Daily Logs

Ruby - log3 La routine

Bonjour à tousRuby continue sa route bercé par un vent de 25 à 30 noeuds au large des cotes Colombiennes. Nos journées sont marquées par trois évenements importants: le "radio net report " contact le matin et le soir avec les voix chaudes et rassurantes des skippers volontaires qui veillent sur nous, l'apéro et les petits plats de Margaret (elle s'habitue malgré l'état de la mer et parle de revenir) et le lever de la lune.J'oubliais la pêche, mais la aussi nos débuts ne sont pas très brillants : une petite bonite "pour trois" et un poisson volant trouvé sur le pont !!!.De plus nous avons perdu notre appât fétiche négocié dans un village du Cap Vert, simple, mais qui. read more...

Tucanon - Tonga, Blue starfish

The Kingdom of Tonga is stunningly beautiful, the inhabitants that we have met are simply charming, have infinite patience and appear to be incredibly chilled out. It is the only Pacific nation never ruled by a foreign country and has the  last remaining Polynesian monarchy. Thus it remains independent of aid from other countries. The Kingdom is about to become democratic, following an election in the near future.Tonga is made up of 170 islands, of which around a quarter are inhabited, divided into four groups with Tongatapu in the south, Ha'apai consisting of low coral islands with huge volcanoes in the center, Vava'u, where we checked into the country and 300 kilometers further north, the volcanic Niuas.We left Neiafu having stayed there for 3 nights and made passage, all of. read more...

Quasar V of Lleyn - Inspecting the hull

Wednesday 2nd AprilANAHO BAYMalcy inspecting the hullDidn't arrive till mid afternoon after a longish trip a lot of which was against the wind. The others went for a walk along the beach whilst I discovered the Pension on the beach had a restaurant. The restaurant consisted of a corrugated roof held up with scaffolding poles and the grotiest tables and chairs ever seen, with a bit of a makeshift kitchen in the corner! I certainly didn't fancy eating there, but had a beer to pass the time!As I walked back I spotted Cleone had arrived and I was asked by Malcy if we could give them dinner, so we did and guess what .. we had a good evening!clip_image002. read more...

Maamalni - Leg Four - Third installment: This wasn't in the brochure or, MaaMa visits the car wash!

Leg Five - Third installment: This wasn't in the brochure or, MaaMa visits the car wash!As is often the routine with long distance sailors, before leaving port an ad-hoc group of like minded sailors discuss staying in contact with each other during the voyage to swap information and watch out for each in case trouble strikes. This is all done using the using the new-fangled invention called the "radio". The group determines in advance an agreed to call-in time and frequency, which in this case is 1930 Galapagos time (0130 Zulu), thus helping to herd the cats and keep out of trouble.The exchange between boats is Boat Name, present position, both latitude and longitude, current, weather, wind and sea state conditions along with number of "souls on board" or as we know them as people.. read more...

Matilda - Waltzing Matilda - all Night Long. Where for Art Thou Auto Helm

Lots of fun and games aboard since Jonathan's last email - just in case we were in danger of getting bored. I (Heather) was on the helm Wednesday evening when the steering jammed completely. Fortunately we switched onto the Autohelm and it kicked in immediately. That was odd we thought (although I suspect Jonathan thought it was something daft I had done). A little bit later the Autohelm reported a problem and refused to play anymore, so we took over hand steering for the rest of the night while we looked into the problem. What joy - 2 hour stints at the wheel all night long, I needed an upper body workout (and if anyone says this is what we should be doing anyway, I challenge them to have a go). By the way did I mention that we have 30 knots winds with lively seas at them moment?The. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the World (presently in Savausavau, Fiji)

Monday, 21st June 2010 Lots of chatter on the next door yacht, feckers had us awake with the birds, anyway, up we get, and decide that we have seen all thats to see on the Island, so we will leave tomorrow. After a light breakfast, we did some provisioning,  meat especially, belly pork, mince meat, loin of pork, legs of lamb, chicken, sausages, ( lamb , beef, and cheese & onion lamb sausages) should be interesting. Hopefully, we will have enough to get us to Australia. We looked at changing all the internal lights to LED lights, however, even though the price to do the operation was very right, the color of the fittings were black, and not suitable for "A Lady". However, we did replace all the reading light bulbs with LED's 10 in all, and they are. read more...

