Blue Hound - More than Half Way to the Galapagos 2:19.7N 84:19.6W

More than Half Way to the Galapagos 2:19.7N 84:19.6W

Blue Hound

Phil Marks & Rosy Jensen

Mon 18 Mar 2019 21:41

Rosy is sewing cushions (pic later). A Barn Swallow came to visit this morning for an hour.

Looks like the trade winds are here aleady and we're currently on course at 6.5 kts on a quiet sea, after a slow start and 14 hrs motoring the night before last. 350 mls to go.

Blog Entries

2023

May 2023

Sat 20 May 08:54
- Clarence River 2/2
Thu 4 May 08:52
- Clarence River 1/2

Apr 2023

Thu 20 Apr 03:37
- Fitzroy River and Rockhampton
Thu 13 Apr 03:33
- Islands Townsville Islands

Mar 2023

Thu 23 Mar 03:27
- Adolphus Island to Port Douglas

2022

Dec 2022

Sun 25 Dec 03:21
- Tual December
Mon 12 Dec 03:47
- Seram and back to Tual
Wed 7 Dec 03:41
- Selat Adi - Yachtmaster Master Class 6th December onwards
Thu 1 Dec 03:38
- Kaimana

Nov 2022

Sat 26 Nov 03:32
- Lobo
Thu 24 Nov 03:30
- Triton Bay Anchorages
Mon 21 Nov 07:25
- Tual, Kai Islands in Photos.
Wed 16 Nov 08:14
- A Week in Saumlaki Yamdena Island
Fri 4 Nov 08:01
- Darwin to Saumlaki, Indonesia, 1-4 November 2022
Tue 1 Nov 10:25
- Darwin 2022

Oct 2022

Sun 2 Oct 01:12
- Darwin and Cullen Bay Marina
Sat 1 Oct 09:58
- Thursday Island to Darwin

Sep 2022

Mon 19 Sep 09:53
- Thursday and Horn Island
Fri 16 Sep 08:44
- Cooktown to Torres Strait
Wed 7 Sep 08:30
- 31st August - 7th September 2022 Cairns to Cooktown

Aug 2022

Mon 29 Aug 21:09
- 29 August - Mourilyan
Sat 27 Aug 20:58
- 27th August – Lucinda/Hinchinbrook Channel/Cardwe ll
Tue 23 Aug 20:50
- 23rd August Townsville
Fri 19 Aug 20:41
- Bowen
Wed 17 Aug 20:40
- 17th August Airlie Beach Whitsunday
Sat 13 Aug 00:00
- August 13th - The trek north begins

May 2022

Sun 15 May 21:05
- May 2022: Australia calls, but the Tasman Sea - Again?

Apr 2022

Fri 22 Apr 01:54
- April 2022 - a time for change

Mar 2022

Thu 31 Mar 01:44
- Jan 2022 and the southern autumn approaches

2021

Dec 2021

Fri 31 Dec 21:11
- January – December 2021 Our Happy (hippy) Year in New Zealand #5

Aug 2021

Tue 31 Aug 21:02
- January – December 2021 Our Happy Year in New Zealand #4 35:11.67S 174:02.04E

May 2021

Mon 31 May 20:44
- January – December 2021 Our Happy Year in New Zealand #3

Mar 2021

Wed 31 Mar 20:43
- January – December 2021 Our Happy Year in New Zealand #2

Jan 2021

Fri 1 Jan 20:39
- January – December 2021 Our Happy Year in New Zealand #1

2020

Nov 2020

Sun 1 Nov 10:02
- October - December 2020 Covid Influence and Opua 35:19S 174:07E

Sep 2020

Wed 30 Sep 06:59
- Opua, Bay of Islands, 35:18.76S 174:07.57E

Jul 2020

Tue 7 Jul 07:59
- Whanga Here, Whanga There, Whanga Whanga Everywhere (now at 35:44.38S 174:20.24E)

Jun 2020

Fri 5 Jun 06:35
- Island Hopping - now at Oneroa Bay, Waiheke 36:46.65S 175.00.87E

May 2020

Mon 25 May 00:20
- To Motiti Island, Bay of Plenty, North Island 37:37.0S 176:24.6E
Tue 12 May 01:03
- Day 48 of Lockdown, Queen Charlotte Sound

