This site documents the journey of Bill Morris and Sharon Bennett aboard their 43-foot sailing catamaran named Turtlebones. Setting sail from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in April 2023, 21 days later, they reached Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands. Island-hopping across the Pacific, Turtlebones arrived in New Zealand in September having logged nearly 8,000 nautical miles.
In early June 2025, after spending time home in Canada and touring lovely New Zealand by land, Turtlebones and her crew sailed north to Fiji. They then continued westward to Vanuatu, before making an 18-day passage over the top of Australia to Indonesia.
Following a brief visit home, Sharon and Bill rejoined Turtlebones in January 2026. The plan for the third leg of their journey involves exploring the Indonesian archipelago, sailing northwest against the prevailing trade winds, then up through the Malacca Strait to Malaysia and Thailand.
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Lemme Get This Strait
Leaving Indonesia, heading to Malaysia. First, we had to manoeuvre our way across the Singapore Strait. After a week of shore-rest, there’s nothing quite like that shot of adrenalin that you get from being out there in your 43-foot sailboat among hundreds, even thousands, of 900-foot freighters. Gets you right back into the groove of…
Amazing Singapore – No Messing Around
Our last stop in Indonesian was Nongsa Point Marina, just a single skinny degree north of the equator. A convenient spot to complete the official paperwork required to exit the country. The marina is part of a larger resort complex, and we were invited to avail ourselves of its various amenities. The pool was a…
Lifelong Learning
Over my 70 years, I’ve learned many words. Sometimes new words are added – lifelong learning! – but it’s not often anymore that I encounter a new word, one that I really didn’t know before, one that I have to look it up. So I was grateful recently when Bill taught me a new word…