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In the Zone

Fleck

Tue 18 Mar 2008 19:03

Tuesday, 18th March

Noon position 03:50N 82:09W

Relayed weather from Panama last night pt the edge of the ITCZ at between 5N, 90W and 4N, 80W. Indeed I crossed into it during the night, and this morning enjoyed my first thunder squall. Prompted to write before electrics put out by a lightning strike!! Nice in some ways to have some thick cloud cover, but the wind comes from anywhere, and either too much, or mostly too little! Passed my first waypoint at Isle Malpele this morning, 2am, so now trying to straighten out for the Galapagos, having perhaps escaped the worst of the calm areas to the north. 509 miles to the next waypoint, a daysail from the Islands. Enjoying this so far, good not to have an out patient clinic this morning!! Spent yesterday in close company with a NZ yacht, also buzzed by a big fishing boat, claiming to be from Spain, and a Colombian Navy ship. quiet today!

Blog Entries

2014

Aug 2014

Tue 26 Aug 16:39
- Home
Thu 14 Aug 10:56
- Elderly Bromsgrove man in amazing Lands End and back cycle feat
Mon 11 Aug 08:19
- Penzance, nearly the end of the line.
Mon 4 Aug 21:01
- Hugh Town, St Mary's, Scilly islands
Sun 3 Aug 11:31
- Becalmed, again.
Sat 2 Aug 12:36
- Poundland
Fri 1 Aug 12:53
- The dogwatch again!

Jul 2014

Thu 31 Jul 12:07
- What a difference a day makes
Wed 30 Jul 14:25
- Post Script
- The balance of life
Tue 29 Jul 12:59
- Free whale trip
Mon 28 Jul 12:57
- Winds: as predicted, not as requested!
Sun 27 Jul 12:44
- Sunshine, rotten potatoes, barometer still rising.
Sat 26 Jul 12:38
- High Pressure
Fri 25 Jul 12:51
- Cold front!
Thu 24 Jul 12:37
- On our way!
Tue 8 Jul 18:03
- Flores
Tue 1 Jul 13:03
- Ding a ling, Ryanair on time yet again.

Jun 2014

Mon 30 Jun 12:38
- Where did you say you were when you sent that?
- We are commencing our descent into Lajes, Flores.
Sun 29 Jun 13:39
- The spirit of sail......
Sat 28 Jun 13:55
- Squeezing time
Fri 27 Jun 15:03
- A simple strategy for wind holes
Thu 26 Jun 15:18
- Doghole
Wed 25 Jun 15:36
- A good day's night
Tue 24 Jun 15:13
- dog watch
Mon 23 Jun 15:22
- Low
Sun 22 Jun 14:54
- Goldilocks, for now!
Sat 21 Jun 15:43
- Learning from History
Fri 20 Jun 16:00
- Another hundred miles
Thu 19 Jun 16:00
- Mind your language
Wed 18 Jun 15:43
- Cetaceanology
Tue 17 Jun 15:53
- Whale of a time
Mon 16 Jun 16:09
- Drum roll
Sun 15 Jun 15:56
- Deaf rolls
Sat 14 Jun 16:00
- Back in skool, day one
Mon 9 Jun 18:09
- Sunday, rest day, Monday, wash day.
Fri 6 Jun 17:28
- Bermuda

May 2014

Thu 29 May 17:25
- Engine room blues
Tue 27 May 17:15
- Fighting for territory
Sun 25 May 17:01
- Wind holes, black holes, la dolce vita
Fri 23 May 18:50
- In case there's a change in the weather
Wed 21 May 16:31
- 68
Mon 19 May 20:24
- Dark and Cloudy
Sun 18 May 19:55
- Antigua
Fri 16 May 18:01
- Windshadows
Thu 15 May 19:09
- Half Full
Tue 6 May 17:24
- All that is