BRIZO - Daily Log for 13 Jan 2012

We seem to have developed sympathetic cases of mal du mer, now reported by 75% of the crew. When the lead sufferer feels poorly, so do the others and the opposite is true when the first is feeling better. Hopefully today will be the turning point as far as everyone on board feeling comfortable.So far the only fish we have caught are of the flying variety, so anxious to join us that they leap up onto the boat in the early morning hours. We plan to complete the new deck wash system today so that when we do catch mahi-mahi or tuna, we will be well equipped for cleaning our catch.The girls put in a fair amount of time on schoolwork yesterday although they are likely still behind their shore-based classmates as far as amount of learning since Christmas break. They have completed the drafts of. read more...

Asolare - In Marquesas

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }Now on the Island of Nuku-Hiva, again a beautiful Island. In an idyllic anchorage on the north coast. Photo of a traditional Polynesian boat in the large anchorage. Will be going to the main Taiohae Bay later today so we can fuel and provision up on Monday. After that setting sail for the islands of Tahiti.Capt. Peterwww.asolare.com P4060111_edited-1. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the world (presently in Savausavau, Fiji)

Sunday, 20th June 2010  07.30hrs Aileen, Margaret and Skipper hopped out of the scratchers and got ready to go to the church for a musical top up, and of course Mass for Aileen. We ordered a taxi for this trip, as the church was a good few miles away. The Church was very basic, with a corrugated iron, blood red roof. It only had the back half of the church with seats, the rest was floor seating, and you had to take off the shoes at the door and leave them outside. The choir was very good, and the singing excellent, but, very much more raspy than Vava'u. Vava'u definitely took the biscuit for their singing...  As I said before, earth shattering stuff. After Mass, we got a lift back to the town in one of the organized busses that carry the locals to and. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the World... ( presently in Fiji )

Saturday, 19th June 2010 A much better day today. The Girls got going early, they took a bus across the island to " Labasa "  the capitol of the Island. They explained later that the country side and landscape was beautiful and that the Island was a lot bigger than they imagined. However the bus journey must have been tough going, as they returned by taxi. Overall, the round trip was about 200 km.John hired a scooter and took off  exploring what was to be seen, mostly bird watching, the flying type.Skipper spent most of the day having the laptop serviced and debugged, these bloody contraception, seem to have a mind all of their own, only work now and then, or when they feel like it, and are prone to a  virus as soon as you look at them... Skipper. read more...

Quasar V of Lleyn - Log 05 April

Saturday 5th AprilUA-POULeft Nuka Hiva early afternoon after more shopping and an expensive refuel (about £400!) and had a pleasant sail to Ua-Pou. Decided to go to Hakahau Bay and put my waypoint there only to find that I had actually put the waypoint at Hakahetau Bay when we arrived, same latitude different longitude. oops! Still we had an extra hour for the watermaker after we had emptied the tank as someone was complaining the water tasted off, as we motored an hour round the corner in the dark!We had booked for dinner at the Pension Pukuee and turned up ¾ of an hour late, with the food already on a long table with the 4 house guests. Included on the table were a couple who we had seen in Keikahanui Pearl Lodge and she (who was from Brittany) had just finished a one year. read more...

Morning Star - Michael blog 2

Monday Nov 14 Friday Nov 11 at 1030 the race started. We woke up to 45 degree temp and blowing about 20-25 kts. We reefed the main before the start and let most of the boats start ahead of us to play it safe. We crossed the line at about 1040. Unfortunately the wind was directly behind us which made the boat rock and roll a lot. To avoid the rollin we gybed back and forth out of the bay crossing over 2 tunnels (there are no bridges crossing the Chesapeake entrance so they could not be bombed and lock the Atlantic fleet in). To add to the confusion there were at least 10 ships from commercial, to military, to coast guard coming in and out through these narrow openings on the causeway. We listened to the ship Cptns calling various vessels to figure out how to get by them without running. read more...

Ensemble - Day 4: 13 January - Sushi Celebration

Greetings from yacht Ensemble.At 8am ECT we are at N 12d 31.87', W 074d 09.15', with just over 300nm to go. Winds are up to 30 knots, with a 'messy' 1-2m swell. Barometer rising at 1006 hpa, clear and sunny skies, with temperature of 27C.We now have Ensemble in a 'stable' condition. We are able to charge the batteries using the starboard engine (although we can't engage it because the sheet is still wrapped around the propeller and the sea state is still to rough to risk going overboard to untangle it). We are making reasonable speed with the jib reefed in - and should be in the Blas Islands in just over 48 hours.All of this was cause to celebrate - so we popped the bubbly and had a delicious meal of sushi / sashimi. Putting the feast together was no small task in force 6 - with waves. read more...

