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Lightroom Albums

s/v Reach 2008-2018

s/v Reach

birds of the US & Bahamas

birds of the Caribbean

birds of Central America

birds of South America

butterflies/moths

travel photography

Map

Lightroom Albums

s/v Reach 2008-2018

Folder: photo galleries

birds of the US & Bahamas

birds of the Caribbean

birds of Central America

birds of South America

butterflies/moths

travel photography

Map

Lightroom Albums

s/v Reach 2008-2018

Underwater

Practicing with my camera underwater…

Solitary gorgonian hydroid (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Orangesided goby (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Banded clinging crab in Florida corallimorphs (Copy)

Urchin bumblebee shrimp (Copy)

Western smoothhead blenny (Copy)

Houndfish (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Conchfish with Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Maze coral (Copy)

Creole wrasse (Copy)

Coral wall (Copy)

Nurse shark (Copy)

Redlip blenny bicolor phase (Copy)

Roughhead triplefin (Copy)

Goldline blenny (Copy)

Lesser electric ray (Copy)

Bearded firework (Copy)

Mottled jawfish mouth brooding (Copy)

Roughhead blenny (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Porcupinefish (Copy)

Juvenile foureye butterflyfish (Copy)

Spotted sea hare (Copy)

Intermediate gray angelfish (Copy)

Seaslug eggs (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Azure vase sponge (Copy)

Hogfish (Copy)

Lined elysia and taino elysia (Copy)

Papillose blenny (Copy)

Seagrass elysia (Copy)

Acoel flatworm (Copy)

Longhorn blenny (Copy)

Downy blenny (Copy)

Sea spider (Copy)

Slender filefish (Copy)

Juvenile rock beauty (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Yellowfin grouper (Copy)

Fringeback Dondice (Copy)

Mat zoanthids (Copy)

Flame helmet snail (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Great star coral (Copy)

Whitespotted filefish (Copy)

Blackbar soldierfish with isopod (Copy)

Masked goby (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Sea thimble (Copy)

Juvenile fourspot butterflyfish (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp with eggs (Copy)

Sharknose goby (Copy)

Goldspot goby (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Spotted goatfish (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp with eggs (Copy)

Nassau grouper (Copy)

Smooth flower coral (Copy)

Spotted spiny lobster (Copy)

Threespot damselfish (Copy)

Crinoid (Copy)

White-speckled hermit crab (Copy)

Sergeant major eggs (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Rosy blenny (Copy)

Sun anemone shrimp (Copy)

Juvenile puddingwife (Copy)

Lettuce sea slug (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Blue chromes (Copy)

Houndfish (Copy)

Lemon shark (Copy)

Mottled jawfish (Copy)

Hawksbill turtle (Copy)

Bioluminescent bearded fireworm (Copy)

Closed giant anemone (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Mating flamingo tongues (Copy)

White speckled hermit crab (Copy)

Smooth trunkfish (Copy)

Swollen-claw mantis shrimp (Copy)

Green turtle (Copy)

Upside-down jellyfish (Copy)

Banded clinging crab (Copy)

Knobby anemone (Copy)

Fringed filefish (Copy)

Juvenile gray angelfish (Copy)

Goldentail moray eel (Copy)

Giant hermit crab (Copy)

Roughhead triplefin (Copy)

Pale clumping anemone (Copy)

Ridged brain coral (Copy)

Goldline blenny (Copy)

Swollen-claw mantis shrimp (Copy)

Balloonfish (Copy)

Queen parrotfish (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Juvenile yellowtail damselfish (Copy)

Yellowhead jawfish (Copy)

Slender filefish (Copy)

Reef scene (Copy)

Brittlestar on fire coral (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Mysid shrimp (Copy)

Goldentail moray eel (Copy)

Cleaner goby (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Fairy basslet (Copy)

Juvenile gray angelfish cleaning bar jack (Copy)

Tobaccofish (Copy)

Barred cardinalfish (Copy)

Rosy blenny (Copy)

Bridle cardinalfish (Copy)

Flat tunicate (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp on closed warty corallimorph (Copy)

Squat shrimp (Copy)

Intermediate French angelfish (Copy)

True tulip snail (Copy)

Blackcheek blenny (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Shortfinger hermit crab (Copy)

Juvenile cubbyu (Copy)

Compound tunicate (Copy)

Shipwreck anchor (Copy)

Green turtle (Copy)