2013

Jun 2013

Wed 12 Jun 13:15
- Chaguaramus: 'you have reached your destination'
Tue 11 Jun 02:02
Fri 7 Jun 21:40
- Charlotteville
Thu 6 Jun 16:55
- Hove to again!
Wed 5 Jun 17:25
- Fishing Boat
Tue 4 Jun 17:45
- Todays data
- Dolphins and the red dust
Mon 3 Jun 16:22
- Yellow brick bumpy road
Sun 2 Jun 16:56
- Back in solitary!
Sat 1 Jun 16:12
- Parole

May 2013

Fri 31 May 17:00
- dolor in the doldrums
Thu 30 May 17:10
- It was the Vicar..
Wed 29 May 16:34
- No real dramas
Tue 28 May 15:48
- Wet wet wet!
Mon 27 May 15:42
- Ah, back up north!
Sun 26 May 16:01
- Squalls
Sat 25 May 15:28
- Current events
Fri 24 May 16:22
- Whales and oil rigs
Thu 23 May 15:46
- Round the bend
Wed 22 May 16:13
- Cabedelo Post Script
Sat 18 May 18:02
- Cabedelo
Fri 17 May 13:48
- Whinge for the day!
Thu 16 May 13:52
- Battleships
Wed 15 May 13:11
- Pepys: streets of Fleck
Tue 14 May 13:18
- I am hydrovane
Mon 13 May 12:48
- Yeasterday
Sun 12 May 12:38
- Poetry time
Sat 11 May 13:31
- Status Quo
Fri 10 May 13:06
- All swell
Thu 9 May 13:15
- Steady (fairly) as she goes.
Wed 8 May 12:41
- Missing Ascension Day
Sun 5 May 19:55
- Ascension Island
Sat 4 May 13:07
- Is the Pope a Catholic?
Fri 3 May 13:07
- Steady as she goes.
Thu 2 May 13:04
- From me to you
Wed 1 May 13:33
- 3am. No lessons from history!

Apr 2013

Tue 30 Apr 13:12
- No news is good news!
Mon 29 Apr 13:06
- Three weeks later....
Mon 8 Apr 11:55
- Circumnavigator?
Sun 7 Apr 11:53
- Groundhog days
Fri 5 Apr 12:38
- Academic cooking
Mon 1 Apr 10:55
- Masthead revisited

Mar 2013

Fri 29 Mar 11:02
- Mast still upright
Wed 27 Mar 12:34
- Life of Pi, sans tiger.
Mon 25 Mar 12:35
- new problem list
Sun 24 Mar 10:43
- Just the usual start of trip collisions

2012

Dec 2012

Sun 9 Dec 16:37
- When the curtain comes down it's not quite over.
Sat 8 Dec 10:40
- The Indian Ocean, Cape Aghulas, The Atlantic Ocean, The Cape of Good Hope: just another day at the office.
Fri 7 Dec 12:23
- Cape Agulhas: turn left for Antarctica, turn right for home. No brainer, for a change!
Thu 6 Dec 10:55
- Grinding out the miles
Wed 5 Dec 11:19
- Zebra sails in the East Cape easterlies
Sat 1 Dec 15:45
- Port Elizabeth

Nov 2012

Thu 29 Nov 10:31
- More half full than half empty!
Wed 28 Nov 11:10
- Chasing the current, dodging the wind.
Sun 25 Nov 11:14
- Ocean frying pan, harbour fire!
Fri 23 Nov 16:15
- Safe arrival, Durban.
Thu 22 Nov 09:39
- Beeline to Durban, but wish we had wings!
Tue 20 Nov 10:15
- Overdrive please!
Mon 19 Nov 10:03
- Bit by bit.
Sun 18 Nov 10:53
- Todays date and position!
- Donner und Blitzen!
Sat 17 Nov 09:10
- Some like it hot
Fri 16 Nov 09:06
- Fresh bread and goosewings
Thu 15 Nov 09:41
- Notes from the Nostromo
Wed 14 Nov 08:44
- Wind and sun, but very humid.
Tue 13 Nov 10:11
- Out of the bucket
Mon 12 Nov 09:02
- A little smoother now!
Sun 11 Nov 09:21
- If only it was flat

Jul 2012

Mon 9 Jul 09:20
- Reunion: postscript

Jun 2012

Sat 30 Jun 16:38
- Reunion: end of term time!
Wed 20 Jun 19:35
- Port Louis
Sun 17 Jun 07:16
- Position info only
- In Mauritius
Wed 13 Jun 08:43
- Au revoir, Rodrigues
Thu 7 Jun 14:22
- Yes!
Tue 5 Jun 09:20
- Answers and questions over the Marie Celeste Fracture Zone.
Sun 3 Jun 08:17
- Difficult connection
Sat 2 Jun 08:26
- Continues to work hard, and achieve good results.

