MALARKEY - Day 15. 14:03N 50:32W

Day 15. 14:03N 50:32W

MALARKEY

Jo & Trevor Bush

Wed 3 Jan 2007 12:46

Sailing fast today. Barbados is getting close, the incentive of drinking our first rum punch in the Barbados Yacht Club is driving us on.

The wind is a steady 25 knts from the ENE and we are powering along under reefed poled out head sails at high speeds, sometimes in excess of 13 knts. Our last recorded noon to noon 24 hr run showed a 197M run on the GPS and a 204M run on the log. We are sailing faster this morning than yesterday afternoon so our current projected run is in excess of 200M/day. Pretty good considering we are not trying particularly hard. The boat is taking what is thrown at it pretty well and if pushed could go faster but we dont want to risk breaking anything this far out (500+ Miles).

Blog Entries

2012

Nov 2012

Mon 12 Nov 05:23
- Fast track to Oz

Oct 2012

Tue 23 Oct 06:59
- Fiji

Sep 2012

Thu 20 Sep 02:39
- Tonga
Thu 6 Sep 03:30
- Samoa
Tue 4 Sep 04:01
- Suwarrow, The Cook Islands

Aug 2012

Sat 4 Aug 21:07
- The High Societies

Jul 2012

Fri 6 Jul 01:26
- Moorea rocks

May 2012

Sat 26 May 20:52
- 'Its civilisation Jim, but not as we know it'.
Mon 7 May 03:14
- Another struck off the bucket list

Apr 2012

Mon 30 Apr 00:56
- Vicious Skunk Cut
Tue 10 Apr 00:00
- Nuku Hiva

Mar 2012

Sun 25 Mar 07:35
- Hiva Oa
Wed 21 Mar 01:12
- We have arrived
Sun 18 Mar 19:24
- Whats that smell?
- Big Bertha vs Black Betty
Fri 16 Mar 22:43
- 300+ miles to go
Thu 15 Mar 18:13
- Ghosting
Wed 14 Mar 18:11
- Action Girl
Tue 13 Mar 17:26
- Big Bertha's out
Mon 12 Mar 16:55
- Straight......ish
Sun 11 Mar 22:41
- Bent
Sat 10 Mar 19:56
- Proper sailing
Fri 9 Mar 19:27
- Happy 80th Birthday Dad
Thu 8 Mar 19:21
- Half way
Wed 7 Mar 23:00
- Slower progress
Tue 6 Mar 20:40
- Bowlin' along
Mon 5 Mar 20:10
- At last
Sat 3 Mar 20:52
- Still in the rinse cycle
Fri 2 Mar 17:26
- Pacific Ocean laundry service
Thu 1 Mar 21:31
- Neptune has smiled on us

Feb 2012

Wed 29 Feb 18:36
- Neptune has not been kind
Tue 28 Feb 20:06
- South Pacific.........here we come
Sun 19 Feb 23:20
- Galapagos...'The Origin of the Faeces'
Thu 9 Feb 21:35
- Puerto Villamil, Isla Isabel, Galapagos, Equador
Wed 8 Feb 20:15
- The Land that time forgot
Tue 7 Feb 19:10
- The Equator
Mon 6 Feb 18:47
- Only 200 more miles to go
Sun 5 Feb 19:23
- Back on track
Sat 4 Feb 20:40
- Boarded
Fri 3 Feb 19:17
- Doldrums
Thu 2 Feb 17:33
- Off at last
Wed 1 Feb 02:19
- New Year

Jan 2012

Sun 1 Jan 23:48
- Christmas in the Pacific

2011

Nov 2011

Sun 27 Nov 00:11
- Panama Canal Transit
Thu 24 Nov 22:17
- The Second South American Inquisition Part 4
Tue 22 Nov 17:17
- Intermission
Sun 20 Nov 17:12
- The Second South American Inquisition Part 3
Thu 17 Nov 19:01
- The Second South American Inquisition Part 2
Wed 16 Nov 03:01
- The Second South American Inquisition
Thu 10 Nov 16:32
- Pisco'd in Santiago
Tue 8 Nov 22:06
- San Andres & Providencia

Mar 2011

Wed 23 Mar 21:06
- Disaster at Sea..........well allmost
Fri 4 Mar 20:02
- Bocas del Toro 9:21N 82:14W

