Cefnforhud's Web Diary - Glorious open ocean sailing

Glorious open ocean sailing

Cefnforhud

Sarah and Graham

Fri 16 Sep 2016 16:00

5 26S 121 27W 1500UTC

It doesnt get better than this - brisk easterlies / south easterlies, moderate swell and stunning skies and sunserts, mid 20s temp and only the odd light shower - daily runs have been around 160k under full main and two gennies. Just over 1050 to go and although we have been out here for 3 weeks, it doesnt feel like any time at all

cefi AT mail DOT com

Blog Entries

2017

Aug 2017

Mon 7 Aug 15:50
- laid up at last!

Jul 2017

Fri 14 Jul 10:59
- last night blues
Sat 8 Jul 10:49
- Noumea
Mon 3 Jul 10:33
- slow and lumpy - the sea!!

Jun 2017

Fri 30 Jun 21:42
- phew!
Wed 28 Jun 20:35
- Labasa
Sun 25 Jun 19:01
- Suva - but we are'nt staying!
Sun 18 Jun 21:59
- En route Fiji
Sat 10 Jun 22:10
- Salelologa
Tue 6 Jun 21:59
- Pago pago harbour
Thu 1 Jun 20:19
- doesnt get better than this !

May 2017

Tue 30 May 21:56
- en route Pago Pago
Tue 16 May 12:08
- Avaiu Harbour, Rarotonga
Fri 12 May 19:51
- Night of squalls
Thu 11 May 21:31
- rolling along - literally!
Mon 8 May 18:11
- Papeete
Mon 1 May 19:58
- Pahiarepo

Apr 2017

Sat 29 Apr 22:05
- the rain is back
Wed 26 Apr 06:45
- Anaa
Tue 25 Apr 16:33
- It was tranquil!
Wed 19 Apr 20:04
- Makemo
Thu 13 Apr 19:58
- Fakarava
Tue 4 Apr 21:06
- Blue Lagoon

Mar 2017

Wed 29 Mar 20:52
- Tiputa, Rangiroa
Mon 27 Mar 16:48
- and its still raining!
Sat 25 Mar 20:40
- En route
Fri 24 Mar 19:56
- still raining
Sat 18 Mar 23:10
- Bora Bora
Fri 10 Mar 20:12
- afloat again!

Feb 2017

Tue 14 Feb 11:25
- happy New year

2016

Dec 2016

Thu 1 Dec 21:52
- Packing day

Oct 2016

Mon 24 Oct 20:39
- Tourists
Sun 16 Oct 18:11
- On dry land, Papeete
Fri 7 Oct 21:34
- Leaving for Papeete this weekend

Sep 2016

Sat 24 Sep 08:48
- Atuona, Hiva Oa
Mon 19 Sep 21:55
- 500 to go day 25
Fri 16 Sep 16:00
- Glorious open ocean sailing
Mon 12 Sep 15:44
- What a night!
Sat 10 Sep 16:39
- slight change of plan
Thu 8 Sep 17:27
- Gentle relaxed sailing in the sun
Tue 6 Sep 16:53
- two out of three aint bad
Sun 4 Sep 08:14
- Shellbacks across the equator
Fri 2 Sep 19:02
- adverse currents
Thu 1 Sep 22:22
- Day 7 - N of Galapogos

Aug 2016

Wed 31 Aug 17:05
- no excitement today
Tue 30 Aug 16:26
- Whales!!!
Mon 29 Aug 12:04
- boy , does it rain out here!
Fri 26 Aug 17:55
- Day 1
Thu 25 Aug 10:29
- Its goin to be a very wet departure!!!
Wed 24 Aug 22:40
- Hiva Oa here we come!
Sun 21 Aug 20:02
- east of san Miguel, Perlas Archiplego
Thu 18 Aug 16:31
- last day on mainland Panama
Tue 16 Aug 18:48
- La Playita
Sat 13 Aug 13:31
- The Pacific
Thu 11 Aug 19:49
- Transit tomorrow
Tue 9 Aug 07:00
- cant sleep!
Sun 7 Aug 10:33
- not a peaceful night
Sat 6 Aug 20:46
- Shelter bay, near Cristobal
Fri 5 Aug 21:17
- not impressed!
Thu 4 Aug 19:22
- rain!
Wed 3 Aug 09:14
- 20nM N of Barranquilla
Mon 1 Aug 21:05
- off Colmbia