Berried Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Social feather dusters (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Azure vase sponge (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Saddled blend (Copy)

Sun anemone (Copy)

Fairy basslet (Copy)

Spotted trunkfish (Copy)

Honeycomb cowfish (Copy)

Cleaner goby (Copy)

Squat shrimp (Copy)

Mermaid's teacups (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Seaweed blenny (Copy)

Sailfin dragonet (Copy)

Tompot blenny (Copy)

Sergeant major eggs (Copy)

Yellow garden eels (Copy)

Intermediate gray angelfish (Copy)

True tulip snail (Copy)

White margate (Copy)

Great barracuda (Copy)

Porcupinefish (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Juvenile queen angelfish (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Lionfish (Copy)

Solitary gorgonian hydroid (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Orangesided goby (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Banded clinging crab in Florida corallimorphs (Copy)

Urchin bumblebee shrimp (Copy)

Western smoothhead blenny (Copy)

Houndfish (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Conchfish with Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Maze coral (Copy)

Creole wrasse (Copy)

Coral wall (Copy)

Nurse shark (Copy)

Redlip blenny bicolor phase (Copy)

Roughhead triplefin (Copy)

Goldline blenny (Copy)

Lesser electric ray (Copy)

Bearded firework (Copy)

Mottled jawfish mouth brooding (Copy)

Roughhead blenny (Copy)

Sailfin blenny (Copy)

Porcupinefish (Copy)

Juvenile foureye butterflyfish (Copy)

Spotted sea hare (Copy)

Intermediate gray angelfish (Copy)

Seaslug eggs (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Azure vase sponge (Copy)

Hogfish (Copy)

Lined elysia and taino elysia (Copy)

Papillose blenny (Copy)

Seagrass elysia (Copy)

Acoel flatworm (Copy)

Longhorn blenny (Copy)

Downy blenny (Copy)

Sea spider (Copy)

Slender filefish (Copy)

Juvenile rock beauty (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Yellowfin grouper (Copy)

Fringeback Dondice (Copy)

Mat zoanthids (Copy)

Flame helmet snail (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Great star coral (Copy)

Whitespotted filefish (Copy)

Blackbar soldierfish with isopod (Copy)

Masked goby (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Sea thimble (Copy)

Juvenile fourspot butterflyfish (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp with eggs (Copy)

Sharknose goby (Copy)

Goldspot goby (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Spotted goatfish (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp with eggs (Copy)

Nassau grouper (Copy)

Smooth flower coral (Copy)

Spotted spiny lobster (Copy)

Threespot damselfish (Copy)

Crinoid (Copy)

White-speckled hermit crab (Copy)

Sergeant major eggs (Copy)

Spinyhead blenny (Copy)

Rosy blenny (Copy)

Sun anemone shrimp (Copy)

Juvenile puddingwife (Copy)

Lettuce sea slug (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Blue chromes (Copy)

Houndfish (Copy)

Lemon shark (Copy)

Mottled jawfish (Copy)

Hawksbill turtle (Copy)

Bioluminescent bearded fireworm (Copy)

Closed giant anemone (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Mating flamingo tongues (Copy)

White speckled hermit crab (Copy)

Smooth trunkfish (Copy)

Swollen-claw mantis shrimp (Copy)

Green turtle (Copy)

Upside-down jellyfish (Copy)

Banded clinging crab (Copy)

Knobby anemone (Copy)

Fringed filefish (Copy)

Juvenile gray angelfish (Copy)

Goldentail moray eel (Copy)

Giant hermit crab (Copy)

Roughhead triplefin (Copy)

Pale clumping anemone (Copy)

Ridged brain coral (Copy)

Goldline blenny (Copy)

Swollen-claw mantis shrimp (Copy)

Balloonfish (Copy)

Queen parrotfish (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Juvenile yellowtail damselfish (Copy)

Yellowhead jawfish (Copy)

Slender filefish (Copy)

Reef scene (Copy)

Brittlestar on fire coral (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Mysid shrimp (Copy)

Goldentail moray eel (Copy)

Cleaner goby (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Spiny lobster (Copy)

Fairy basslet (Copy)

Juvenile gray angelfish cleaning bar jack (Copy)

Tobaccofish (Copy)

Barred cardinalfish (Copy)

Rosy blenny (Copy)

Bridle cardinalfish (Copy)

Flat tunicate (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp on closed warty corallimorph (Copy)