2009

Nov 2009

Fri 27 Nov 15:14
- The KKK has arrived in the San Blas, Panama

Jul 2009

Mon 13 Jul 15:29
- NEWSFLASH, friend stabbed in Cartagena

May 2009

Fri 29 May 13:46
- Cartagena or bust
Sat 2 May 01:44
- Curacao

Feb 2009

Fri 20 Feb 13:44
- Still in Bonaire

Jan 2009

Sun 25 Jan 15:47
- Rat and sushi night
Thu 15 Jan 17:05
- BON-aire Christmas & New Year

2008

Dec 2008

Thu 18 Dec 15:48
- Venezuela....the nice bit.
Sat 6 Dec 18:09
- There's none so strange as folk

May 2008

Fri 16 May 15:56
- Collision at sea
Thu 8 May 19:58
- St Martin

Apr 2008

Mon 28 Apr 23:18
- The Virgins
Thu 10 Apr 23:46
- BBBBBomb in Vieques, 18:07.87N 65:18.37W
Thu 3 Apr 21:50
- Legalised Piracy in St Maarten & a show down for a ho down in St Thomas

Feb 2008

Wed 20 Feb 00:31
- Wobbling in Antigua

Jan 2008

Thu 24 Jan 22:39
- Xmas 2007

2007

Nov 2007

Wed 28 Nov 15:38
- The Orinoco Delta @ 10:07N 62:08W

Sep 2007

Sun 16 Sep 07:18
- Canaima, Venezeula

Aug 2007

Sun 19 Aug 21:52
- Fw: Peurto La Cruz, Venezuela. 10:13.0N 64:40.0W

Jul 2007

Wed 11 Jul 22:01
- Venezuela, Isla Margarita. 10:57.0N 63:49.8W
Fri 6 Jul 18:03
- Prickly Bay, Grenada

Jun 2007

Sun 3 Jun 02:38
- Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou. 12:27.4N 61:29.3W

May 2007

Sun 20 May 23:08
- Dominica 15:17.10N 61:22.80W
Fri 11 May 17:13
- Guadeloupe 12:12.6N 61:31.7W
- Detour to Montserrat

Apr 2007

Tue 24 Apr 19:07
- Another Steinlager moment
Sun 15 Apr 22:21
- Antigua
Fri 6 Apr 17:07
- Up to Antigua for the Classic Rally

Mar 2007

Mon 19 Mar 16:27
- St Lucia for a game of bat n ball
Tue 13 Mar 02:36
- The One That Got Away
Mon 5 Mar 13:30
- Scotland Bay, Trinidad

Feb 2007

Thu 22 Feb 22:09
- De carnival is over
Sat 17 Feb 17:12
- Carnival time in Trinidad 10:40.8N 61:37.9W
Fri 16 Feb 21:29
- Half Century B'Day in Granada
Sat 3 Feb 20:58
- Cruising the Grenadines. 12:27.3N 61:29.2W

Jan 2007

Thu 11 Jan 15:38
- Just chillin in Barbados
Mon 8 Jan 03:20
- Arrive Barbados. 13:05N 59:37W
Fri 5 Jan 11:51
- Day 17. 13:27N 56:14W
Thu 4 Jan 15:55
- Day 16. Pilsbury Dough Boy. 13:50N 53:32W
Wed 3 Jan 12:46
- Day 15. 14:03N 50:32W
Tue 2 Jan 11:24
- Day 14. 14:13N 47:20W
Mon 1 Jan 11:47
- New Year Swim. Day 13. 14:24N 44:34W

2006

Dec 2006

Sun 31 Dec 13:22
- New Years Eve, day 12. 14:34N 42:07W
Sat 30 Dec 11:33
- 'STEINLAGER' moment. Day 11. 14:52N 39:28W
Fri 29 Dec 15:07
- Day 10. 15:07N 36:31W
Thu 28 Dec 12:37
- Day 9. 15:35N 33:43W
Wed 27 Dec 12:09
- Day 8. 16:35N 31:09W
Tue 26 Dec 10:36
- Xmas feast at the Captains Table. 17:35N 2839W
Mon 25 Dec 11:08
- Day 6. 19:56N 24:23W
Sun 24 Dec 15:27
- Day 5. 19:56N 24:23W
Sat 23 Dec 16:24
- Day 4. 21:22N 22:23W
Fri 22 Dec 18:30
- Day 3. 22:46N 20:17W
Thu 21 Dec 14:29
- Day two. 24:22N 18:20W
Wed 20 Dec 14:46
- First 24 Hours 25:56N 16:42W
- First 24 Hours 25:56N 16:42W
Sun 17 Dec 18:43
- Crew Arrives Las Palmas
- 'INTRODUCTION' 28:07.73N 15:25.60W

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