Barada - En route Cape Verde: 24 33.25N 20 00.33W

En route Cape Verde: 24 33.25N 20 00.33W

Barada

Paul Downie

Fri 30 Nov 2007 09:59

It is morning of Day 4 and we have been visited by a large pod of delightful dolphins who spent over an hour with us. We watched them from the pulpit as they raced Barada's bow-wave, at one moment they were 10 abreast and 3-deep and a few of them kept looking up at us showing their white undersides. A special moment, which Paul has captured so well on video.
Other than this, the journey so far has been uneventful, but only lights winds F3, not the F4 or F5 reported, and at night they fall to F2 so we make way slowly at night, taking turns to sleep, and put the engine on about 7am. To day 3 we average 7hrs under motor!

Blog Entries

2010

Sep 2010

Thu 16 Sep 22:16
- 0400 Tues 14 Sept - arr. Milford Haven Marina N51:42.675 W005:02.230
- The crew of Barada in Baltimore, SW Ireland .... + pics
Mon 6 Sep 22:37
- N51:28.98 W9:22.540
Wed 1 Sep 13:41
- N49:57.550 W16:04.887
- N49:57.550 W16:04.887

Aug 2010

Sat 28 Aug 16:59
- N48:38.850 W19:10.514
Thu 26 Aug 12:37
- weds 25th N47:70.251 W21:19.607
Sat 21 Aug 16:13
- fri 20th august N44:01.607 W023:11.252
Fri 13 Aug 12:24
- Departure delayed 24 hours - now leaving today 3pm 13 Aug.2010
Wed 11 Aug 22:10

Jul 2010

Wed 28 Jul 21:45
- Photo of Lajes Harbour anchorage FLORES, Azores Archipeligo
Tue 27 Jul 10:29
- HORTA MARINA Faial Island, Azores. N38:31.878 W028:37.516
Fri 23 Jul 21:15
- Fri 9th July 2010 - N39:22.80 W031:10.01 - Flores Is. AZORES

Jun 2010

Tue 29 Jun 21:19
- At 7pm BST approx. 36:60N 48:45W ...nearing half-way
Mon 28 Jun 21:24
- Day 10 - 36:30N 50:45W - Waypoint 7 southern route
Sun 27 Jun 20:46
- 36:08N 52:47W "HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME" yesterday.....Rum Cake and Dark & Stormies
Sat 26 Jun 20:05
- 35:38N 54:52W - 3pm Barada-Time Sat 25th
Thu 24 Jun 01:02
- 33:58N 60:05W
Mon 21 Jun 21:42
- Day 3 - 33:58.968N, 62:36.036W - Whales and Dolphins
Sat 19 Jun 22:57
- Saturday 0730 32:42.050N, 64:16.452W Setting Sail for the AZORES
Thu 10 Jun 00:47
- 32:22.26N 64:40.32W Tues 8th June St George ’s Harbour BERMUDA
Wed 2 Jun 22:51
- 22:22.27N 64:37.611W Heading North to BERMUDA

May 2010

Wed 26 May 23:24
- Launched - Road Town 18.25N, 64.37W

2009

Jul 2009

Wed 22 Jul 19:22
- Barada moored Feb-July 18 30.19N 64 21.67W N.Sound Virgin Gorda

Jan 2009

Sun 11 Jan 17:34
- 18 Dec 08 - Moved to Trellis Bay, Beef Island, BVI

2008

Dec 2008

Sun 14 Dec 19:55
- Road Town, British Virgin Islands 18.25N, 64.37W 13 Dec.08
Fri 12 Dec 18:40
- Sailing today to Tortola BVI - 17.00N 63.50W (guestimate only)
Wed 10 Dec 18:28
- Sailing again: Anchored Charlestown 17.08N 62.58W NEVIS Caribbean

Mar 2008

Mon 31 Mar 23:07
- Weds 26 March....back in Antigua 17 00.34N 061 45.74W
Fri 28 Mar 17:04
- Photos.......& Easter Weekend at Point-a-Petre in Guadeloupe
Thu 20 Mar 23:57
- ....to the safe Harbour of Pointe-a-Pitre 16 13.48 N 061 32.05W
Wed 5 Mar 15:07
- Ilels a Goyaves (Pigeon Is.) Reserve Cousteau - 16 10.09N 061 47.51W

