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Don & Sharry Stabbert

We quit counting the miles after 100,000nm. What really mattered were the people we met along the way.

For more info on Don and Sharry, read their Bio here.

September 15, 2021
Molokai North Shore 2021
Blog
September 02, 2019
End of the Line
Blog / Hawaii
September 01, 2019
Land Ho!
Blog / Hawaii
August 31, 2019
Meteor!
Blog / Hawaii
August 30, 2019
Day 11 and only 457nm to Hanalei
Blog / Hawaii
August 30, 2019
Green Flash
Blog / Hawaii
August 29, 2019
Water Temperature
Blog / Hawaii
August 29, 2019
Headwinds
Blog / Hawaii
August 28, 2019
Don, you stink like fish!
Blog / Hawaii
August 28, 2019
MV Starr 8/28 update – NET DODGING
Blog / Hawaii
August 28, 2019
MV Starr 8/27 update – INTO THE TROPICS
Blog / Hawaii
August 28, 2019
MV Starr 8/26 update – TRAFFIC
Blog / Hawaii
August 28, 2019
MV Starr 8/25 update
Blog / Hawaii
August 25, 2019
On Entering the Garbage Patch
Blog / Hawaii
August 24, 2019
Cleaning Up the Mess
Blog / Hawaii
August 24, 2019
Happy 55th Anniversary Sharry!
Blog / Hawaii
August 21, 2019
Starr Heads to Hawaii (Our 11th Pacific Crossing)
Blog / Hawaii / Seattle
April 23, 2019
Making a Better Flopper Stopper: One Year Later
About MV Starr / Blog
July 28, 2018
John Livingston. First Nation Artist
Blog / Seattle
July 19, 2018
It’s All about Family & Friends!
Blog / British Columbia
July 13, 2018
Friday the 13th
Blog / British Columbia
July 10, 2018
Petersburg & Wrangle Alaska
Alaska / Blog
July 07, 2018
The Land Of Plenty
Alaska / Blog
July 04, 2018
Sitka, Alaska-Moored next to a 107 year old piece of Ballard Fishing History
Alaska / Blog
July 02, 2018
Sitka
Alaska / Blog
June 30, 2018
Secret Cove
Alaska / Blog
June 29, 2018
Griz!
Alaska / Blog
June 29, 2018
Stealth Mode
Alaska / Blog
June 28, 2018
The Ghost on the Ship
Alaska / Blog / Hawaii
June 28, 2018
Lituya Bay
Alaska / Blog
June 27, 2018
I’d Rather Be Lucky Than Good
Alaska / Blog
June 27, 2018
A Whale of a Tail/Tale!
Alaska / Blog
June 27, 2018
A Sailor’s Story, A Warning To All
Alaska / Blog
June 26, 2018
Flash Mobs
Alaska / Blog
June 24, 2018
Indecision is the Key to Flexibility
Alaska / Blog
June 23, 2018
Gunkholing
Alaska / Blog
June 22, 2018
Into the Ice
Alaska / Blog
June 21, 2018
Otter Cove
Aleutians / Blog
June 20, 2018
Fox Farm Bay
Alaska / Blog
June 19, 2018
The Alaskan Hand Map
Alaska / Blog
June 18, 2018
Deja Vu
Alaska / Blog
June 17, 2018
Comings and Goings
Alaska / Blog
June 16, 2018
Seward
Alaska / Blog
June 15, 2018
Seward Arrival
Alaska / Blog
June 14, 2018
Kodiak Island
Alaska / Blog
June 13, 2018
Racing the Weather
Alaska / Blog
June 12, 2018
The Twilight Zone
Aleutians / Blog
June 11, 2018
June 11. 2018. Departed Ballard North, AKA Dutch harbor at 0900 Alaska time.
Alaska / Blog
June 11, 2018
Up the Aleutians
Alaska / Aleutians / Blog
June 10, 2018
Getting Cultured
Aleutians / Blog
June 09, 2018
Exploring Dutch Harbor
Alaska / Aleutians / Blog
June 08, 2018
Arrival in Dutch Harbor
Alaska / Aleutians / Blog
June 07, 2018
Landfall!
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
June 06, 2018
Damage Control
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
June 06, 2018
What a Difference a Day Makes
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
