Island Kea II - heading up Bay of Biscay

heading up Bay of Biscay

Island Kea II

Steve and Katrin Everett

Sat 27 Aug 2011 18:42

position 44:07.93N 08:05.77W

We left La Coruna 7 hours ago. Wind is on the nose and we are making pretty poor progress.

There must be a current against us as we are only making closer to 5 kts speed over ground.

Our log is not working so we don't know the boat speed.

We are running the engine at a bit higher revs than we would like for maximum fuel consumtion.

We will keep in this course (pointing towards Brest) for the night and see how things look tomorrow.

Blog Entries

2011

Sep 2011

Fri 9 Sep 11:55
- Arrival in Lymington - mission complete
Thu 8 Sep 11:52
- On Anchor in Studland Bay
Wed 7 Sep 11:51
- Dartmouth

Aug 2011

Tue 30 Aug 13:28
- Position update - arrival in Falmouth
Mon 29 Aug 09:45
- Bay of Biscay - Day 3
Sat 27 Aug 18:42
- heading up Bay of Biscay
Tue 23 Aug 12:07
- arrival in La Coruna
Mon 22 Aug 15:39
- heading up north again
Sat 20 Aug 16:26
- arrival in Povoa de Varzim
- position update
Wed 17 Aug 16:16
- two days sailing north
Tue 16 Aug 16:51
- farewell Lagos
Sat 13 Aug 10:49
- Arrival in Lagos
Thu 11 Aug 15:45
- Still in gibraltar
Tue 9 Aug 15:01
- still in Gibraltar
Sun 7 Aug 19:24
- playing tourist in Gibraltar
Sat 6 Aug 14:02
- nearly left Gibraltar today....
Wed 3 Aug 09:18
- Island Kea II has now gone round the world

Jul 2011

Wed 27 Jul 07:36
- Island Kea now in Torrevieja
Thu 21 Jul 12:42
- arrival in Ibiza
Mon 18 Jul 19:12
- Island Kea now in Mallorca
Sat 16 Jul 05:34
- position update
Fri 15 Jul 10:53
- position update - off coast of Sardinia
Tue 12 Jul 15:13
- Arrival in Porto Cervo Sardinia..
Mon 11 Jul 13:50
- position update
Sun 10 Jul 09:27
- Blink and you miss Italy
- At anchor at Isla Panarea
Wed 6 Jul 20:14
- pictures from today
- arrival in Kefalonia
Mon 4 Jul 17:20
Fri 1 Jul 19:54
- Island Kea arrives in the Island of Kea
- Pictures from Patmos island

Jun 2011

Wed 29 Jun 04:48
- positoin update
Fri 24 Jun 18:10
Wed 15 Jun 17:07
- position update.. now in the water in Marmaris
Sat 11 Jun 08:02
- Island Kea has arrived in the Med :-)

May 2011

Tue 10 May 17:34
- Visit to Dubai

Apr 2011

Wed 13 Apr 13:59
- Stopover in Muscat
- Update from Salalah

Mar 2011

Thu 17 Mar 14:43
- trip into the desert
- Still in Salalah

Feb 2011

Thu 24 Feb 12:29
- safely arrival in Salalah
- nearly there
Wed 23 Feb 05:09
- update
Tue 22 Feb 05:22
- update
Mon 21 Feb 04:49
- update
Sun 20 Feb 14:27
- update
Sat 19 Feb 05:56
- update
Fri 18 Feb 15:55
- update
Thu 17 Feb 07:50
- sailing in North Indian Ocean
Wed 16 Feb 03:16
- leaving Mumbai today
Fri 11 Feb 07:40
- arrival in Mumbai
Thu 10 Feb 05:24
- overnight stop on way to Mumbai
Mon 7 Feb 07:10
- left Cochin heading North
Sat 5 Feb 04:15
- Pictures from Sri Lanka
Wed 2 Feb 08:50
- still in Cochin - India

Jan 2011

Mon 24 Jan 08:51
- Are we there yet? well nearly!
Sun 23 Jan 03:51
- positio update
Sat 22 Jan 09:50
- leaving Sri lanka
Wed 12 Jan 11:13
- Arrival in Sri lanka 2 days ago
Sun 9 Jan 05:38
- position update
Sat 8 Jan 03:59
- Early practise for the red sea????
Fri 7 Jan 06:31
- end of the nice weather....??
Thu 6 Jan 05:48
- another wet night.. position update
Wed 5 Jan 04:18
- another rolly night
Tue 4 Jan 03:45
- position update
Mon 3 Jan 06:30
- position update
Sun 2 Jan 09:51
- off again..