Jul 2016

Sun 31 Jul 21:03
- Panama Bound
Tue 26 Jul 21:03
- This is a fun place!
Sat 23 Jul 20:22
- Barcadera, Aruba
Tue 19 Jul 07:35
- First Night blues
Sun 17 Jul 11:17
- plans made
Sat 9 Jul 10:00
- St Davids Bay
Sat 2 Jul 10:14
- Saint Georges hooray!!
Fri 1 Jul 14:31
- Fair Winds

Jun 2016

Wed 29 Jun 16:55
- still sailing!
Mon 27 Jun 21:52
- wallowing
Fri 24 Jun 15:13
- watched a dvd last night!
Wed 22 Jun 16:01
- exactly 1000 nM to go!
Mon 20 Jun 22:52
- Losing the wind again
Sat 18 Jun 22:07
- All Good
Fri 17 Jun 12:46
- Friday - 550nM down rhumb
Wed 15 Jun 23:47
- Its hot!
Mon 13 Jun 22:01
- 2090 to Prickly bay
Sun 12 Jun 19:04
- planning to depart tomorrow
Thu 9 Jun 19:06
- Mindelo
Tue 7 Jun 20:09
- En route Mindello
Sun 5 Jun 19:15
- Palmeira - at last!
Sat 4 Jun 13:33
- Thankyou Odelette
Fri 3 Jun 22:53
- frustrating sailing
Wed 1 Jun 19:43
- 280 to go and slowing all the time

May 2016

Tue 31 May 19:18
- Fish!
Mon 30 May 22:07
- still got the northerlies
Sun 29 May 20:37
- Rolling along
Sat 28 May 09:25
- Cape Verde bound
Sun 22 May 12:07
- Las Palmas
Fri 20 May 08:03
- 150 to go
Wed 18 May 16:26
- still got the northerlies
Tue 17 May 21:46
- Rough!
Sun 15 May 16:43
- Gran Canaria bound
Fri 13 May 18:30
- Sines
Thu 12 May 17:38
- (no subject)
Wed 11 May 16:21
- off Porto
Mon 9 May 21:54
- where's the wind
Sun 8 May 17:58
- Biscay
Sat 7 May 20:28
- south of isle d'ouessant
Fri 6 May 18:39
- Were off

Apr 2016

Sat 30 Apr 10:55
- Dart
Mon 25 Apr 14:31
- Frustration over!

Mar 2016

Wed 23 Mar 21:48
- update

Feb 2016

Tue 16 Feb 21:48
- launch

Jan 2016

Fri 1 Jan 21:16
- Happy New Year

2015

Aug 2015

Wed 26 Aug 19:34
- All Clear!
Fri 21 Aug 19:24
- Plymouth Sign Off
Thu 20 Aug 16:20
- Yealm
Wed 19 Aug 20:22
- Lyme bay
- effects of voyage end!
Tue 18 Aug 16:17
- Portland harbour
Mon 17 Aug 11:39
- Newtown Creek
Sat 15 Aug 17:26
- nr Keyhaven
Fri 14 Aug 18:49
- Yarmouth
Thu 13 Aug 10:48
- Bembridge
Tue 11 Aug 15:59
- Chichester harbour
Mon 10 Aug 12:09
- Wind!!!
Sat 8 Aug 13:49
- Dover
Fri 7 Aug 18:43
- off Dunquerke
Thu 6 Aug 15:56
- off Scheveningen
Wed 5 Aug 19:08
- Ijmuiden
Tue 4 Aug 19:48
- Durgerdam
Mon 3 Aug 19:21
- What a lot of boats!
Sat 1 Aug 19:42
- Terschelling, Frisian Isles

Jul 2015

Fri 31 Jul 21:00
- Decisions made
Wed 29 Jul 20:09
- Cuxhaven
Mon 27 Jul 21:23
- Borgstedt
- Cheerio to the baltic
Sun 26 Jul 19:16
- Friedrichsort
Sat 25 Jul 08:02
- Burgstaaken
Fri 24 Jul 09:23
- Things that go bump in the night
Wed 22 Jul 18:32
- south of Bornholm
Mon 20 Jul 20:29
- off Lithuania
Sun 19 Jul 21:26
- more space!
Sat 18 Jul 22:22
- Klaipeda
Fri 17 Jul 10:21
- off Hoburg
Thu 16 Jul 12:53
- Burgsviken
Mon 13 Jul 19:47
- Klintehamn
Sun 12 Jul 19:52
- Visby town
Sat 11 Jul 22:05
- Visby
Fri 10 Jul 20:03
- Baltic Sea
- Gulf of Riga
Thu 9 Jul 10:01
- Brits!
Tue 7 Jul 12:56
- Wet and Windy
Mon 6 Jul 20:30
- Lazy days and Mondays
Sun 5 Jul 16:25
- Abruka Sunday
Sat 4 Jul 12:27
- Abruka
Fri 3 Jul 19:51
- Very Productive Day
Thu 2 Jul 12:11
- Roomassaare - after being moved on!
Wed 1 Jul 20:54
- Kuressaare