Squat shrimp (Copy)

Intermediate French angelfish (Copy)

True tulip snail (Copy)

Blackcheek blenny (Copy)

Redlip blenny (Copy)

Shortfinger hermit crab (Copy)

Juvenile cubbyu (Copy)

Compound tunicate (Copy)

Shipwreck anchor (Copy)

Green turtle (Copy)

Berried Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Social feather dusters (Copy)

Spotted cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Azure vase sponge (Copy)

Pederson cleaner shrimp (Copy)

Saddled blend (Copy)

Sun anemone (Copy)

Fairy basslet (Copy)

Spotted trunkfish (Copy)

Honeycomb cowfish (Copy)

Cleaner goby (Copy)

Squat shrimp (Copy)

Mermaid's teacups (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Seaweed blenny (Copy)

Sailfin dragonet (Copy)

Tompot blenny (Copy)

Sergeant major eggs (Copy)

Yellow garden eels (Copy)

Intermediate gray angelfish (Copy)

True tulip snail (Copy)

White margate (Copy)

Great barracuda (Copy)

Porcupinefish (Copy)

Imitator blenny (Copy)

Juvenile queen angelfish (Copy)

Saddled blenny (Copy)

Lionfish (Copy)

@svreach Instagram ~

We finally got around to adding a water catchment system after many years living on the Dolphin. Simple, but it works right into the tank

Our 30 gal/hr watermaker has never had an issue and we just replaced the membranes preventatively... but you

Reach/Kaya reunion in Baja MX last week 🤗 We decided 6 years is too long!

Lizz invited us to her BDay celebration, so now was the time to fly to Baja since we’re not planning to sail there. We had such a blast catching up with her and Char

Quick snorkel today before it got too rough 🤿

These little balloonfish always swim right over to say hola! 😆

#balloonfish #cutie #seaofcortez #baja #mexico

New boat bling from Brazil to replace Reach's turnbuckles ✨

Even though the old ones appeared in good shape, they were original and ready for a preventative replacement. Overall a straightforward swap with mechanical fittings on our 14mm shrouds.

The beauty of cast iron to make seared salmon with perfectly crispy skin. 🍳

After a quick salt dry brine, my other little trick is to sprinkle a small amount of sugar on the skin before searing skin down first. You can't taste sweetness whatsoever,

We found a perfect spot on the arch to add a rack for our new liferaft. ⛵️

#liferaft #lalizasisoliferafts #aluminumarch #sailcatamaran #colón #panama

Ready to launch ⛵️

#cleanboat #compoundandwax #antifouling #bottompaint #ecofleet530 #haulout #colón #panama

Yard time again ⛵️😅

We’re back on the hard for a bottom job. Sanding is not a favorite so we hired some helpers.

Then Mark will do the antifouling and we’ll start off the next leg of our travels with fresh bottom paint.

#boatyard #h

Playa diablo 🏝️

#beachfix #blueskies #playadiablo #fortsherman #colón #panama

We always had a weather station on our Manta cat, yet hadn’t found a solid product since then that we wanted to invest in.

Although not perfect (who wants a 48 hr rain count?), we added an Acu Rite Iris station this week. It’s nice to h

It's the little things... ☕️

#cappuchino #sundaymorning #milkfrother #simplethings #boatlife #colón #panama

I came across a tayra this morning (weasel family)!! 🤩

Maybe I caught it with its hand in the honey jar, based on all of the bees at first. It was trying its best to growl and be intimidating (to some effect), but then decided I wasn't anything to

Slowly but surely, stocking Reach back up for times when the grocery store access is not so convenient. ⛵️

Mostly replenishing staples like pasta, rice & beans... plus Mark will have a least a few pies in his future. 🥧😂

#provisioning #staples

This morning was unusually clear with a brilliant blue sky as I set out for my bird walk. 💙

By the time I returned, the cumulous clouds had set back in as the typical tropical sky... and by afternoon they released their rain for a boat wash. 🌦️

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Always looking for something new to make with eggplant! 🍆

This eggplant chili with beans and lentils recipe is a keeper and makes for great leftovers. 😋

#eggplant #eggplantchili #vegetarian #cookingonaboat #boatgalley #colón #panama

Got my exercise yesterday scrubbing the decks! Reach was sooo green, but always cleans up nicely ✨

#cleanboat #scrubbingthedeck #boatwash #shelterbaymarina #colón #panama