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  • Our Itinerary

    As we rapidly approach the departure date from our home of Petersburg, we are asked many questions from weather concerns to pirates, from provisioning to schooling.  I hope to tackle these inquiries in the blog over time.  However, the question that I’ve gotten the most this week is, “So, where are you going again?!”  It…

  • Preparations & Transitions

    Summer has arrived in Alaska and we are using all the daylight hours to a max, as we embrace the day-to-day beauty of where we live, while simultaneously planning for our voyage ahead.  We are managing to fit some fun outings in among many projects and work.  Most notable for us this week was the…

  • KFSK Local Radio Interview

    The four of us had so much fun sitting down and sharing our upcoming adventure with Shelby Herbert, a reporter with Petersburg KFSK public radio! Listen to the story at: https://www.kfsk.org/2023/04/07/petersburg-doctor-says-goodbye/

  • Finding SV Terikah

    How does one choose THE boat to take their family thousands of miles safely, across open oceans between tight passes, and become a family home?  We first looked to our beloved 36-foot Bayfield monohull.  Having put 10,000 miles under her keel, we know her ins and outs and she has been our family boat for…

  • Welcome to the Hyer Family Sailing Adventures!

    We are a family of four from Petersburg, Alaska who are setting sail on our 44 foot Antares catamaran in November 2023 to explore the world together. Our crew is fix-it dad Chris (age 45), family doc Jen (age 44), fishing fanatic Calder (age 13), and artistic bookworm Cora (age 11). We started our boating…