Author Archives: John

  5/27/2018 Hi All, Yep…we are on passage to Russia….still a bit hard to believe, a bit surreal for this Kansas boy who grew up in the Cold War!!! We have had trawler conditions for the first 24 hours…..sweet as!!! The winds and seas are forecast for the next 24 hours to strengthen to 15-20kts, … Read More →

May 26 Hi All, I just wanted to send a quick email that we are leaving tomorrow, May 27 at 7am for Petropavlovsk Russia. It is ~890nm and will take us close to 5 days so we hope to be in Petropavlovsk Friday, June 1 in the am. We have a good weather window if … Read More →

May 22-23 Hi All, Yes……we have FETCHED KUSHIRO HOKKAIDO JAPAN….whoa….we had to pinch ourselves a little to let it sink in….this little trawler that can!!!!! Another huge milestone on our way to Sitka Alaska!!! Leg 3 of MMMAC is completed….Mystic Moon Malaysia to Alaska Cruise…..say MAC…..still no one has come up with a better name…..Okinawa … Read More →

May 14-21 Hi All, “Hakodate is one of the main cities on Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island. Looming over the town is 334m-high Mount Hakodate. The mountain’s summit, reachable by aerial ropeway gondola, offers dramatic nighttime views. At its base is Motomachi, a neighborhood of steep streets with Western-style, early-20th-century buildings. A city landmark is the … Read More →

May 10-13 Hi All, They say it’s your Birthday…..pipe in Beattle’s music here…..yep, that’s right….gee John, what did you do for your birthday….how did you celebrate….well, we did an overnight passage from Ogi to Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido….hmmm, that doesn’t sound like too much fun….why pretell….well, you see there is this Mr Weather … Read More →

May 8-9, Hi All, A pretty good summary of our emotions/thoughts on Japan as written by Kathy in an email: We are moving right along here! We had hoped to spend several days in Kanazawa sight-seeing there, but the authorities refused to let us stay where we were moored and couldn’t find another place for … Read More →

May 6-7, Oh just another unwelcoming big city for cruisers in Japan…..ugh, ugh, ugh!!!! Just for the record: We are now 7-6-2 for the 15 ports we have been to in Japan…..7 ports all went well, no hassles/moves…..6 ports we had to move 2-4 times….and TWO ports we got kicked out…..that’s a 47% success rate….not … Read More →

April 30 – May 5 Hi All, Tottori: We left Taisha on April 30 at 0530 for Tottori….ugh, another early morning…..87nm in trawler like conditions….ODG…sweet as….all wind and seas behind us and our friend Mr Kuroshio was pushing with a 0.5-1.0kt fair current….GO MYSTIC GO…..9kt Bad Bob would be sooooo proud!!!! Actually the current is … Read More →

April 29, Hi All, We left Yunotsu for the 25nm run to Taisha on Sunday, April 29…..yes, finally a short run!! We left 0630 in order to see the Shrine all in one day. We had very nice conditions….winds no bother and a 2-4′ swell off the port stern gave us a little motion but … Read More →

April 26-28 Hi All, Trivia Facts: There has been a persistent haze since we have been in Japan. We keep asking what is is from and have settled on these 3 possibilites: 1. Air inversion causing fog/haze from the warm Kuroshio current (our friend again) and the cold air from China/Russia 2. Smog/pollution from China … Read More →