2010

Dec 2010

Fri 24 Dec 02:10
- positon update
Thu 23 Dec 10:02
- Positon update....
Fri 17 Dec 04:47
- Arrival in Phuket
Fri 10 Dec 01:46
- arrival in Lankawi
Thu 9 Dec 05:06
- position update
Wed 8 Dec 06:07
- Position update - leaving Singapore

Nov 2010

Thu 18 Nov 04:03
- arrival in Singapore
Wed 17 Nov 01:22
- Arrival at Nongsa Point - two days ago..
Sun 14 Nov 04:57
- position update
Fri 12 Nov 03:00
- position update
Thu 11 Nov 01:26
- position update - left Kumai
Tue 9 Nov 05:21
- Position update Arrival in Kumai
Mon 8 Nov 01:25
- position update
Sat 6 Nov 03:37
- position update -at sea again...
Wed 3 Nov 11:07

Oct 2010

Sun 31 Oct 01:27
- Positon update Bali
Mon 25 Oct 05:08
- position update
Fri 22 Oct 03:34
- arrival at Rindja
Thu 21 Oct 03:46
- position update
Wed 20 Oct 07:19
- position update
Tue 19 Oct 08:48
- Kupang, Indonesia.. with pictures part 2
- Kupang, Indonesia.. with pictures part 1
Sun 17 Oct 11:51
- Trips out in Darwin
- Lizard Island and more
Sat 16 Oct 23:39
- arrival in Kupang
- Nearly there...
Fri 15 Oct 02:23
- positin update
Thu 14 Oct 01:30
- on passage to Kupang, Indonesia - positon update
Sat 2 Oct 23:10
- Arrival in Darwin

Sep 2010

Thu 30 Sep 01:11
- position update
Tue 28 Sep 02:28
- Position update
Mon 27 Sep 01:34
- position update 27th September
- position report Mt Adolphus Island 25/9
Fri 24 Sep 02:48
- Anchoring off a crocodile!!!
Wed 22 Sep 03:23
- arrival at Lizard Island
Mon 20 Sep 05:45
- Day out from Cairns 18th of September 2010
Fri 17 Sep 21:11
Tue 14 Sep 02:42
- Position update - sailing North
Thu 9 Sep 22:52
- Australia so far - Pictures
Sun 5 Sep 08:32
- Position update - Arrival in Australia 17th of August.
- pictures from Vanuatu - Tanna Island

Aug 2010

Sun 15 Aug 07:07
- Position update Sunday 15th of August
Wed 11 Aug 01:30
- positon update - on way to Australia
Wed 4 Aug 05:07

Jul 2010

Wed 28 Jul 00:11
- on way to Vanuatu
Thu 15 Jul 23:37
- 2nd night of passage
- departure from Savu Savu 14th of July
Sun 4 Jul 05:31
- Tonga - with pictures
Thu 1 Jul 08:21
- Pictures from Niue
- Tonga - Position update

Jun 2010

Sat 26 Jun 21:56
- position update
Thu 24 Jun 19:56
- still in Niue
Mon 21 Jun 00:41
- Arrival at Niue
Sat 19 Jun 23:09
- positon update
Fri 18 Jun 20:37
- position update
Thu 17 Jun 21:26
- position update
Wed 16 Jun 22:47
- position update
Tue 15 Jun 21:00
- Still at sea - Position update
Sun 13 Jun 23:00
- Position update
Wed 9 Jun 21:11
Sat 5 Jun 18:12
- Time to move on

May 2010

Sun 30 May 08:46
- Visit to Tahaa including dancing and pearl farm..
Thu 27 May 00:08
- Island 'Tahaa'
Tue 25 May 07:44
- Raiatea -
Fri 21 May 00:16
Fri 14 May 04:25
- 4 wheel drive adventure in Tahiti
- Day out in the rain
Wed 5 May 00:32
- arrival in Tahiti
Tue 4 May 18:02
- Rangiroa
Sat 1 May 18:11
- Position update - Rangiroa

Apr 2010

Wed 28 Apr 02:36
- progress to Rangiora
Sun 25 Apr 21:14
- position reporting 25th April
Sat 24 Apr 06:51
- More pictures from Nuku Hiva
Thu 22 Apr 16:57
- Pictures from Nuku Hiva - Trip to Daniels Bay
Mon 19 Apr 18:07
- Arrival in Marquesas
Thu 15 Apr 19:44
- only two more nights to go
Wed 14 Apr 21:47
- 400 miles to go to Nuku Hiva
- things going wrong again....
Sun 11 Apr 19:22
- position update
- where has the wind gone??
Thu 8 Apr 23:11
- Nice sailing breeze and plenty of flying fish on deck
Wed 7 Apr 18:17
- eventful night...
Mon 5 Apr 20:07
- position update
Sun 4 Apr 18:20
- Positon Reporting
Fri 2 Apr 19:49
- position reporting

Mar 2010

Wed 31 Mar 17:22
- position update
Tue 30 Mar 20:24
- position update
Mon 29 Mar 17:51
- Looking back at Galapagos
Sat 27 Mar 17:16
- More pictures from Galapagos
Thu 25 Mar 21:16
- Pictures from Galapagos - Part 1
Wed 10 Mar 15:28
- Arrival in Galapagos
Tue 9 Mar 19:39
- Nearly at Galapagos - now in Southern hemisphere
Mon 8 Mar 16:36
- 5th day at sea - Position update
Sun 7 Mar 16:31
- position update en route to Galapagos
Fri 5 Mar 14:03
- on way to Galapagos
Wed 3 Mar 14:59
- Isle Viveros
Tue 2 Mar 13:09
- position update