Crazy Horse - June 20

It is Father's Day here in Savusavu. We have spent the day doing as Bill would wish by cleaning and reorganizing the boat. He cleaned out the back lazerette but Matt had to keep him focused on the task at hand. He would much rather fix something that he spots is broken along the way. That is why we never seem to keep things together and in one place. Bill is great at fixing and repairing and troubleshooting. It is the other putting the stuff back that drives us all crazy.We also took inventory of all our freezer contents so we can use up the food before we get to Australia. I hear that we must not bring any fresh fruit or veggies or meats and fish into the country. We can also only bring limited alcohol products in also. That leaves practically only food in tins that isacceptable for. read more...

Talulah Ruby II - Talulahrubians in Paradise

Well we have been in the Marquesas for 10 days now and have visited 3 islands with 2 more to go, befor heading S.W. to The Tuamatos Islands.The peopla are so friendly,the scenery here is absolutely stunning and we have never seen so many fruit trees: grapefruit, mangoes, coconut and of course bananas. We have many as gifts from the locals.We have been diving seeing huge Manta rays and turtles and thousands of colourful fish.Last night we had dinner with a local family in Hanavave Bay, Fatu Hiva.They made a real feast of raw tuna in Coconut, BBQ chicken, fish and veal, breadfruit, bananas, all washed down with fresh lemonade.Afterwards we had traditional singing and dancing. The whole family are wood and stone carvers and after looking at the goods we decided to buy a beautiful wood. read more...

Pura Vida 6 - Dejamos VENEZUELA y entramos en COLOMBIA

Dejamos VENEZUELA y entramos en COLOMBIA La bienvenida de Colombia ha consistido en una noche en la que el viento ha ido aumentando y aumentando sobrepasando los 25 nudos y el mar encrespado con olas de mas de tres metros rompiendo por la popa.La noche empezo con todo el trapo arriba, pusimos un primer rizo, pero no aguantabamos el barco, las olas nos lo giraban de tal manera que nos entraba el mar por los tambuchos, ya de noche pusimos el segundo y las olas seguían aumentando, salio una luna esplendida en medio de un espectaculo de viento y olas rompiendo en nuestra popa que provocaban que el llevar el timon fuera una descarga continua de adrenalina. Durante toda la noche nadie dejo el timon a Mariano, cada uno en su guardia disfruto y se agoto hasta que entraba el siguiente,. read more...

Anastasia - Poor Parasailor

11:52.8N 75:16.1W  861 miles covered, 240 miles to goUp until 5:30 this evening everything was going really well.  We were averaging 11 knots and making good progress towards San Blas.  The wind was gradually increasing and we were wondering whether it was time to bring the Parasailor down.  A 35 knot gust made the decision for us - the Parasailor exploded (A3F)  Then it was everyone onto the trampoline to pull down the tattered shreds of sail.  Parasailors are normally hard to douse, but it is surprisingly easy to get one down when it is in ribbons.   Anyway, it was fun while it lasted.  Here is a picture of our wake from the time when we were still being pulled along by the Parasailor.  At times when surfing down waves we saw speeds of over. read more...

Graptolite - No Trouble Atoll

We had a pleasant sail over the last few hundred miles to the atoll of Manihi (I might have spelt it wrong earlier). On the way I opened up some strange little leaf parcels that were bought on a whim in Hiva-Oa. They turned out to contain tasty dried bananas. Nobody else would eat them, so more for me then.In the distance, the atoll looked like a row of palm trees and it looked about the same closer up. We got to the pass into the lagoon while there was still an hour left of tide flowing out but Grapto has seen worse tides than that in the Solent and so we powered on through into the lagoon.After anchoring near 'the' village we got a fast boat across the lagoon to the 'Manihi Pearl Beach Resort' for lunch. A fancy hotel with up-market thatched over-water huts for rooms. The place was. read more...