June 05, 2018
Gray
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
June 05, 2018
Rogue Wave
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
June 04, 2018
Starr’s Sixth Crew Member
About MV Starr / Blog
June 03, 2018
Pacific High
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
June 03, 2018
Stabilizer Blues
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
June 02, 2018
Pacific High
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
June 01, 2018
The Musicians Seamounts
Blog / Hawaii
June 01, 2018
The Thousand Mile War
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
June 01, 2018
What’s Happening to Us?
Blog / Hawaii
May 31, 2018
Systems Engineering
About MV Starr / Blog
May 30, 2018
Settling In
Aleutians / Blog / Hawaii
May 29, 2018
A Bumpy Ride
About MV Starr / Blog / Hawaii
May 28, 2018
Alaska Bound
Alaska / Blog / Hawaii
May 28, 2018
Starr passage Hawaii to Unalaska or Kodiak 2018
Blog / Hawaii
April 10, 2018
Twin Rudders: An Update after 18 Years
About MV Starr / Blog
March 29, 2018
How can we Design a Better Flopper Stopper?
About MV Starr / Blog
March 26, 2018
Hawaii 2017-2018
Blog / Hawaii
December 04, 2016
Don and Sharry’s Thoughts About Our Seattle-Honolulu Passage 2016
Blog / Hawaii / Seattle
November 13, 2016
Last Landfall
Blog / Hawaii / Seattle
November 12, 2016
Sea Hunt —- This e-mail was delivered via satellite phone using GMN’s XGate software. Please be kind and keep your replies short.
Blog / Seattle
November 11, 2016
Cassiopeia and Time and Shame
Blog / Hawaii / Seattle
November 06, 2016
In the Great Pacific Ocean
Blog / Seattle
October 31, 2016
Some Thoughts about our Passage (so far)
Blog / Seattle
October 28, 2016
Starr Passage from Seattle to Honolulu – October 27 – Day One
Blog / Seattle
July 10, 2016
Messing about in boats – updated. Twin rudders, July 2016
About MV Starr / Blog
June 18, 2016
Messing About in Boats 6/18/2016 09:16
About MV Starr / Blog
June 18, 2016
Messing About in Boats
About MV Starr / Blog
May 08, 2016
[MVStarr] We Are Back Home at SBMC
Blog / Seattle
April 23, 2016
[MVStarr] We are almost there
Blog / Seattle
April 16, 2016
[MVStarr] Weather report and more!
Blog / Hawaii / Seattle
April 15, 2016
[MVStarr] Sharry’s Blog: What I Love Most About an Ocean Passage
Blog / Hawaii / Seattle
April 13, 2016
[MV Starr] Hawaii to Seattle
Blog / Hawaii / Seattle
April 07, 2016
Return Through Dangerous Pacific Ocean from Honolulu to Seattle
Blog / Hawaii
December 18, 2015
Donna’s Story
About Early Years / Blog
December 15, 2015
Rescue on the High Seas
About Early Years / Blog
December 15, 2015
Final Comments from our Crew
About Early Years / Blog
October 14, 2015
StarrBlog – We are here!
Blog / Hawaii
October 10, 2015
StarrBlog – Life on Starr
About MV Starr / Blog
October 09, 2015
WHAT DO I MISS THE MOST ON THIS LONG PASSAGE?
About Early Years / Blog
October 07, 2015
Starr – Update Oct 7, 2015
Blog / Hawaii / Seattle
October 07, 2015
MV Starr – quick update
Blog / Hawaii
October 04, 2015
Starr Update – Tropical storm Oho
Blog / Hawaii
October 04, 2015
Starr update 10/4/1200PDT
Blog / Hawaii
October 02, 2015
MV Starr blog update 10/2/2015
Blog / Hawaii
September 30, 2015
Starr 9/30/15 underway to Hawaii
Blog / Hawaii / Seattle
September 27, 2015
