S/V Catmandu

03/28/2026

Sunrise while anchored off Rodriguez Key this morning. On to Marathon today.

01/18/2026

Catmandu has a new Beta engine! Yes, new engines are expensive.

01/03/2026

Big step! I have cleaned up the engine compartment in preparation for our new engine arriving next week! Twenty-eight years of gunk and dirt are mostly gone. The parts shown here are the fuel lines, water lines, electrical lines, exhaust line, and control cables.

12/22/2025

We lost our engine! We can explain. Please enjoy our latest blog:

“You’ve lost that SQUEEZING feeling!” Dec22 I shared this insight with some other boat owners, and they all agreed that, definitely, putting your boat into the water is asking for trouble. — Dave Barry Catmandu does not have an engine anymore. The 27 year-old diesel engine on our Catalina 38...

11/03/2025

Please enjoy Kay's latest blog in Under The Boom! Kay tells our story of sailing Catmandu from Spanish Wells, in the Bahamas, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Going Home Nov3 Home is where the anchor drops.— Old mariners’ sayingGoing home, going home, I am going homeQuiet-like, some still day I’m just going home.Morning star lights the way, restless dream all done. Shadows gone, break of day, real life just begun. — William Arms Fisher, “Going...

10/25/2025

Catmandu is headed for Florida! We are currently in Deltaville, VA. Follow our journey on No Foreign Land. According to NFL, we have sailed over 2000 nautical miles since using the app in Key West.

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09/01/2025

Catmandu sailed over 560 miles in August! It is great to be in Annapolis. Follow our journey on No Foreign Land. https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5178083554361344

08/06/2025

Catmandu traveled over 360 miles in July! Follow our journey on No Foreign Land. https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5178083554361344

07/27/2025

Sunrise this morning at the Wahoo River anchorage in Georgia.

07/01/2025

Kay Dolliver Decker and I sailed over 180 nautical miles on Catmandu in the month of June! To see where we are, follow us on No Foreign Land. https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5178083554361344

06/13/2025

Kay Dolliver Decker and I are busy making repairs after our trip to the Bahamas so we can go cruising again! Here, Kay holds up a piece of frayed topping lift we replaced. Our prop shaft coupler that was throwing nuts has been fixed, which is shown in the other photo. We topped up the rum supply, fixed the autopilot, replaced a broken wind transducer, fixed the broken boom vang, changed the oil and filter in the diesel, and topped up the rum supply. Are we almost ready?