Moonstone of Aberdour

Belcamed

Allan and Claire Foster

Fri 11 Apr 2014 09:18

Becalmed!

The wind disappeared around dinnertime yesterday and failed to materialise this morning.

Overnight we dropped the mainsail, turned off the autopilot, lit a riding light and went to bed.

I am watching the needle of the wind instrument spinning wildly as eddies of air from the flogging main send the little wind vane whizzing around at the masthead.

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2022

May 2022

Wed 18 May 19:02
- Falmouth

2019

Sep 2019

Tue 24 Sep 13:08
- Lowestoft for the winter
Mon 16 Sep 16:44
- Slow passage east

Jul 2019

Mon 22 Jul 05:36
- Bryher to Torbay
Fri 19 Jul 03:28
- We've arrived in the Scilly Isles!
Thu 18 Jul 05:40
- Lively sailing
Wed 17 Jul 06:23
- Good progress
Tue 16 Jul 06:30
- AIS working OK
Mon 15 Jul 07:02
- Banana...... ramblings
Sun 14 Jul 05:19
- Grey seas and sky
Sat 13 Jul 06:27
- Fog!
Fri 12 Jul 07:16
- Glorious sailing
Thu 11 Jul 07:10
- Heading North
Wed 10 Jul 07:01
- A gentle start to the passage
Mon 8 Jul 19:38
- Ready to leave the Azores

Jun 2019

Thu 13 Jun 18:21
- Terceira
Tue 4 Jun 19:02
- Horta, Faial, Azores

May 2019

Tue 28 May 05:01
- We've arrived!
Mon 27 May 07:13
- Nearly there!
Sun 26 May 13:14
- Smooth sailing
Sat 25 May 12:23
- Under power
Fri 24 May 07:45
- Rhumb line for Flores
Thu 23 May 12:28
- Windy
Wed 22 May 12:30
- Jib and Jigger
Tue 21 May 09:57
- Portuguese Man of War
Mon 20 May 17:00
- Half way
Sun 19 May 12:57
- Cold fronts ahead
Sat 18 May 14:23
- All is well.
Fri 17 May 18:54
- Drifting along
Thu 16 May 11:35
- Great Great Circle route
Wed 15 May 15:03
- Lively night......not much sleep
Tue 14 May 11:35
- Missed it!
Mon 13 May 13:41
- Heading to the Azores

Apr 2019

Sat 20 Apr 13:35
- Convict Bay, Bermuda
Fri 19 Apr 14:40
- Horrible headwinds
Thu 18 Apr 09:36
- Weird AIS signals
Wed 17 Apr 10:09
- UnFair winds!
Tue 16 Apr 13:38
- Fair winds!
Mon 15 Apr 10:59
- Laptop working and the seas are calmer.
- Laptop all at sea
Thu 11 Apr 23:05
- Nassau, Bahamas

Mar 2019

Sat 30 Mar 23:55
- Starting to wend north
Sun 17 Mar 21:45
- South of the Tropic of Cancer again

Feb 2019

Wed 20 Feb 23:51
- Battered not beaten!
Tue 19 Feb 00:16
- Pelican Cay
Sun 17 Feb 01:06
- Royal Island, Eleuthera

Jan 2019

Sat 19 Jan 22:13
- Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas
Thu 17 Jan 23:06
- On our way to the Bahamas
Fri 11 Jan 00:46
- Stuart, Florida

2018

Nov 2018

Fri 23 Nov 00:53
- Florida again......I should Cocoa!
Sun 18 Nov 19:44
- Messy squalls off Georgia
Sat 17 Nov 20:15
- Light winds
Fri 16 Nov 23:04
- Out to sea
Wed 14 Nov 02:27
- Oriental, North Carolina

Sep 2018

Sun 30 Sep 02:46
- New Jersey Coast
Fri 28 Sep 00:14
- Stalled in Port Washington
Thu 13 Sep 23:44
- Cape Cod to Newport
Mon 10 Sep 00:07
- Marblehead and onto Provincetown, Cape Cod
Thu 6 Sep 22:06
- Gloucester Massachusetts
Wed 5 Sep 01:01
- Nearly Goodbye to Maine

Aug 2018

Fri 31 Aug 23:46
- Harbor Island Maine
Sun 26 Aug 02:53
- On our way to the USA
Thu 23 Aug 20:37
- Argyle, Nova Scotia
Mon 13 Aug 00:15
- Lockeport
Sun 5 Aug 13:21
- Lunenberg, Nova Scotia
Fri 3 Aug 21:48
- Carter's Beach anchorage, Port Mouton
Thu 2 Aug 00:49
- Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Jul 2018

Mon 30 Jul 20:22
- Clarks Harbour, Cape Sable
- Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Thu 26 Jul 00:21
- Mount Desert Island, Maine
Sun 8 Jul 01:03
- Vinalhaven
Sun 1 Jul 20:04
- Stonington, Maine