Starr- 1st blog entry 2015
Blog / Seattle
September 26, 2015
Starr under way
About MV Starr / Blog
April 13, 2014
Refit Blog #14 – SPLASH!
About MV Starr / Blog
April 07, 2014
Refit Blog #13 – We are ready to Splash
About MV Starr / Blog
February 09, 2014
Refit Blog #12 – The Pace is Picking Up. . .
About MV Starr / Blog
January 13, 2014
Refit Blog #11 – We are starting to see Results . . .
About MV Starr / Blog
December 16, 2013
Refit Blog #10 – It’s Snowing in the Boat Shed
About MV Starr / Blog
November 25, 2013
Refit Blog #9 – And the Mess Goes ON. . . .
About MV Starr / Blog
November 25, 2013
Refit Blog #8 – The "Boatyard Blues"
About MV Starr / Blog
November 11, 2013
Refit Blog #7 – My Continuing Education in Ballard
About MV Starr / Blog
October 28, 2013
Refit Blog #6 – It’s Been Another Productive Week
About MV Starr / Blog
October 27, 2013
Starr Refit Blog #5-Commuting to Work
About MV Starr / Blog
October 20, 2013
Starr Refit Blog #4 – It’s Been a Very Good Week!
About MV Starr / Blog
October 19, 2013
Starr Refit Blog #3-Deck Drains + Fire
About MV Starr / Blog
October 08, 2013
Starr Refit Blog #2 – Deck Drains
About MV Starr / Blog
October 04, 2013
Starr Refit Blog #1
About MV Starr / Blog
August 22, 2013
Arrival!
Blog / Seattle
August 17, 2013
1351 nm under our keel from Kauai
Blog / Hawaii
August 15, 2013
Current Location: 935nm NNE of Hawaii
Blog / Hawaii
August 15, 2013
Starr is heading back to Seattle
Blog / Hawaii
September 29, 2011
The Problem: Seawater intrusion through the Port Stabilizer assembly.
Blog / Hawaii
May 04, 2011
Starr’s Voyage to Hawai’i – Impressions of a Nordhavn Owner
About MV Starr / Blog / Hawaii
April 30, 2011
***** A FIVE-STARR PASSAGE
Blog / Hawaii
April 21, 2011
Passage to Hawaii -We are at the International Dateline
Blog / Hawaii / Japan
April 21, 2011
What Day is it? What time is it? It’s a conundrum.
Blog / Hawaii / Japan
April 11, 2011
Passage to Hawaii
Blog / Hawaii / Japan
April 05, 2011
Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
Blog / Hawaii / Japan
April 03, 2011
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific, Part 2
About MV Starr / Blog / Japan
April 02, 2011
GOOD NEWS!!!
About MV Starr / Blog
April 01, 2011
Change of Watch aboard Starr
About MV Starr / Blog / Japan
March 27, 2011
What’s really going on at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Blog / Japan
March 26, 2011
An amazing article from the NY Times
Blog / Japan
March 24, 2011
Back to Japan
Blog / Japan
March 24, 2011
Life in Japan Today
Blog / Japan
March 22, 2011
Katherine Elena Stabbert
About Early Years / Blog
March 18, 2011
Additional response from friends to 3/11
Blog / Japan
March 17, 2011
Dangerous Debris
Blog / Japan
March 17, 2011
Life in Japan after 3/11
Blog / Japan
March 09, 2011
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific
About MV Starr / Blog / Japan
February 01, 2011
GETTING READY FOR THE PASSAGE TO HONOLULU, HI
About MV Starr / Blog / Japan
January 28, 2011
Nara: A Trip to Japan’s Ancient Beginnings, Part II
Blog / Japan
January 26, 2011
Nara: A Trip to Japan’s Ancient Beginnings
Blog / Japan
January 04, 2011
New Year in Kyoto
Blog / Japan
November 24, 2010
Hiroshima and Miyajima Revisited (with Family)
Blog / Japan
November 22, 2010
