1997
Christmas Letter - Carnival in Trinidad, a visit to Venezuela
for eye surgery, a honeymoon cruise, major boat repairs and a trip to
the U.S. highlighted the Clelands' year. - (posted 22 Apr 2012)
1996
Christmas Letter - Back in the Caribbean, Julaine and Bob visit
Venezuela, the Grenadines and Trinidad while visiting friends and
relatives in the U.S. - (posted 25 Feb 2012)
1995
Christmas Letter - After eight years cruising Europe, the
Clelands make their return voyage to the Americas. From the Canary
Islands to the islands of the Caribbean, their adventures continue. - (posted
1 Jan 2012)
1994
Christmas Letter
- 1994 took the Clelands and the Tropic Bird closer to
home as they cruised from Cyprus to a variety of destinations in the
Mediterranean, winding up in the Canary Islands, jumping off point for
their return cruise to the Americas. - (posted 6 Dec 2011)
1993
Christmas Letter - This year, after boat maintenance in Cyprus, the
Clelands sailed into history in the footsteps (or boat wake) of Alexander
the Great, visiting the Aegean Sea and the coast of Turkey. - (posted
16 Oct 2011)
1992 Christmas Letter
- 1992 starts out with knee surgery and progresses to a harsh winter in Cyprus
and cruising alone and in the company of other boats off Turkey, Greece and
Cyprus as well as a side trip to Egypt.- (posted 6 Sep 2011)
1991 Christmas Letter
- In 1991, the Tropic Bird was in the Mediterranean, but the Clealands
spent many days and miles exploring western and central Europe by car in addition to
exploration of places with unpronounceable names throughout the Med. - (posted
7 Jul 2011)
1990 Christmas Letter - This year,
the Clelands took the Tropic Bird to Spain and Portugal, then into the
Mediterranean where they explored Gibraltar, Corsica and the French Cote
d'Azur. - (posted 5 May 2011)
1988 Christmas
Letter - 1988 took the Clelands to the North sea, Dutch canals, the
Baltic and Swedish lakes, then back to Plymouth, England. - (posted
6 Apr 2011)
Details
of the Atlantic Crossing - Backing up a bit, this is a letter sent
from the Azores after the Clelands guided the Tropic Bird on its first
Atlantic crossing from Fort Lauderdale and Bermuda. It goes into greater
detail regarding the crossing than the 1987 Christmas letter that is posted
below. - (posted 21 Mar 2011)
1987 Christmas
Letter - The Clelands report on their second year onboard Tropic
Bird. This year begins in the Bahamas and leads them to Florida to
prepare for their first
trans-Atlantic crossing which includes Bermuda, the Azores and finally, England. -
(posted
3 Mar 2011)
1986 Christmas Letter
- This is the first of many Christmas letters detailing events aboard the Tropic
Bird. Eight months earlier, the Clelands started their voyage
and by the end of the year had sailed to Maine, Massachusetts, Baltimore,
Delaware Bay, Norfolk and the Intracoastal Waterway to Florida. - (posted
24 Feb 2011)
Swanning Across Sweden - This article,
written by Julaine, was published in an
anthology of sailing stories and details when Bob and Julaine took the Tropic
Bird through one of the more famous cruising canals in Sweden. - (posted
22 Feb 2011)