Only Arizona

A Song Born in the High Desert.

Some songs arrive when you need them. "Only Arizona" arrived on a Sunday morning at Nevado Ranch, 6,500 feet up in the White Mountains of Arizona — in the middle of planning one of the most ambitious sailing expeditions ever attempted.

The Blue Rim 5 is a multi-season expedition aboard Shamrocket — a 17-foot Hobie Getaway catamaran departing Key Largo, Florida, in November 2027. It runs up the U.S. Atlantic coast to Nantucket, Massachusetts, then across to the Bahamas, then through the Caribbean and South America, and up the U.S. Pacific coast from Oxnard, California.

The expedition is built around one defiant idea: Arizona is one of the most beautiful and varied states in the union — sky islands, saguaro desert, red rock canyon country, ancient ruins, and one of the largest veteran populations in America. It has everything. Except a coastline. The Blue Rim 5 changes that. Every stop, every country, every reef, every waterfront bar across 31 countries — Arizona is there. The copper star of the state flag flies from Shamrocket's mast across every sea on the route.