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You have stumbled upon a travel blog that chronicles the journeys of two nomadic professionals who live their lives by cycling between working their butts off in science and medicine and goofing around in a boat!
Here you can follow our journey aboard the spectacular 2017 Leopard 48 catamaran The Intrepid Jerry. In Nov 2025 we left the US for the Caribbean and are making our way west toward the Panama Canal, the Pacific Ocean, and beyond!
Below you will find our travel map, blog, and information about our first voyage aboard The Amazing Marvin from 2015-2017.
Happy exploring!
Where is Jerry?
Taravai, Gambiers Archipelago, French Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
Last update: May 12, 2026
Jerry’s Journey:
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Undercurrent: Pitcairn Island
Mel’s habit of minimally researching her destination to preserve some surprises backfired this time. She forgot that surprises can be both good and bad. Jerry’s crew originally selected Pitcairn Island as a port of call given its famous remoteness and…
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Dolphin Brain
Pacific Crossing Day 21. Hand steering Day 7. Less than 200 nm away from Henderson Island. Mel heard dolphins sleep by turning off half their brain at a time so the other half can watch for predators. After a week…
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A Symphony of Calm Arousal
Pacific Crossing Day 10 Tonight’s post is all about the pretty, pretty Pacific. Flattery may get us somewhere. With the engines off after four days of motoring through the ITCZ, it is finally just us and the sea. It’s a…
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Load moreHere’s a glimpse of Pitcairn, an island that few people will ever visit twice. Check out the blog post for more thoughts about this complicated and remote island!
www.burnettsahoy.com/undercurrent-pitcairn-island/
#travel #jerrysailsthepacific #strangenewworlds55 bananas eaten. 12 in the freezer. Still a gazillion bananas left. These Pitcairnian bananas are apparently a siren call for the wasps of Mangareva. They give our boat 5 stars for banana ambience. Help! #waspslikemel #meldoesnotlikewasps
Just a quick one to tell everyone that, like all of those Pacific-crossing grizzly bears of yore, we are slowly coming out of our hibernation that was provoked by our recent tough voyage. We walked a whole half-mile in Rikitea yesterday and talked to four people, after which Mel had to go to bed early. She managed to defrost the fridge this morning, so hopefully that means she will finally write the epic post planned about their visit to Pitcairn Island. Meanwhile, here’s a pic from beautiful #Mangareva
