Daniel Oppliger of Tropical Sails Corp has been doing solar eclipse adventures since Baja in 1991. Dan was working for a tour company that specialized in motorhome and RV caravans at the tme. Dan took 35 motor-homes and campers to the beach and camped on the centerline. His employer at the time had no interest in going ot Mexico in the summertime. He arranged all details for this eclipse using resources acquired while working for a specialty tour operator. He did this in spite of misinformation published by what are our competitors today. We knew then how to get water and ice delivered to the beach in July.

In the early nineties we arranged solar eclipse trips for a few clients who asked for them. In 1994 we sold over 100,000 pair of Eclipse Shades® for Rainbow Symphony. We were featured in the The El Paso Herald Post and on the local TV. In 1998 Tropical Sails Corp chartered four ships from Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, Ltd and the Star Clipper. We filled them all.


We continued to represent Windjammer until they went out of business. In the meanwhile we took two groups to Turkey for Eclipses, one for the Venus Transit, went to China twice. Our Turkey and China suppliers have been so wonderful to us, we continue to promote their tours.

Our first trip to Turkey is still talked about in Bodrum, Turkey today. Many of the same crew are with Apak yachting. Meltem Ozer, our sales contact at the time, works in Bodrum real estate now.

Dan has been all over the globe doing solar eclipse trips and other business with suppliers whom we have maintained relationships. He now represents the new Windjammer Saiing Adventures, Star Clippers, Curio Travel and other fine companies as a full service travel agency in Surprise, AZ.