May 2012

Thu 31 May 10:57
- Getting in the zone
Tue 29 May 08:29
- Sailing in the Goldilocks zone: not!
Mon 28 May 07:01
- Still waiting for weather!
Sun 27 May 09:50
- Slow down, weather ahead!
Fri 25 May 08:52
- Rattling along.
Wed 23 May 06:56
- On the road again.
Sat 19 May 14:16
- Cocos Keeling: it's really nice.
Thu 17 May 08:33
- Closing Cocos
Mon 14 May 07:46
- Progress
Sat 12 May 08:32
- Back on the edge of the Ocean
Fri 11 May 10:32
- Jakarta
Mon 7 May 07:45
- Post-call.
Sun 6 May 08:04
- Java Sea
Fri 4 May 09:12
- Half full, half empty?

Apr 2012

Mon 30 Apr 11:10
- Nongsa Point Marina, take three.

2011

May 2011

Tue 10 May 08:59
- Through the Sunda Strait
Mon 9 May 11:02
- Jakarta
- Thousand Islands
Mon 2 May 04:34
- Ups and Downs.

Apr 2011

Sat 30 Apr 09:50
- Back across the line
Tue 26 Apr 06:55
- Sebana Cove
Tue 12 Apr 09:25
- Ouch!
Tue 5 Apr 11:32
- Pangkor to Danga Bay

Mar 2011

Wed 30 Mar 10:52
- Pangkor by daylight
Mon 28 Mar 01:09
- Pulau Paya: racing for buoys.
Wed 23 Mar 11:36
- Sitting on the dock of the bay, waiting for Luigi

2010

Oct 2010

Thu 28 Oct 14:56
- Rebak Marina; the last dot for now.
- Langkawi
Thu 21 Oct 03:21
- Penang Hill
Mon 18 Oct 04:59
- Penang.
Mon 11 Oct 10:01
- Virtual Marina, Pangkor.
Sun 10 Oct 09:39
- Port Klang, Kuala Lumpur, and Atheism
Sat 9 Oct 01:36
- Day Tripper
Tue 5 Oct 08:10
- Into the Malacca Strait.

Sep 2010

Sun 26 Sep 09:26
- Singapore
Sat 18 Sep 00:25
- Google map update only
Tue 14 Sep 16:11
- Nongsa Point Marina: civilzation with a capital C.
Fri 10 Sep 05:03
- Chugging up the South China Sea, or, 'Slow boat to China'?
Sat 4 Sep 05:58
- Bali Postscript

Aug 2010

Mon 16 Aug 05:41
- Bali International marina.
Sat 14 Aug 07:46
- Gili islands Stopover
Fri 13 Aug 06:47
- Fresh Bread Man
Wed 11 Aug 06:45
- Wangi Wangi, Wakatobi.
Sat 7 Aug 09:23
- Ambonibable
Mon 2 Aug 03:28
- Banda Islands

Jul 2010

Wed 28 Jul 05:33
- Land ahoy!
Tue 27 Jul 03:05
- Into the Banda Sea
Sat 24 Jul 07:26
- Darwin: been there, done that.
Thu 15 Jul 01:48
- Fw: Escape River, The Albany passage, Cape York, Siesia, The Endeavour Strait,The Gulf of Carpenteria, and the shackle debacle.
- No gain without pain!
Thu 8 Jul 08:26
- To Cape York
Sun 4 Jul 07:12
- Lizard Island, Cairns it's not!
Fri 2 Jul 22:30
- See Cairns in 24 hours