Destiny - Auf dem Weg von Vava'u nach Fiji

Sonntag, 20. Juni 2010 Wir sind heute schon um 6:30 aufgestanden und haben nochmal im ruhigen Wasser der Lagune von Hunga gebadet und geduscht. Heute wollen wir, nachdem sich das Wetter zwischen Tonga und Fiji etwas beruhigt hat, nach Fiji aufbrechen. Um 7:30 Uhr fahren wir durch die nur 20 Meter breite Einfahrt Kalau hinaus aufs offene Meer und verlassen das Insel Paradies von Vava'u Königreich Tonga, in dem wir uns nunmehr 20 Tage aufgehalten und die schönsten Stellen erkundet haben. Wir haben eine wunderschöne Inselwelt, mit Lagunen in den schönsten türkis und hell- und tiefblauen Farben genießen dürfen. Nun nehmen wir Abschied vom Tonganischen Königreich mit seinen freundlichen Menschen. Ronja und Dreamcatcher wollen noch einen Tag länger bleiben und erst morgen aufbrechen.Gegen 8:45. read more...

Asolare - In Marquesas

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }Thursday 3rd April 2008 The Islands of the Marquesas are truly stunning! They have majestic towering peaks, generally in the clouds and beautiful sandy bays, fringed with coconut palm trees. Most of the island have small villages and at Vaitahu on the Island of Tahuata there is this charming Church with exquisite stain glass windows. Not quite what you would expect for a small village with a population of 89!We have now left the bay of Puamau on Hiva-Oa and heading for Ua-Huka. From there we will go to Nuka Hiva.Capt. Peterwww.asolare.co.ukP3300012_edited-2. read more...

Trompeta - Halfway to San Blas

After a good start from Rodney Bay we have been lucky to have good sailing conditions with 20+ knots of wind and wonderful clear nights due to the full moon on 9 Jan making night watches a pleasure. Alison saw a shooting star last night and Dave has had a fleeting glimpse of Dolphins. Squalls have brought wind but no rain to speak about.Looking forward to our arrival at San Blas on Sunday all being well!   . read more...

Lady Ev.VI - Daily Log, 14. June 2010

Liebe Mitsegler und alle, die gerne mitlesen:Heute waren wir zum Einklarieren an der Queen´s Wharf von LAUTOKA um Customs, Immi und Gesundheit hinter uns zu bringenGroeßter anzunehmender Fehler-Wir haben an der Pier von Queen ´s Wharf angelegt, hatten noch die Festmacher in der Hand, als ein Fidji im Blaumann, in seiner Pause beim Rauchen gestoert, an die Pier trat und uns sagte, dass, wenn die Festmacher die Pier beruehrten, dies zu einer Strafe von 800,--F-Dollar fuehren wuerde.Wir sollten auf keinen Fall anlegen, sondern noerdlich der s.o. Wharf kreisen oder besser ankern,mit dem Beiboot an der Innenseite der Qu. Wharf anlegen und dann mit allen Papieren(auch mit Wohnort und Postleitzahl der Crew!)zu den Autoritaeten gehen (Inder, sehr freundlich, aber bestehen auf Einhaltung der. read more...

Lady Kay - Fatu Hiva

HiSpent two nights on the small island of Tahuata in a bay which is said to be best for snorkeling in Marquesas. Saw lots of fish that we hadn't seen before, but the great treat was our first view of spinner dolphins. There was a large pod in the bay, and they leap in the air and spin around in a pirouette before crashing back into the water. Quite spectacular and they were there most of the day. Also saw a very large shoal of very large tuna, which kept swimming around the boat with their fins out of the water. For a while we thought they were sharks and were not keen to go into the water, and great relief when we found out they were tuna! Set off early in the morning for the upwind motor-sail to Fatu Hiva. Not used to going upwind and it felt very bumpy, but arrived in Fatu Hiva at. read more...

Voyageur - Log day 112 -Where west meets east...

20 June 2010What a lovely passage this has been. Ok it was a bit rough to start with but we have had good wind all the way and only one small shower of rain. Finally yesterday morning, (Saturday), all the sails came out and as we had come up from the south, the winds put Voyageur on a beam reach, her best and fastest point of sail. Everybody was happy. At 11.31 pm precisely we crossed the International Date Line, our longitude now reading east. Nights are cooler now. There is something very comforting when you reach for a sheet to cocoon yourself within. I am even wearing a fleece on my night watch! The only thing to mar a perfect passage was the failure of the generator. We think the starter motor has jammed, which meant we had to motor sail off and on last night to charge the. read more...