Dan Stabbert, 12-22 November 2010
Blog / Japan
November 08, 2010
A Visit to Kyoto
Blog / Japan
November 01, 2010
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
Blog / Japan
October 30, 2010
CHABA is Here?
Blog / Japan
October 28, 2010
CHABA IS ON ITS WAY!
Blog / Japan
September 24, 2010
More Barnacles on the Bottom . . .
About MV Starr / Blog / Japan
September 23, 2010
Kat Petron: A Guest’s View of Japan
Blog / Japan
September 15, 2010
The “Tool of the Year Award” has been contested!
About MV Starr / Blog / Japan
September 09, 2010
Engine Room Helper of the Year
About MV Starr / Blog / Japan
September 02, 2010
Don and Sharry are back in Ashiya
Blog / Japan
June 25, 2010
Starr is back in Bellport Marina, Ashiya
Blog / Japan
June 13, 2010
Yasugi, Matsue and Izumo-taisha
Blog / Japan
June 13, 2010
Starr in the Sea of Japn – Hagi
Blog / Japan
June 06, 2010
Otsunahiki in Yobuko
Blog / Japan
June 04, 2010
A Small Town of "Sea People" and Our New Friend
Blog / Japan
June 02, 2010
Don’s Story: Splicing an Anchor Cable in Yobuko, Japan
Blog / Japan
June 01, 2010
Hirado, Imari and Arita
Blog / Japan
May 29, 2010
Ashiya to Nagasaki
Blog / Japan
May 05, 2010
Hiroshima – The Flower Festival
Blog / Japan
May 05, 2010
Hiroshima, Japan
Blog / Japan
May 01, 2010
GSSR + 1
Blog / Japan
April 20, 2010
Arrival in Ashiya, Japan
Blog / Japan
April 15, 2010
Mechanical Issues on a 8999nm Voyage
Blog / Japan
April 08, 2010
Our Japanese Courtesy Flag is Flying!
Blog / Japan
April 04, 2010
Passage to Ashiya- the final passage
Blog / Guam
March 31, 2010
Serendipity
Blog / Guam / Mariana Islands
March 27, 2010
Passage to Guam
Blog / Guam / Micronesia
March 12, 2010
Sometimes We Get Lucky
Blog / Micronesia
March 04, 2010
A Night Revisited
Blog / Micronesia
March 01, 2010
Lelu, Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Blog / Micronesia
February 28, 2010
A Night to Remember
Blog / Marshall Islands / Micronesia
February 25, 2010
Imrodji Island – Part 2
Blog / Marshall Islands
February 25, 2010
Imrodji Island, Jaliut Atoll, Marshall Islands – Part 1
Blog / Marshall Islands
February 23, 2010
Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink
Blog / Marshall Islands
February 22, 2010
The Best of Youth
Blog / Marshall Islands
February 19, 2010
Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands
Blog / Marshall Islands
February 16, 2010
O’Neill’s win Sunday race in Majuro!
Blog / Marshall Islands
February 10, 2010
Somebody’s Gotta Do It!
Blog / Marshall Islands
February 06, 2010
Don’s haircut
Blog / Marshall Islands
February 05, 2010
Our 8th day at Sea
Blog / Hawaii / Marshall Islands
February 01, 2010
Our 4th day out
Blog / Hawaii
January 29, 2010
Starr is on her way to Japan
Blog / Hawaii / Japan
June 10, 2004
STARR is in Croatia
Blog / Croatia
May 07, 2004
Pete’s Sea Story
Blog / France / Spain
May 01, 2004
The Passage from La Rochelle to Gibraltar
Blog / France / Spain
May 01, 2004
Why we stayed in La Rochelle
Blog / France
March 01, 2004
Our summer on the Atlantic Coast of France
Blog / France
September 01, 2003
Cruising the Rivers of the West Coast of France: or how STARR became a canal barge…
Blog / France
July 30, 2003
Comme Vous
Blog / France
July 06, 2003
Welcome to MV Starr in Europe
Blog / France
June 01, 2003
