Baby on Board

Peter and Antonia Murphy, who embarked last summer on what they called the Trans-Pacific Baby Project aboard their wildly painted Mariner 36 Sereia, welcomed their new deckhand, Silas Joseph Murphy, into the world at 2:23 p.m. on January 4. "Though a week early," Antonia wrote, "Silas already weighed nine pounds, thus proving our theory that massive quantities of French cheese and puff pastry make babies grow big and strong."

So what lies in store for the Murphy family? "Unless New Zealand kicks us out in June, we may well be here for a few years, teaching Silas how to tack and jibe." We’d like to say you can check their website www.svsereia.com for updates but it seems the exceedingly entertaining couple are considering putting the site on hold. "We don’t really want to transform our sailing adventure site into a ‘baby’s first gurgle’ site." They’re asking for opinions so hop on over and tell them how you really feel.