Meet our new home!
She’s the M/V Explorer, built in 2002 by Blohm & Voss Shipbuilders (Germany).  The ship is 590 feet long, 84 feet wide, and has a draft of 24 feet.   Weighing in at 24, 300 tons, she can easily reach 28 knots.  This is a very different vessel than either of us have sailed on...
 
To learn more about the ship and our shipmates, click here.
To view our itinerary and see a map of the route, click here.
To go to our journal entries, click here.
 
 
 
 
Rachel & Jack’s journey
Spring 2007:  Semester at Sea