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – January 1 to June 1, 2003
Blog / Florida / New Zealand
November 14, 2002
New Zealand – October 22-November 14, 2002
Blog / New Zealand
October 22, 2002
Rarotonga, Niue and Passage to New Zealand – October 6-22, 2002
Blog / Cook Islands / New Zealand
September 21, 2002
Rarotonga, Cook Islands – September 11 to 21, 2002
Blog / Cook Islands
September 11, 2002
Raiatea/Tahaa, Maupiti and Rarotonga – September 1 to 11, 2002
Blog / Tuamotus
August 31, 2002
Papeete, Tahiti and the Passage to Raiatea – August 25-31, 2002
Blog / Tuamotus
August 24, 2002
Fakarava, Toau, and Passage to Tahiti – August 18 to 24, 2002
Blog / Tuamotus
August 18, 2002
Rangiroa, Tahanea, and Fakarava – August 4 to 18, 2002
Blog / Tuamotus
July 23, 2002
The Tuamotu Archipelago – June 7 to July 23, 2002
Blog / Tuamotus
June 06, 2002
The Marquesas Islands – May 5 to June 6, 2002
Blog / Marquesas
May 03, 2002
Passage from Auckland, New Zealand, Rarotonga and Tahiti – April 10 to May 3, 2002
Blog / New Zealand
February 08, 2002
The Marquesas Islands – Wednesday, January 30 to Friday, February 8, 2002
Blog / Marquesas / New Zealand
November 16, 2001
Auckland, New Zealand – Wednesday, 24 October to 16 November 2001
Blog / New Zealand
October 23, 2001
New Zealand, our final destination – Saturday, 20 October to Tuesday, 23 October, 2001
Blog / New Zealand
October 20, 2001
Passage to New Zealand – Monday, 15 October to Saturday, 20 October 2001
Blog / New Zealand
October 15, 2001
Nuku’alofa, Tonga – Friday, 12 October to Monday 15 October, 2001
Blog / Tonga
October 12, 2001
Passage to Nuku’alofa, Tonga – Sunday, 7 October to Friday, 12 October 2001
Blog / Tonga
October 07, 2001
Aitutaki, Cook Islands – Friday 28 September to Sunday, 7 October, 2001
Blog / Cook Islands
October 04, 2001
On MV Starr, in the South Pacific Ocean – Thursday, 4 October 2001
Blog / Cook Islands / Seattle
September 28, 2001
Rarotonga, Cook Islands – Friday, 21 September to Thursday, 28 September 2001
Blog / Cook Islands
September 21, 2001
Passage to Rarotonga, Cook Islands – Tuesday, 18 September to Friday, 21 September 2001
Blog / Cook Islands
September 18, 2001
Bora Bora, Illes de la Societe – 18 September 2001
Blog / Society Islands
September 18, 2001
Raiatea and Tahaa, Illes de la Societe – Monday, 10 to Tuesday, 18 September 2001
Blog / Society Islands
September 09, 2001
Faaroa Bay, Raiatea, Illes de la Societe – Friday, 07 September to Saturday, 09 September 2001
Blog / Society Islands
August 30, 2001
Moorea, Illes de la Societe – Friday, 24 August to Thursday, 30 August 2001
Blog / Society Islands
August 24, 2001
Papeete, Tahiti, Illes de la Societe – Wednesday, 22 August to Friday 24 August 2001
Blog / Society Islands
August 22, 2001
Honolulu, Oahu – Wednesday, 22 August , 2001
Blog / Hawaii
July 19, 2001
Papeete, Tahiti, Illes de la Societe – Thursday, 05 July to Wednesday, 19 July 2001
Blog / Society Islands
July 04, 2001
Toau, Apataki, Rangiroa and Tikehau; Archipel des Tuamotu – 25 June to 04 July 2001
Blog / Tuamotus
June 24, 2001
Rotoava, Fakarava, Illes Tuamotu – Saturday, 23 June Sunday, 24 June 2001
Blog / Tuamotus
June 17, 2001
Tearavero, Kauehi, Illes Tuamotus – 10 June to 17 June 2001
Blog / Tuamotus
June 09, 2001