Samsara - there was a loud bang and then....

Jan 12Last night at approx. 7pm we heard a loud bang (never a good sign!) and discovered that the vang had let go. The fitting where the vang attaches to the boom has broken. We will have to get that fixed in Panama but it isn't really having a huge impact on our sailing. We've got the main sheet and an extra tie down to help keep the boom from swinging about too much. So far not a real problem.Another item we have to address in Panama is the whisker pole fitting on the mast - it doesn't fit our pole. So - we'll hopefully be able to buy or have one shipped while in Panama but no whisker pole for this leg.Lee has been fishing for 2 days now - had a bite and reeled it in a bit but lost it yesterday. This morning he had another on the line and we furled the genoa and tried to land it but it. read more...

Glamorous Galah

Lamb roast is the most! It was surreal last night being at the helm in the caribbean sea with a plate of berns roast veg and lamb. Cooked to perfection.Dave cracked 12.1 knots on the jog before we decided a reef in both sails would be prudent. We have covered over 150 nautical miles for the 4th day in a row so the crew are quite happy with Glamorous Galah. Ted. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the World, Presently in Fiji.

Friday, 18th June 2010      (presently in Fiji) We had trouble with our on bord computer, so the blog took a bit of a dive for a while, and nothing was sent to the "World ARC" site as the address was nicely parked in the ships computer which we could not open... 08.00hrs The torrential rain had ceased, but it was still a dull morning with little or no wind. Our two American friends arrived (Crazy Horse & Ocean Jasper). Great to see them again! We relaxed for a while on board, it turned out that 5" of rain fell yesterday, but now with the sun trying desperately hard to shine, we can hear the local Police band playing great brass music as they marched up the street (today is a national day against crime). We think this is in celebration. read more...

Quasar V of Lleyn - Quasar V Log

Friday 4th AprilBOAT DAY IN THE BAYJB: Having indulged in a lovely tour the day before, we had allocated today as a work day on the boat, although Lindsey (having fallen in love with the island the day before) went horse riding in the morning - more about that later.Malcy started work on the macerator pump, a job which had him occupied for most of the day. It's not a pleasant job (it involves number 2's) and poor Malcy persevered with it. Barry went to pick up our bags of laundry and feeling confident that I could identify everyone's clothing and bedding I volunteered to sort it out. After the tenth time I asked "whose is this?", it became apparent that some one else's laundry had been mixed up with ours!Robert, Barry and I decided to press on with lowering the second yankee (headsail). read more...

Voyageur - Log day 111 - Nearly a rally!

19 June 2010 Once more the group has become a little fragmented not through anybody's fault, just from circumstances beyond any control. Chessie we last saw in Bora Bora when they took the trouble to fly there from Papeete for the rally get together in the Yacht Club there. They were awaiting a new sail. At long last J'Sea has returned to the fold. He was delayed in Panama and now six months later has caught up with us sailing in a few days ago. Brown Eyed Girl also delayed back in Bora Bora but are here now also. They have had more than their fair share of bad luck. First on their passage from Niue to here the autopilot failed, then while at the customs dock he had a small fire on board due to a faulty circuit breaker which caused the generator to fail. To add insult to injury whilst. read more...

Pura Vida 6 - Message from: Antonio

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Crazy Horse - June 18

We made it to Fiji!Rain, snow, or sleet could keep us away!As we were trying to make it into our harbor last night the weather kept getting worse and worse. We couldn't see a thing and there was a thick fog not helping us to make our way in. So when we were about 7 miles out we decided to turn around and wait it out in the rain, fog, waves, etc.Whatever mother nature threw at us kept us all taking turns being on watch as we waited to make landfall. While on my watch as I was looking at the radar and GPS trying to see through the weather what should appear suddenly on my port side but a red light. After calling on the radio several times I got through and discovered it was Jack from Windswept waiting out the weather too. So we kept our eyes on each other and came into port together at. read more...

Pura Vida 6 - Message from: Antonio

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Voyageur - Log day 110 - Rock on Blondie!

