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Welcome to zeroXTE!
To experience Dream Time's voyage please select a flag above to browse by region, enjoy published stories in our press area, or simply drift amongst the years and months of previous entries. We hope you enjoy the journey.
Until fresh charts are unfurled and new sails raised, we shall continue to feature a collection of Dream Time's most memorable moments from her world voyage: |
Sperlinga, Sicily
Mount Etna welcomed us to Italy with a plume of volcanic ash. A road trip took us from our anchorage in Taormina to Sperlinga - a village in the heart of Sicily that carved their community from solid rock. Experience this moment > |
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Apataki, French Polynesia
A few months ago I returned to Apataki to help a good friend sail his boat back to Hawaii. Thankfully little has changed at the Apataki Carenage, it is still a boat ramp to paradise. Experience this moment > |
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Tuamotus, French Polynesia
In the center of the South Pacific, in the middle of the dangerous archipelagoes, sharing an entire lagoon, with our closest cruising friends. Experience this moment > |
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Symi, Greece
Our favorite Med-mooring experience. Stern tied to a stone quay in the picturesque pastel-colored village of Yialos and stepping off the quarter deck right into the middle of a Mediterranean postcard. Experience this moment > |
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A New Territory
We had intended to spend three months exploring the South Pacific's third largest island, which rests inside the world's largest lagoon, but we stayed for fifteen. Experience this moment > |
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Kuna Yala
Our journey to the San Blas, an autonomous region in Panama and home to the Kuna Yala, was similar to our voyage into Vanuatu eight years later - it felt like we had sailed back in time. Experience this moment > |
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The Bungle Bungles - Australia
A view from 2,300 feet. From riverbed to mountain range in 350 million years. This ancient maze of towering sandstone domes were, remarkably, only discovered by tourism in 1983. Experience this moment > |
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Streets of Havana
Cuba was the first country we raised on our world tour and our visit in Havana just happened to coincide with the revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, stepping down as Minister/President after his 49-year rule. Experience this moment > |
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Naghol - Pentecost, Vanuatu
We have witnessed fire walking ceremonies in Fiji, heiva in Tahiti, lakalaka in Tonga, haka dances in New Zealand, even a four day matava'a o te henua enan
festival in the Marquesas, but none compare to the unforgettable intensity of naghol. Experience this moment > |
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The Door to Africa - Tangier, Morocco
The 'door to Africa' - exploring a network of hidden alleyways and bazaars in an ancient port city that dates back to 10,000 years BC. Experience this moment > |
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Window Washing - Atlantic Ocean
Our sail south, along the African coastline to Cape Verde, was fast and wet, with thirty knots of wind and ten foot seas - the Atlantic was having fun with us. Experience this moment > |
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For fourteen years we explored the world under sail, living on a sailboat with a cabin space not much larger, and with considerably less headroom, than a generous walk-in closet. As our route map above shows we set sail from New York with a clear purpose to travel, without detour, around the world, our prediction - a five year circumnavigation, although we really had no specific schedule in mind. But in 2009 Dream Time entered the South Pacific and crossed the equator for the first time, where we discovered not only the most beautiful and romantic islands in the world, but our independence. For a total of eight years we happily explored the islands of Oceania, meandering from one impossibly idyllic archipelago to the next. We lived off-the-grid, wind and sun provided us with power, our desalinator provided us with fresh water, and the ocean our protein. One remote uninhabited anchorage was home for a total of 228 days. It was our most magical time.
We invite you to experience Dream Time's voyage. Click the flags at the top of this page to browse by region, read highlights in our Press section, or simply drift amongst the years and months within our previous entries. We hope you enjoy the journey! |
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Voyaging facts from Dream Time's logbook
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Interested to learn some Dream Time voyaging statistics? Below are a few figures and averages collected and calculated from over four thousand log book entries:
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Total number of days: |
5,123 |
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Total distance travelled (nautical miles): |
50,252 |
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Countries visited: |
40 |
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Top wind speed whilst underway: |
45 knots (New Zealand to Austral Islands, 2011) |
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Average wind speed whilst underway: |
14.8 knots |
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Top wind speed whilst anchored: |
70 knots (Balearic Islands, 2019) |
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Average moving speed: |
4.8 knots |
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Fastest speed over ground: |
13.5 knots (Surfing down a 30 foot wave) |
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Average wave height: |
4.6 feet |
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Largest wave height: |
30 feet (New Zealand to Austral Islands, 2011) |
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Longest passage: |
28 days / 3,142 nautical miles (Galapagos to Marquesas, 2009) |
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Underway - percentage sailing vs motoring: |
72% pure sailing / 28% motoring or motor sailing |
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Total engine hours used in 14 years: |
5,103 (an average of 15 days a year) |
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Total percentage overnight passage making: |
6.8% |
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Longest anchorage (total combined days): |
228 days (Fakarava, Tuamotus 2011-2013) |
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Best sailing passage: |
Atlantic crossing (3,579 nautical miles, 100% sailing, 2020) |
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Fastest passage: |
7 knot average (841 nautical miles, New Caledonia to Australia, 2016) |
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Most significant gear failure: |
Forestay (New Zealand to Austral Islands, 2011) |
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Gear that required the most servicing: |
The head (Skipper Head II) |
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