Apr 2020

Mon 20 Apr 05:20
- Day 26/28 of Lockdown, Kumutoto Bay, 41:12.37S 174:04.17E
Mon 6 Apr 08:01
- Day 12/28 of Isolation, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. 41:13.67S 173:57.96E

Mar 2020

Fri 27 Mar 08:13
- Catchup: Isolation and Some Wildlife (current location 41:13.4S 174:01.3E )
Fri 20 Mar 06:52
- Tasman Sea and Nelson NZ 41:16.1S 174:01.3E
Tue 10 Mar 21:41
- Tasman Sea Completed 40:55.1S 173:25.1E
Mon 9 Mar 04:28
- NZ Waters Approach
Fri 6 Mar 23:06
- Tasman Sea Update 39:07.8S 167:45.0E as at 23:00 UTC Fri 6 March
Tue 3 Mar 22:30
- Good Progress 40:05.0S 164:00.0E as at 22:00 UTC Tue 2 March
Sun 1 Mar 23:05
- Position Update 39:20.0S 157:16E

Feb 2020

Sat 29 Feb 02:19
- Departed Australia
Tue 18 Feb 09:36
- Back in Rose Bay and Farewell Sydney

Jan 2020

Fri 17 Jan 00:29
- New Year's Eve from Rose Bay, Sydney Harbour 33:51.9S 151:15.8E

2019

Dec 2019

Wed 18 Dec 08:22
- Update from Booker Bay, 33:30.57S 151:20.87E

Sep 2019

Sun 1 Sep 08:55
- Tonga Photos - at Last!

Aug 2019

Fri 30 Aug 22:29
- Australia Arrival
Sat 24 Aug 00:30
- Another change to our plans 23:41.0S 162:12.0E 23 August 2019
Tue 13 Aug 03:43
- Lost! - A day in the life
Thu 8 Aug 08:20
- Tonga: Neiafu on Vava'u 18:39.1S 173:59.2W

Jul 2019

Wed 31 Jul 00:16
- Niue Pics
Tue 30 Jul 20:32
- A week in Niue 19:03.0S 169:55.5W
Fri 26 Jul 05:37
- Bora Bora photos
Thu 25 Jul 06:45
- Bora Bora 16:30.1S 151:45.3W
- Tahaa - Just a position report 16:38.6S 151:39.9W
Sat 13 Jul 17:02
Tue 9 Jul 19:29
- Bumpy overnight Moorea to Huahine
Mon 1 Jul 02:17
- Tahiti to Moorea 17:30.0S 149:49.2W
- Tahiti - Papeete

Jun 2019

Tue 25 Jun 03:05
- Tahiti - Punnaia Anchorage 17:34.91S 149:36.7W
Sun 16 Jun 20:04
- Tahiti - Saturday Night Action...
Thu 6 Jun 17:15
- Yes we're in Tahiti (Port Phaeton) 17:44.22S 149:19.7W but...

May 2019

Sat 25 May 17:06
- Raivavae, the Austral Islands 23:52.00S 147:41.00W
Sat 18 May 11:13
- Gambier Islands
Sat 4 May 20:50
- The Gambier Islands 23:07.0S 135:00.0W
- Abandoned Pitcairn & Anchored Mangareva 23:07.0S 134:58.0W

Apr 2019

Thu 25 Apr 22:23
- Still sailing towards Pitcairn 19:19.8S 120:01.1W
Sat 20 Apr 23:37
- Halfway to Pitcairn 13:00.0 S 110:00.0W
Wed 17 Apr 00:55
- On passage towards Pitcairn Islands
Tue 9 Apr 13:09
- Puerto Villamil, Isabela. 0:57.87S 90:57.8W
- Galapagos - Isabela
Fri 5 Apr 01:07

Mar 2019

Mon 25 Mar 22:38
Mon 18 Mar 21:41
- More than Half Way to the Galapagos 2:19.7N 84:19.6W
Thu 7 Mar 22:34
- Los Viveros
Mon 4 Mar 17:06
- Contadora, Las Perlas, Panama 8:37.33N 79:01.9W
- 8:56.3N 79:33.5W

Feb 2019

Thu 21 Feb 01:44
- 9:22.0N 79:57.0W
Sun 17 Feb 15:01
- 11:14.22N 74:13.15W
Sun 10 Feb 15:24
- Santa Marta, Colombia, Sunday 10th Feb 2019.

Jan 2019

Mon 7 Jan 18:50
- An old pic to set the scene