15 June 2010From time to time when internet access allows, we follow another Scottish boat Rhiann Marie, who are sailing independently around the world about a couple of months behind us. They have the time and good fortune to return home to Scotland on a regular basis. Their most recent blog tells of a rock concert they attended in Inverness featuring Blondie. David loudly and verbally expressed incredulity that at sixty four she was still going strong. Well, I may not be blond, I may not be a singer, but at only just over a year short of 64, I am still going strong and with a forthcoming passage of 450nm to Fiji, it is just as well!! The leg calls for careful and accurate navigation. At first it appeared that we might be the only ones in the rally to head for the capital on the. read more...

Destiny - Abschied von Vava'u

Abschied von Vava’u Donnerstag, 17. Juni: Im Hafen von Neiafu und im Restaurant „Aquarium“ ist seit gestern eine leichte Hektik zu spüren. Die Weiterreise zu den Fiji’s wird geplant, die meisten Schiffe wollen Freitag früh aufbrechen. Die Köpfe verschwinden hinter den Bildschirmen der Laptops und in Reiseführern.  Welche Route ist die günstigste? Welchen Hafen wollen wir anlaufen – Suva oder vielleicht doch besser Savusavu oder vielleicht doch lieber…. Welche Währung ist da eigentlich gültig? Wie sieht der Wetterbericht aus? Wir haben uns im Tauchshop von Paul beraten lassen, er hat lange als Tauchlehrer auf den Fiji’s gearbeitet. Er empfiehlt uns, die Coral Coast von Viti Levu (Hauptinsel) zu bereisen, d.h. wir werden den Hafen in Suva anlaufen, jedoch nur zum. read more...

Quasar V of Lleyn - the leak is found!

Tuesday 1st AprilTHE ILLUSIVE LEAK IS FINALLY FOUND!Went across to Hakatea Bay arriving around 14:00 with Malcy already in progress of cutting holes underneath the battery box in the aft cabin. With help from others including chief drainer, JB, the water was cleared away another hole was cut underneath an electrical box and the discovery of water seeping in through a tiny crack in the hull every time the rudder is moved! Malcy thinks it has been like this for a relatively long time, but the boat will have to come out of the water in Tahiti to be repaired!In the meantime our anchorage is full of BWR people who are staging an international cricket match on the beach, which GB unsurprisingly won! We get the impression that BWR seem to organise more events for their yachts and move with them. read more...

Pura Vida 6 - YA ESTAMOS HABITUADOS AL RITMO DEL MAR

YA ESTAMOS HABITUADOS AL RITMO DEL MAREn la revision del barco de cada manana hemos encontrado que los tornillos del pinzote de la contra estaban flojos hemos decidido poner remaches nuevos, para lo cual hemos estado mas de dos horas para conseguirlo y ha quedado solucionado, en fin, en el mar hay que estar a todas.La manana se ha levantado nublada con un mar bastante fuerte que impresionaba, Juan estaba de guardia y ha experimentado un amanecer de impresi n, pero, a lo largo de la manana ha salido el sol para luego tener que escondernos del abrasador sol del caribe porque hace muchisimo calor.Por la tarde nos hemos animado a colocar el spi y asi hemos navegado varias horas, ha sido impresionante ir a 8 nudos horas y horas con los colores espectaculares de nuestro spi.La tripulacion cada. read more...

Pura Vida 6 - SEGUNDO DIA EN EL MAR CARIBE

SEGUNDO DIA EN EL MAR CARIBEHemos tenido todo el dia un viento que nos ha permitido no bajar pr cticamente de los 8 nudos, lo cual ha significado que hemos hecho el record de distancia en 24 horas, hemos recorrido 185 millas !!! Un monton para nosotros.Esta tarde hemos probado utilizar la botavara a modo de tangon para el genova y no me ha gustado lo forzado que iba el barco por lo que hemos vuelto a nuestro sistema que es ir haciendo bordos con el viento de popa, cambiando con mucho cuidado la botavara de lado cada tres o cuatro horas.Nos hemos estrenado con la primera incidencia, al tensar la contra el cabo se ha enganchado con un tambucho de la cubierta y ha salido despedido. Inmediatamente nos hemos puesto manos a la obra y Christian con la meticulosidad de Juan han hecho una. read more...

