While in Canada, a part of his 7-month long Great Loop Trip, Penn Clarke spent 3 hours changing the diesel engine fuel pump on his mastless Mystic Turtle sailboat. It will take a seasick Penn 7 hours at night during a storm in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico […]
Great Loop Trip 1999
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One portion of Penn Clarke’s 7-month Great Loop Trip in his sailboat Mystic Turtle was crossing the open Gulf of Mexico from Carrabelle to Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1999. He was cruising because the mast had been removed prior to this journey. The only diesel engine on his sailboat died […]
Penn Clarke’s Great Loop Trip cruising off St. George Island, FL aboard his mastless sailboat. When a trawler slowly passes him, there are many dolphins doing tricks in the bow & stern wakes just like you see in managed dolphin shows. November 1999. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More […]
Penn Clarke studying dolphin activities during part of his 7-month Great Loop trip cruising from Tarpon Springs to Fort Myers, Florida in 1999. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & Penn: Tacking Through Life by Penn Clarke