Jun 2015

Mon 29 Jun 19:35
- Saaremetsa
Sat 27 Jun 15:32
- Orjaku
Thu 25 Jun 20:59
- Exploring Haapsalu
Wed 24 Jun 19:58
- Haapsalu
Mon 22 Jun 19:51
- Last night in Tallinn
Sat 20 Jun 09:39
- Tallinn
Wed 17 Jun 16:37
- Lampreys meal
Tue 16 Jun 16:39
- Narva Joesuu
Mon 15 Jun 15:27
- Narva
Sat 13 Jun 09:34
- Vergi
Fri 12 Jun 08:08
- gentle night
Thu 11 Jun 13:02
- shore leave over
Fri 5 Jun 09:41
- sightseeing exhaustion
Mon 1 Jun 18:13
- all checked in

May 2015

Sun 31 May 09:24
- Gulf of Finland
Sat 30 May 09:14
- off Saaremaa, Estonia
Fri 29 May 08:35
- Baltic flags
Thu 28 May 12:05
- the Baltic!
Wed 27 May 08:53
- Kattegat
Tue 26 May 08:08
- Skagerak
Mon 25 May 10:48
- still slow
Sun 24 May 09:04
- slow progress
Sat 23 May 11:01
- at sea
Fri 22 May 19:41
- Leirvik
Tue 19 May 20:15
- Stoelen & Jortedalen Glacier National Park
Mon 18 May 23:01
- Gudvangen
Fri 15 May 20:02
- pic Sogne fjord
- Flamm
Thu 14 May 19:54
- Soerevik
Wed 13 May 16:18
- heading south
Tue 12 May 16:41
- Eide
Fri 8 May 21:53
- Vinjefjorden
Thu 7 May 23:03
- our anchorage
- Langoeya island
Wed 6 May 10:27
- Kristiansund
Tue 5 May 12:26
- headwinds
Mon 4 May 10:38
- where west meets east
Sat 2 May 09:36
- to Norway!
Fri 1 May 11:04
- locals know best!

Apr 2015

Wed 29 Apr 11:09
- not going anywhere!
Mon 27 Apr 09:44
- visitors
Sun 26 Apr 09:04
- trendsetters
Sat 25 Apr 19:29
- snow!
- Seydisfjoer at anchor
Fri 24 Apr 20:28
- all good
Thu 23 Apr 19:46
- stunning coastline
Wed 22 Apr 22:09
- b#### freezing
- Done the touristy bits
Wed 15 Apr 16:44
- plan - what plan?
Tue 14 Apr 15:40
- a much nicer day
Mon 13 Apr 17:56
- Heavy Weather
Sun 12 Apr 20:34
- 145nM run today
Sat 11 Apr 22:02
- Passage update
- New Email
Fri 10 Apr 21:40
- Eureka moment!
Thu 9 Apr 16:34
- Galway
Sun 5 Apr 18:25
- Dingle Bay - Valentia River
Sat 4 Apr 20:44
- Bear Island
Thu 2 Apr 15:42
- Bantry

Mar 2015

Tue 31 Mar 16:36
- wild weather
Sun 29 Mar 09:37
- change of plans
Sat 28 Mar 08:58
- Cork
Fri 27 Mar 12:01
- 1st night
Thu 26 Mar 11:08
- Shakedowns all done

2014

Sep 2014

Tue 16 Sep 07:59
- very emotional
Mon 15 Sep 08:18
- rock and roll
Sun 14 Sep 10:55
- quiet biscay
Sat 13 Sep 09:50
- sleigh ride to finistere
Fri 12 Sep 10:53
- all Ok
Thu 11 Sep 10:33
- 630nm to Falmouth
Wed 10 Sep 09:29
- slow progress
Tue 9 Sep 11:18
- good forecast
Mon 8 Sep 08:59
- Back in Europe!

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