Feb 2008

Fri 29 Feb 22:45
- Photos and update.......from Deshaies
Fri 22 Feb 20:52
- farewell Antigua....bon jour Deshaies, Guadeloupe 16 18.43N 061 47.82W
Sun 17 Feb 13:18
- DEEP BAY Antigua - Sat 16th Feb 17 07.59N 061 53.25W
Tue 5 Feb 22:15
- Carlisle Bay overnight...to Jolly Harbour anchorage 17 04.56N 061 53.59W

Jan 2008

Thu 31 Jan 21:49
- INDIAN CREEK...... 17 00.28N 61 44.52W
Mon 28 Jan 19:41
- Diving independently from Tinker - another goal achieved......Sun 27th Jan
- Some pictures for you......ATLANTIC CROSSING & Antigua
Wed 23 Jan 00:18
- Update from English Harbour ANTIGUA......

2007

Dec 2007

Mon 31 Dec 16:48
- HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all from the Caribbean
Tue 25 Dec 17:56
- WE HAVE ARRIVED Falmouth Hbr ANTIGUA 17 00.92N 61 46.38W
Mon 24 Dec 13:21
- 70nm to go....Falmouth Harbour, Antigua, Lesser Antilles CARIBBEAN
Sun 23 Dec 16:03
- Tension is in the air on Barada today......... 17 37.88N 59 24.79W
Fri 21 Dec 11:59
- 318nm to Run and the Wind has dropped! 18 23.03N 056 16.60W
Tue 18 Dec 18:31
- Fishermen's Rope! 19 17.63N 51 53.42W posn at 1600 UTC Day 22 (1300 Barada time -3 UTC)
Fri 14 Dec 13:53
- 14th Dec 07 at 1350 UTC - 19 51.13N 44 19.32W
Tue 11 Dec 12:05
- Over half-way 1200 nm to go to Antigua 20 30.57N 38 20.90W
Sat 8 Dec 11:28
- Caribbean bound...... at 1100 UTC 21 25.17N 33 14.12W
Tue 4 Dec 10:08
- Tues 4th Dec. 0930 - Tradewind Sailing to Caribbean 22 18.33N 25 51.11W
- Sunday 2nd Dec. 1000 - Atlantic Crossing 22 27.49N 22 07.61W
Sat 1 Dec 16:52
- Sat 1st Dec.07 1315 23 12.18N 21 11.07W

Nov 2007

Fri 30 Nov 09:59
- En route Cape Verde: 24 33.25N 20 00.33W
Wed 28 Nov 11:51
- We left La Gomera, Canaries at midday yesterday... 26 44.86N 18 22.68W
Wed 21 Nov 12:36
- Harbour at Puerto de Vueltas VGR 28 04.89N 17 19.95W

Oct 2007

Wed 24 Oct 14:05
- Tues 23 Oct. Anchorage at Puerto de Vueltas VGR GOMERA 28 04.8N 17 19.9W
- Las Gallettas, Tenerife......
Sat 20 Oct 18:11
- ABONA to LAS GALLETAS south coast of Tenerife 28 00.4N 16 39.6W
Fri 19 Oct 17:20
- 18 Oct: ALDEA, Gran Canaria to Bahia de ABONA 28 09.6N 16 25.6W
Tue 16 Oct 19:42
- Arguineguin to..... Punta de la Aldea, west coast of Gran Canaria 28 00.29N 15 49.13W
Fri 12 Oct 16:59
- Photos from Arguineguin...
- Update of Photos Las Palmas
Sun 7 Oct 13:21
- Anchored at Arguineguin, south Gran Canara 27 45.58N 15 41.12W

Sep 2007

Sun 2 Sep 14:17
- Annual Boat Maintenance

Aug 2007

Fri 17 Aug 22:25
- 28 07.74N 15 25.5W Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Tue 14 Aug 22:20
- Morro Jable - Diving and Turtles
Thu 2 Aug 00:44
- MORRO HABLE south coast Fuerteventura 28 02.8N 14 21.6W

Jul 2007

Sun 29 Jul 18:00
- Isla Lobos and Corralejo, Fuerteventura 28 44.43N 13 51.83W
Sat 21 Jul 18:26
- Snorkelling & Diving

Jun 2007

Thu 28 Jun 12:41
- Marina Rubicon, Playa Blanca LANZAROTE - Position: 28 51.5N 13 48.9W