Feb 2010

Sat 20 Feb 19:31
- position update
Fri 19 Feb 18:27
- Island Kea II in the Pacific
Tue 16 Feb 16:03
- Arrival in Panama
Sat 13 Feb 17:36
- Saturday 13th of Feb
Thu 11 Feb 15:03
- Day 6 to Panama 11th Feb
Wed 10 Feb 16:29
- Panama Day 5 10th of February
Tue 9 Feb 15:42
- Fw: Progress to Panama

Jan 2010

Sat 16 Jan 22:45
- Falmouth Harbour - Antigua

2008

May 2008

Wed 7 May 19:58
- Positoin Update

Apr 2008

Sun 20 Apr 16:48
- Running with Grenada Hash House Harriers
- Pictures from Grenada
Sat 12 Apr 22:03
- Pictures from Tobago Cays
- Pictures from St Vincent
Fri 11 Apr 22:25
- Arrival at Tyrrel Bay - Carriacou (Part of Grenada)
- Arrival at Union Island
Thu 10 Apr 02:09
- Arrival at Charlestown Bay - Canuan
Sat 5 Apr 00:02
- Arrival at Bequia
Tue 1 Apr 13:54
- Arrival at Marigot bay yesterday

Mar 2008

Mon 31 Mar 14:24
- Update from St Lucia
Thu 20 Mar 20:59
- Pictures from St Kitts
Wed 19 Mar 20:25
- Arrival in Ile des Saintes (sout of Guadeloupe)
Tue 18 Mar 20:18
- Arrival in Deshais - Position update
- Passing Montserrat - sailing past the Volcano
Sun 16 Mar 12:02
- Arrival in Tamarind Bay - Nevis
Fri 14 Mar 19:35
- Arrival in Basseterre - St Kitts
Thu 6 Mar 14:06
- Sailing in the BVI's Part 2 - pictures from Gorda Sound
- Sailing in the BVI's Part 1 - pictures from Norman Island

Feb 2008

Wed 27 Feb 12:51
- Arrival in Tortolla - British Virgin Islands.
Tue 19 Feb 17:24
- Position update - arrival in St Maarten
- A day in St Barts - with pictures
Mon 18 Feb 00:57
- Position update - Arrival in Gustavia St Barts
Thu 14 Feb 19:40
- Update from Antigua with pictures
Mon 4 Feb 22:50
- Arrival in Antigua
Fri 1 Feb 18:54
- Guadeloupe

Jan 2008

Sun 27 Jan 01:22
- Dominica - Roseau and Portsmouth with pictures
Fri 25 Jan 01:23
- Arrival at Grande Anse D'Arlet - Martinique
Mon 21 Jan 12:07
- Anchorage Le Marin, Martninique
Thu 17 Jan 21:37
- Arrival in Martinique
Sat 12 Jan 19:35
- Still in St Lucia

2007

Dec 2007

Thu 27 Dec 21:09
Fri 14 Dec 00:01
- Island Kea has arrived in St Lucia
Thu 13 Dec 12:09
- Island Kea II - 19th day at sea and the last!!!
Wed 12 Dec 12:24
- Island Kea II - 18th day at sea
Tue 11 Dec 12:37
- Island Kea II - 17th day at sea
Mon 10 Dec 14:56
- Island Kea II - 16th day at sea
Sun 9 Dec 12:24
- Island Kea II - 15th day at sea
Sat 8 Dec 12:09
- Island Kea II - 14th day at sea
Fri 7 Dec 12:20
- Island Kea II - 13th day at sea
Thu 6 Dec 14:22
- Island Kea II - 12th day at sea
Wed 5 Dec 19:10
Tue 4 Dec 12:13
- Island Kea II - 9th day at sea
Mon 3 Dec 12:19
- Island Kea II - 9th day at sea
Sun 2 Dec 12:20
- Island Kea II - 8th day at sea
Sat 1 Dec 12:03
- Island Kea II - 7th day at sea

Nov 2007

Fri 30 Nov 12:25
- Island Kea II - 6th day at sea
Thu 29 Nov 10:54
- Island Kea II - 5th day at sea
Wed 28 Nov 12:16
- Island Kea II - 4th day at sea
Tue 27 Nov 09:44
- Island Kea II - 3rd Day at sea
Sat 24 Nov 22:43
- The evening before the start of the ARC - Las Palmas to St Lucia

Oct 2007

Sat 6 Oct 18:28
- Photographs from Lanzarote
Thu 4 Oct 13:07
- Arrival in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Mon 1 Oct 20:52
- Lanzarote

Sep 2007

Sun 30 Sep 15:23
- September
Tue 11 Sep 08:06
- Gibraltar - Position update

heading up Bay of Biscay

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