Destiny - Inselwelt Vava'u - Königreich Tonga

Inselwelt Vava’u – Königreich Tonga Donnerstag, 10. Juni: Morgens schreiben wir im Hafen von Nejafu noch schnell die letzten E-Mails, bevor wir nachmittags zu unserer Entdeckungsreise durch die phantastische Inselwelt von Vava’u aufbrechen. Erstes Ziel ist Nuku-Island, eine kleine, nur spärlich bewohnte Insel. Wir ankern in einer wunderschönen Lagune mit  Ausblick auf einen kleinen, von Palmen gesäumten, schneeweißen, Sandstrand – Südsee pur! Wir springen ins glasklare, türkisfarbene Wasser, so schnell wollen wir nicht wieder an Bord, es ist herrlich!!! Auch die Unterwasserwelt begeistert uns, Fische in allen Farben und Korallen, soweit das Auge reicht, paradiesisch! Die nächsten drei Tage bleiben wir in „unserer Lagune“, Voyager, Ronja, Dreamcatcher und Jeannius. read more...

Jus'Do It 3 - Tuamoto ahoy!

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }Saturday 5.04.08 5pm local timeThe wind picks up again in the late afternoon (yesterday) and we’re back to our favoured 8-9 knots SOG. It’s another clear sky throughout the night and we try to pick up new constellations as it looks as if they’re all there! A few black clouds pass nearby giving us an extra push; up to 15-20 knots wind, 9-10 knots SOG. At sunrise, approximately 5.45am, Annie is wakened by a large BANG  - the vang! – she’s heard it before (Ian sleeps through it!). Karen and Ronnie are on watch, Ian and Stewy get up to help with a temporary repair job. Luckily they find a spare boom strut connector (to the vang). This is the third time this piece of equipment has failed, and we fail to understand why Beneteau. read more...

Andante of Mersey - Progress around the Marquaises

On 28 March we arrived at Hiva Oa, the capital island, after 19 1/2 days at sea, mainly without an autohelm and strictly rationed water ie no showers, only occassional loo flushing, washing up in salt water etc. Straightaway Ann and I spent 2 glorious days in a wooden hut type posh hotel.  Ann was reluctant to return to the boat. Beer was £3 small bottle and taxis rides normally about £20. Went to the Mayor's afternoon party along with the rest of the town: free food (goat, raw tuna,etc) and soft drinks.Early 2 April we sailed for 10 hrs to Fatu Hiva-an island made famous by Thor Heyerdahl (Kontiki etc).  The anchorage is a most beautiful inlet - rugged mountainous but lush and green.  Walked through undergrowth, across streams, over boulders for 1 1/2 hours to a waterfall,. read more...

Crazy Horse - June 17

Well, the weather system we had tried to avoid seems to have hit us since we left Tonga on Tues. I think we have had it all. Now it is raining and foggy. It reminds us of a cool fall day in Maryland just about time for a football game. It is hard to believe it is Fiji and June. We are still slogging our way to Copra Shed Marina. We will probably sit outside the anchorage with Windswept and Ocean Jasper and wait for the light of day to go into the harbor. We have had some winds up to 40kts and very sloppy seas. Doesn't make me have much of an appetite and probably a good way to lose a few pounds. We tried to slow the boat down but Crazy Horse was determined to go fast! Our attempt was to slow down enough to make the pass during the daylight hours. However our best laid plans didn't come. read more...

Pura Vida 6 - ESTE BARCO ESTA DESBOCADO

ESTE BARCO ESTA DESBOCADO Llevamos varios dias que no paramos, cuando izamos la mayor se pone a toda velocidad y, aunque llevar el timon es apasionante, tambien es agotador.Hoy hemos tenido que subir dos veces al mastil en medio de un mar con olas de mas de 3 metros, un viento de mas de 20 nudos y el barco lanzado a mas de 8 nudos. Luis ha sido, otra vez el elegido, cuando se estaba preparando, una ola nos ha movido de tal manera que he visto a Christian en el agua pero se ha cogido hasta con los dientes en la botavara, yo le he visto los ojos fijos en mi, pidiendo que recuperara el barco y asi ha sido, Luis arriba del mastil ha desatascado el cabo pero los vaivenes del mastil lo zarandeaban de un lado a otro, estaba cogido como un pulpo para no apartarse del mastil y golpearse sin. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the World

Tuesday, 15th June 2010     (presently at sea between Tonga & Fiji) We had a good breeze all night, partially cloudy, no moon, no rain.We averaged just over 7 knots in 12 hours. 06.00hrs We raised the spinnaker pole and goose winged the boat, great sailing now. 10.00hrs       Distance to Fiji....................................278 miles                    travel time at present speed, ..............38 hrs                    ETA   at present speed,.......................02.30 hrs Thursday. read more...

