TEKA III Home Page

Welcome to our page. We are Denis and Mary Umstot, owners of Teka III, a 52' Passagemaker, built by Knight and Carver, San Diego, CA in 1981. We have logged over 38,000 nautical miles since we purchased Teka in 1997. Our adventures are chronicled on this site.

2008 Stories:

• Desolation Sound Re-visited (26 August – 28 September 2008)
• Guaymas to Seattle (4 January to 4 May 2008)

Our Past Stories:

• 2007
  • Trinidad to Guaymas (December 1, 2006 to March 24, 2007)
• 2006
  • Leeward Islands - Caribbean - West Indies (December 2005 - March 2006)
• 2005
  • Voyage Across the Atlantic! (December 2005)
  • Beyond Turkey: The Middle East (2 May - 3 July 2005)
• 2004
  • Black Sea (3 July - 4 September)
  • Our Egyptian Adventure (7-20 April 2004)
  • Cappadocia (28 March to 4 April 2004)
• 2003
  • Leaving Our Mark in Greece (22 July - 26 September 2003)
  • Exploring Croatia (Summer 2003) (also see Peg & Tom Maynard's Report)
  • Metera, Italy
• 2002
  • Sicily (2 - 15 September 2002)
  • Tunisia (19 August - 2 September 2002)
  • Sardinia (15 July - 19 August 2002)
  • Land Cruising in Central Italy (July 7-13 2002)
  • Islands of Italy South of Rome (June 20 - 30 and September 15 - 17 2002)
  • Barcelona to Rome (May 11 2002 - June 12 2002)
  • France by Sea and by Land (May 2002)
  • A Cruising Lifestyle (April 19 2002)
  • Trekking by Train Through Spain (March 18-27 2002)

Look for our article in the Mar/Apr 2002 issue of PassageMaker magazine: "Crossing the Atlantic: His and Hers Perspectives on Anxieties and Realities" to learn about how we did it!

Note: Additional documentation about TEKA III is archived at Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea.