"Odys'Sea" ... What's in a name ....
The name is (obviously) a word play on 'Odyssey' Homers epic poem about Odysseus roaming the seas for 10 years in an attempt to get back home to Ithaka after the Troyan War.
I have always been a fan of Greek Mythology, so it seemed fitting as we are planning to 'roam the seas' for several years ourself (but maybe not quite 10 years).
Also it seems to fit in with the name of our current sailboat 'Calypso', Calypso being the sea nymph that had fallen deeply in love with Odysseus and held him captive in the hope he would agree to become her husband.
My "Calypso" got her name from the fact that the sea 'held me captive' pretty much like the sea nymp Calypso did hold Odysseus captive...
About this website ...
The main reason for existance of this website is nothing more than personal use:
I wanted a place to keep track of the all the information we collected regarding a circumnavigation we plan, starting in July 2022.
So you will find a variety of links, books, ideas, boat designs. All this we found interesting for one reason or another.
I have tried to order these things a little but some things might fit in multiple categories in which I made an arbitrary decision.
A small word about the main topics:
The Search
This section is about our search for the 'perfect' boat for our circumnavigation and all the different types and models we inspected over the years. Some we were actually considering at a certain point in time, some we were just curious.
This mostly serves as an overview for us and a reminder of the things we (dis)liked about the boat.The Voyage
Our section about planning and how we envision our circumnavigation. About the places we would like to see and perhaps a few words on why we want to visit that place (Destinations) and the route we consider taking to get to those places (Itinerary).
As we are still unsure about certain segments some 'alternates' might show up, or optional loops, ...
The Equipment
This should in fact read as 'Things we (plan to) have on board' as it not limited to just hardware, you will also find a list of books from the ships library in there as well ...
The Crew
Just a few words about us ...
The "Link" section
Things/article I found around the web, which I considered interesting for some reason. These are roughly categorised. Some are about planning, some might be about things I would consider to use during a refit, ...