Maamalni - Leg 4 - Day 2 Maamalni calls it quits?

We Quit! It seems that there has been some interest in publishing our various logs which follow our route around the world on s/v MaaMalni, our 52' cutter rigged sail boat. Yes, but if we publish will you quit before the end? we've been asked skeptically by potential publishers. So what do you think? Here is what our day looked like today. We left the Galapagos Islands two days ago bound for Tahiti, a passage of nearly 4,000 plus miles before any land fall. We are desperately searching for the elusive trade winds but we will need to motor 300 plus miles due south from the Galapagos to find them although our intended direction is nearly 90 degrees in the other direction to the west. We've had very little sleep, seas are sloppy, the Pacific Swell is a gentle 8-12 feet but with a strong. read more...

Sapphire II - Day 4, 11 Jan, a Sailing Day

Sailing conditions were interesting today. The wind was from ENE I the mid- teens all day but there were waves and swells of 10+ feet for most of the day. This is due to the coast line of Venezuela projecting seaward at Lake Maracaibo, which, incidentally has historically been a major oil producing region going back to the 1930s. The other effect of the outflow from the lake is that the sea temperature dropped by 2+ degrees and so the air felt cooler, which was very welcome.We sailed all day with the Parasailor and set a new speed record for Sapphire of 13.3 kts while surfing down one of the large rollers. Jerry was driving at the time and was delighted with the performance of his sail.....as we're we all.With winds forecast to build into the 20s overnight, we took down the kite and. read more...

BRIZO - Log Entry 12 January 2012

Last night the wind filled-in as forecast and we were able to shut down the engine at midnight while still making good speed toward our destination. The winds are currently 15-17 kts E-NE and we are sailing with genoa only, making approx 8 kts directly to our waypoint which is 50 nm north of the Columbia/Venezuela border. We have been advised to stay well offshore because of a weather feature of rough seas and light winds where an ocean current meets the tradewinds off the Peninsula de Guajira. Also our insurance does not cover the waters of Venezuela because of the risk to US-flagged vessels so we are staying well offshore.The boat seems to be operating very well, the autopilot has not missed a beat but one of the projects we did not complete was to program the remote control for the. read more...

Wizard - Fatu Hive to Ua Pou

Hi, it's been a while since our last log, we've had and still have problems trying to download photos.We are currently at sea having left Fatu Hiva to go to Ua Pou and are expecting to arrive tomorrow morning. In Fatu Hive we stayed in the most beautiful anchorage called La Baie des Vierges which means the bay of virgins. The anchorage is totally spectacular with huge rock formations overlooking the bay. Lots of the rocks have shapes of faces on them, one looks like a monkey and another like a lion. The locals are incredibly friendly. I had lots of fun with them, chatting, giving the children sweets and painting all ladies, young and old's finger nails in red nail polish. We spent a day treking to a waterfall up in the mountain. It was not an easy trail, but we made it and had a swim at. read more...

Voyageur - Log day 109 - Heading home...

14 June 2010Now into the last day of our mini inter island cruise we tuck into an anchorage (No 6), close once more to Refuge Bay. Tonga is a labyrinth of pretty islands each with its own little white sand beach. I love beach combing or "shelling" as it is otherwise known and in just two days have found four sand dollars, four treasures of the sea, my first ones ever. The weather has been so settled, we have not seen a drop of rain. Every morning though you might have been fooled into thinking there had been a recent downpour, so saturated were Voyageur's decks with the morning dew. The sailors' belief that wet decks in the morning mean no wind, dry decks the opposite has always held true for us and influenced our decision of where to go many a time. So if the theory is still right, then. read more...

Crazy Horse - June 15

We have finally set off to Fiji. We had heard there was a weather system that might be overly challenging so we decided to stay put a few days in Tonga. Now we have set off West to Fiji leaving our new friends on the islands, Windswept , and the World ARC boats behind us. Some of them will be coming West by next week. We will be carefully making our way past the reefs that are between us and Fiji. There are more between Fiji and Australia that we will be keeping our eyes on too.We have enjoyed our visit to Tonga and the surrounding islands. All these islands are similar but each has its own character. Some are more modern and others are like taking a step back in time. We have not seen so many caves til these islands. The snorkeling was good yesterday in the "Japanese garden". Within the. read more...

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