Boat Updates

I'm getting ready to leave for Chicago to fly to Istanbul, Turkey, and I thought I would give another update.  I don't know how diligently you read the post with information from the syllabus, but it said we would be sailing on two boats, the SailingActs and a Turkish Gulet called the Blue Pearl.  The SailingActs is Linford's boat that he bought back in 2004 as part of his sabbatical and has been sailing the path of Paul ever since.  Unfortunately it is too small for our whole group at once, so we will split sailing on it for two days.  Half of the group will sail up the coast one day, and the other half will sail back down the next day.  Here is the boat:

For those of you sailing geeks, its a Westerly 33.  Unfortunately I don't know much more, but if you are curious about some of his previous voyages aboard it, you can read his book, Sailing Acts.

The second boat originally was supposed to be the Blue Pearl, but has since changed.  We are now sailing aboard the Iteh.  Here are some photos for you:

Built - 2002

Length - 25 meters

Beam - 6.5 meters

Crew - 3

6 double cabins

1 captain's cabin

Separate crew quarters