Jun 2010

Mon 28 Jun 01:54
- The Hinchinbrook Channel
Thu 24 Jun 21:36
- Life's a(irlee) beach
Sun 20 Jun 21:21
- Blunt Bay
Fri 18 Jun 03:24
- First Day's Log. Whats a log, dad?
Mon 14 Jun 01:16
- Long live the Queen

2009

Dec 2009

Wed 2 Dec 11:51
- The fat lady sings

Nov 2009

Mon 30 Nov 05:50
- Not over till the fat lady sings!
Fri 27 Nov 03:15
- Leapfroging the Bugs in Morton Bay, Bongaree, a cinch at Skirmish Point, and a great sail up to Mooloolaba
- To Wide Bar Bay
Fri 20 Nov 10:36
- Donner und blitz noch einmal, und ein schmerz in meiner tasche
Tue 17 Nov 05:20
Thu 12 Nov 23:13
Fri 6 Nov 08:40
- Where was I?
- More Fisherman's Tales
Sun 1 Nov 11:38
- The Hawkesbury River

Oct 2009

Sat 31 Oct 08:01
- Sydney Blog
Thu 22 Oct 22:21
- Through Sydney Heads!
- Twenty four hours in Port Stevens
Fri 16 Oct 23:00
- Down to Port Macquarie
Sat 10 Oct 06:01
- Coffs Harbour, another southerly change.
Wed 7 Oct 03:17
- Coffs Harbour
Fri 2 Oct 03:24
- Gold Coast

Sep 2009

Fri 25 Sep 02:58
- Red Mists, Brisbane Life
Fri 18 Sep 12:12
- A bug in Morton Bay
Wed 16 Sep 05:20
- Great Sandy Strait
Sat 12 Sep 12:14
- Bundaberg and Fraser Island

2008

Oct 2008

Fri 3 Oct 22:01
- 'Welcome to Oz, that will be 250$ please.'

Sep 2008

Sun 28 Sep 04:30
- Into the Coral Sea
Tue 23 Sep 05:00
- Noumea
Fri 19 Sep 11:51
- Beating down to New Caledonia
Sun 14 Sep 11:18
- Vanuatu
Mon 8 Sep 03:51
- On our way again, at last.

Aug 2008

Fri 29 Aug 07:53
- Fiji
Tue 12 Aug 21:28
- Tonga to fiji
Thu 7 Aug 23:21
- What we did in Tongatapu
Tue 5 Aug 03:00
- All at sea

Jul 2008

Fri 25 Jul 21:29
- Tongatapu
Sat 19 Jul 01:03
- The Ha'apai Islands
Sat 12 Jul 22:09
- Vava'u, Tonga
Mon 7 Jul 03:51
- Doldrums, again
Tue 1 Jul 23:48
- Ever heard of Aitutaki?

Jun 2008

Sat 28 Jun 00:36
- Cooking, The Cooks and the Captain
Tue 24 Jun 20:18
- Bora Bora Blog
Sun 8 Jun 21:24
- Atoms and atolls
Sun 1 Jun 03:02
- Safe arrival in Ahe

May 2008

Sat 31 May 03:25
- Stargates in Paradise
Tue 27 May 07:58
- The Marquesas Blog
Sat 17 May 22:50
- The Marquesas
Sat 10 May 19:28
- Safe arrival
Thu 8 May 21:34
- Very nearly there!
Tue 6 May 21:44
- Waterworld
Thu 1 May 20:31
- Tradewind days

Apr 2008

Mon 28 Apr 21:34
- Storm in a saucepan
Sat 26 Apr 19:26
- Unterwegs
Tue 22 Apr 19:03
- Nine days out.
Fri 18 Apr 19:20
- Tradewinds
Wed 16 Apr 21:32
- Things can only get better!
Mon 14 Apr 19:29
- Isla Isabella: living up to its name
Wed 9 Apr 20:57
- Galapagos: the rough guide!

