an anchorage, the surf must have been great.

Cliff and Susanna consider themselves nomadic cruisers more than sailors and have just a few hard and fast rules: Trim for comfort over speed. Always try to set a personal best for staying on the same tack. Avoid winter as long as possible. Be a benevolent visitor as you travel the world. Make sure everyone knows they voted for Harris.Hopefully the crew will be periodically supplemented by their 7 other children, their spouses, and 11 grandchildren.

Dr. John is a custom cold-molded ketch, itching to get back out there. She’s spent too many years at the dock while her caretakers Susanna and Cliff were galivanting around the Caribbean on bare boat charters behind her back. She’s appreciated a pretty hefty refit this year, even giving up her beloved SSB for Starlink (a contribution to Elon’s one-way trip to Mars). Cliff enjoyed the connections made with the SSB as well as the great conversation and weather routing from Don Anderson on Summer Passage no matter where in the Pacific he was. Now practicing with the Predict Wind App, he will miss Don’s reassuring voice.

Plans are to work (if you can call this work) casually down to Costa Rica before puddle-jumping from there with a stop at Isla Cocos and the Galapagos.