Passage to Kauehi, Iles de Tuamotu – Wednesday, 6 June 2001 to Saturday, 9 June 2001
Blog / Tuamotus
June 05, 2001
Atuona, Hiva Oa and Hana Moe Noa, Tuhuata – Friday, 1 June to Tuesday, 5 June 2001
Blog / Marquesas
May 31, 2001
Hana Moe Noa and Vaitahu, Tahuata – Wednesday, 29 May to Friday, 31 May 2001
Blog / Marquesas
May 28, 2001
Hakahau, Ua Pou – Saturday, 26 May to Monday, 28 May 2001
Blog / Marquesas
May 26, 2001
Taiohae, Nuku Hiva – Wednesday, 23 May to Saturday, 26 May 2001
Blog / Marquesas
May 03, 2001
To Papeete and Home to Seattle via Honolulu – Monday, 01 May to Wednesday, 03 May 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 30, 2001
Taiohae, Nuku Hiva – Saturday, 28 April to Monday, 30 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 28, 2001
Hakahau, Ua Pou – Wednesday, 25 to Saturday, 28 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 25, 2001
Hane, Ua Huka – Tuesday, 24 and Wednesday 25 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 23, 2001
Hakahetau, Ua Pou – Sunday, 22 and Monday, 23 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 22, 2001
Hakahau, Ua Pou – Thursday 19 April to Sunday, 22 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 19, 2001
Our travels with the Rabinowitz family – Wednesday, 11 April 2001 to Thursday, 19 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 10, 2001
Taiohae, Nuku Hiva – Tuesday, 10 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 09, 2001
Hooumi at Controller Bay, Nuku Hiva – Monday, 09 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 08, 2001
Anaho Bay, Nuku Hiva – Sunday, 08 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 07, 2001
Anaho Bay, Nuku Hiva – Saturday, 07 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 06, 2001
Taiohae, Nuku Hiva – Friday, 06 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 05, 2001
Hakatea (Daniel’s Bay), Nuku Hiva – Thursday, 05 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 04, 2001
Taiohae, Nuku Hiva – Wednesday, 04 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 03, 2001
Taiohae, Nuku Hiva – Tuesday, 03 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 02, 2001
Taiohae, Nuku Hiva – Monday, 02 April, 2001
Blog / Marquesas
April 01, 2001
Taiohae, Nuku Hiva – Sunday, 01 April 2001
Blog / Marquesas
March 31, 2001
Landfall at Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva – Saturday, 31 March 2001
Blog / Marquesas
March 23, 2001
1082nm from Los Cabos, 09d 55.00 N, 122d 54.00 W – Friday, 23nd March, 2001
Blog / Mexico
January 18, 2001
Mainland Coast of Mexico: Puerto Vallerta to Barra de Navidad – December 17, 2000-January 18, 2001
Blog / Mexico
November 11, 2000
Seattle to Mexico – November, 2000
Blog / Mexico
September 10, 2000
Seattle, Washington – September, 2000
Blog / Seattle

Where we’ve been so far …

Pacific Crossings 2000-2020

Seattle Hawaii Marshall Islands Micronesia Guam Mariana Islands Japan Mexico Marquesas Tuamotus Society Islands Cook Islands Tonga New Zealand Aleutians British Columbia Alaska

Atlantic Crossing 2003-2005

Florida Azores France Spain Croatia

Other places we’ve been…

(Blogs on the following locations have been lost and will be reposted when we are able to recover them.)

Bermuda
Portugal
Balearics
Sardinia
Corsica
Sicily
Malta
Venice