Mar 2008

Tue 25 Mar 21:47
- San Cristobal, Galapagos
Fri 21 Mar 18:03
- Crossing the line
Thu 20 Mar 17:44
- Dipping my stick
Tue 18 Mar 19:03
- In the Zone
Sun 16 Mar 17:35
- Into the blue, out of the blue
Fri 14 Mar 17:54
- Drifting in the Las Perlas Archipielago
Mon 10 Mar 17:37
- The Panama Canal
Thu 6 Mar 23:30
- If at first you don't succeed
Mon 3 Mar 01:28
- Todays message

Feb 2008

Fri 22 Feb 19:49
- Off Again

2007

Dec 2007

Sun 9 Dec 21:48
- Shelter Bay Marina, Colon
Wed 5 Dec 13:55
- A rough old day
Tue 4 Dec 03:09
- All out of time
Sun 2 Dec 13:03
- Sorry, where was I?
- Two days in heaven

Nov 2007

Tue 27 Nov 00:47
- Kissing the coral, again
- Management and the San Blas Islands
Sun 25 Nov 19:30
- Seen one, seem 'em all
Tue 20 Nov 14:33
- San Blas at last
Sun 18 Nov 22:13
- Sapzurro
Tue 13 Nov 13:40
- Isla Fuerte
Sat 10 Nov 16:56
- Islas Rosarios

Oct 2007

Sat 27 Oct 00:55
- Cartagena
Mon 22 Oct 01:16
- Five Bays, eight boats.
Fri 19 Oct 16:29
- Colombian Indians
Tue 16 Oct 00:44
- Majic Monjes Del Sur
Sat 13 Oct 03:24
- Aruba Port Rot
Wed 10 Oct 03:59
- 55 mile intergalactic trip
Sun 7 Oct 03:14
- Off at last, tomorrow!!
Mon 1 Oct 02:12
- Still here man

Sep 2007

Sat 22 Sep 17:44
- 12 degrees north, 38 degrees centigrade

Mar 2007

Tue 6 Mar 15:55
- Arrival
Mon 5 Mar 16:44
- Shreck
Sun 4 Mar 17:10
- Carry on up the Caribbean
Sat 3 Mar 16:44
- Gone with the wind
Fri 2 Mar 14:53
- Heading South

Jan 2007

Thu 25 Jan 17:44
- 25th January
Sun 21 Jan 16:51
- Here is a summary of the news

2006

Dec 2006

Wed 20 Dec 17:42
- 20 th Dec 2006. Its all over now.
Tue 19 Dec 13:52
- Tuesday 19th Dec 2006: This could be the last time.
Mon 18 Dec 13:50
- 18th Dec 2006 Just another manic Monday
Sun 17 Dec 13:12
- Sunday 17th Dec 2006 The final countdown
Sat 16 Dec 13:25
- Saturday, 16th December 2006. Rock around the clock.
Fri 15 Dec 12:52
- 15th Dec 2006. Man, I feel like a Woman
Thu 14 Dec 13:20
- 14th Dec 2006 Keep on Running (Dave Clarke Five)
Wed 13 Dec 13:41
- 13thDec06 I'm going slightly mad....
Tue 12 Dec 13:33
- 12th Dec 2006
Mon 11 Dec 13:25
- Cast your fate to the wind, 11th Dec 2006
Sun 10 Dec 12:50
- Sunday, 10th Dec 2006: Whistle down the wind, (please)!
Sat 9 Dec 13:22
- Telegraph Road, 9th Dec 2006
Fri 8 Dec 12:34
- A game of two halves
Thu 7 Dec 13:13
- 7th Dec 2006, What shall we do with the .....
Wed 6 Dec 12:52
- Yelow Submarine (not). Wednesday, 6th Dec
Tue 5 Dec 13:49
- 5th December
Mon 4 Dec 12:56
- we are sailing (for the weather girls)
Sun 3 Dec 13:10
- 3rd Dec 2006, end of week one.
Sat 2 Dec 13:22
- Saturday 2nd Dec
Fri 1 Dec 12:45
- 1st December

Nov 2006

Thu 30 Nov 12:43
- 30th November update
Wed 29 Nov 13:25
- 29 November 06
Tue 28 Nov 13:13
- Daily log
Mon 27 Nov 12:34
- ARC 2006, Day one

Aug 2006

Fri 11 Aug 10:02
- (no subject)