About Me

I am Alison Stocker and with my husband, Randall, we have been cruising in our sailboat for five years. We retired from working at the University of Florida at the end of December 2007 and cast-off from Florida on June 1st, 2008, on our shake-down cruise up the eastern coast of North America.

Since then we have voyaged through the Bahamas, Jamaica, western Caribbean, Panama, Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands, Hawai’i, SE Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington State. If interested you can find blog sections about these adventures organized chronologically and by location. We are just setting-off again after a winter of refitting the boat so look for new blog entries starting in April 2013.

Our blog is primarily intended for our friends and relatives who want to find out where we are, but we welcome review and comments from anyone friendly!

Tregoning is a Cornish family name (meaning “homestead of Cohnan” or “farm by the ash trees”) and was my mother’s middle name.

Sailing Experience

I grew up in Cornwall, Great Britain, and was exposed to sailing in my youth. My older brothers probably took it more seriously than me then, but my career (in aquatic plant research) has never taken me far from the water and boats. So it was good to get a 21 ft sailboat about 15 years ago and get back into sailing.

Randall is a surfer from California and bought his first 23 ft sailboat in the early 1990’s. He had also spent a career on the water in airboats and small motor boats. In 2006, we sold our 26 ft Hunter (which was towed across the US three times) and bought our current 41 ft Morgan Classic.

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ludlowj May 09, 2012 at 03:08 AM

Hey Allison and Randall! I hope you get this! I have lost your email! Can you send it to me again at judy.ludlow@ufl.edu I tried leaving you a message through TripSailor but the verification keeps bouncing back for now. Anyway, this blog is awesome to say the least. Hope to touch base with you soon. Judy


SeaStar May 12, 2011 at 06:27 AM

Whahoo! So glad to read that you have arrived and are safe! Probably a bit of a trial but you prepared and made it!


courthanley April 21, 2010 at 05:15 PM

Allison and Randall – enjoyed seeing and reading all your adventures. Court


homesteader March 05, 2010 at 01:48 AM

Hey Stockers,

Cousin Greg from Shandon here. Had lunch with Sis yesterday and she gave me your blogsite. A wonderful blog…enjoy….


terrymcnabb March 04, 2010 at 04:21 AM

Hey, hope you didn’t tsunami’ed. We are doing well, the Olympics were a blast, got to the City a few times. Will be in California a bit here and there this month. Take care.


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Exploring Coastal WA and BC 2013

Exploring Coastal WA and BC 2013

Puget Sound - San Juan Islands - Strait of Georgia - Vancouver Island - and maybe the Queen Charlotte Islands and points further north

1 posts (2042 words) 12 photos 0 comments
British Columbia and Washington - 2012

British Columbia and Washington - 2012

Prince Rupert - Port McNeill - Desolation Sound - Nanaimo - Sidney - San Juan Islands - Bellingham - Seattle - Olympia

32 posts (43009 words) 379 photos 0 comments
Southeastern Alaska - 2012

Southeastern Alaska - 2012

Sitka - Hoonah - Glacier Bay - Juneau - Petersburg - Wrangell - Ketchikan

3 posts (2124 words) 10 photos 0 comments
Islands of Hawaii - 2011

Islands of Hawaii - 2011

Hawaii Island - Oahu - Maui - Lanai - Molokai - Kauai

31 Einträge (47914 Wörter) 427 Fotos 0 Kommentare
Galapagos to Hawaii 2011

Galapagos to Hawaii 2011

ISla Santa Cruz, Galapagos -Pacific Ocean - Big Island, Hawaii - Maui - Oahu

19 posts (24950 words) 204 photos 0 comments
Panama to the Galapagos 2011

Panama to the Galapagos 2011

Panama City, Islas Las Perlas, The Galapagos Islands

29 posts (42553 words) 399 photos 8 comments
Panama Pacific Coast 2010

Panama Pacific Coast 2010

Colon - Panama City - Las Perlas - Coiba - Isla Parida - Golfito

44 posts (51991 words) 275 photos 0 comments
Panama Caribbean Coast 2009

Panama Caribbean Coast 2009

Bocas del Toro - Portobelo - San Blas - Bocas del Toro - Colon

56 posts (53829 words) 191 photos 1 comments
US/Canada East Coast 2008

US/Canada East Coast 2008

Fernandina Beach, FL - Beaufort, NC - Norfolk, VA - Block Island, RI - Boston, MA - Southwest Harbor, ME - Halifax, Nova Scotia

41 posts (41596 words) 216 photos 21 comments