Jun 2018

Sat 30 Jun 22:15
- Going "Down East"
Wed 27 Jun 01:20
- A welcome break in Block Island

Apr 2018

Tue 10 Apr 22:49
- Coinjock????
- Not the best of days
Mon 9 Apr 00:18
- Peaceful anchorages
Fri 6 Apr 23:37
- Pushing north
Wed 4 Apr 02:25
- Southport, North Carolina
Mon 2 Apr 20:16
- Heading to Cape Fear
Sun 1 Apr 21:42
- Good progress

Mar 2018

Sat 31 Mar 19:42
- Enjoying the heat
Wed 28 Mar 22:32
- Great Sale Cay
Mon 26 Mar 20:30
- Allans Pensacola Cay
Sun 25 Mar 23:16
- Readying for the off

Feb 2018

Wed 21 Feb 00:14
- Lynyard Cay
Mon 19 Feb 23:11
- Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Bahamas
Thu 8 Feb 22:59
- Fox Town
Tue 6 Feb 21:10
- Allans Cay and Pensacola
Thu 1 Feb 21:03
- Not gone far

Jan 2018

Fri 26 Jan 15:50
- Back in the blue

2017

May 2017

Thu 11 May 22:46
- Mixed winds
Wed 10 May 22:10
- We've turned the corner
Tue 9 May 21:26
- Rodriquez Key
Fri 5 May 21:51
- Key West, Florida
Thu 4 May 15:48
- Not plain sailing
Wed 3 May 14:24
- Riding the Gulf Stream

Feb 2017

Tue 21 Feb 01:30
- Isla Mujeres
Sat 18 Feb 18:00
- Mexican waters
Fri 10 Feb 23:00
- Chilling out
Wed 8 Feb 01:39
- Garbutt Cay

Jan 2017

Wed 18 Jan 18:27
- Caye Caulker
Thu 12 Jan 22:51
- Belize City
Fri 6 Jan 01:27
- Tobaco Cay
Wed 4 Jan 00:56
- Glovers Reef, Belize
Mon 2 Jan 23:57
- Hatchet Cay
- Ranguana Cay, Belize

2016

Dec 2016

Fri 30 Dec 03:35
- Placencia
Thu 29 Dec 00:18
- Hunting Cay Belize

Jul 2016

Wed 6 Jul 01:23
- Rio Dulce Guatemala

Jun 2016

Tue 28 Jun 01:26
- Livingston, Guatemala
Mon 20 Jun 20:33
- Utila for a few more days
Wed 15 Jun 15:11
- Utila
Fri 10 Jun 23:39
- Back to Cayo Cochino Grande
Wed 8 Jun 03:16
- Back in French Cay again.....it's all Colin's fault!
Sat 4 Jun 00:24
- Cayo Cochino Grande, Honduras

May 2016

Mon 30 May 01:06
- A short hop to West End Roatan
Mon 16 May 02:46
- Little French Cay, Roatan, Honduras
Tue 3 May 22:55
- Guanaja
Mon 2 May 20:40
- Making a steady passage.
Sun 1 May 20:44
- Over half way there.

Apr 2016

Sat 30 Apr 23:08
- Bye Bye lovely Jamaica, we are on our way to Guanaja
Fri 29 Apr 01:35
- Bloody Bay, Negril, Jamaica
Sun 24 Apr 00:31
- Montego Bay Yacht Club
Thu 21 Apr 23:55
- We are west bound!

Mar 2016

Wed 23 Mar 20:39
- Port Antonio, Jamaica
Thu 17 Mar 00:20
- "19:58.994N 75:52.323W"
Wed 16 Mar 01:15
- Santiago de Cuba
Mon 14 Mar 00:23
- Marea del Portillo
Sat 12 Mar 22:45
- Cabo Cruz
Fri 11 Mar 22:15
- Cayo Media Luna
Thu 10 Mar 22:02
- Cayo Grenada
Sun 6 Mar 01:10
- Cayo Algodon Grande
Fri 4 Mar 22:49
- Cayo Cuervo
Thu 3 Mar 18:59
- Cayo Breton
Wed 2 Mar 21:54
- Cayo Zaza Fuero
Tue 1 Mar 21:18
- Cayo Blanco
- Cayo Blanco

Feb 2016

Wed 24 Feb 14:09
- Cienfuegos, Cuba
Mon 22 Feb 18:53
- At sea again

Jan 2016

Mon 25 Jan 22:32
Fri 22 Jan 23:35
- Cayo Largo
Wed 20 Jan 22:10
- One of those memorable days
Tue 19 Jan 00:06
- Cayo el Navio
Sun 17 Jan 22:40
- After a tough passage we find real Cuba
- Lively night!
Fri 15 Jan 19:15
- Los Morros
Thu 14 Jan 19:30
- Fast passage to Los Morros
Sun 10 Jan 00:04
- Caya Lavisa
Fri 8 Jan 21:39
- Bahia Honda
Fri 1 Jan 21:27
- Happy New from Havana

2015

Dec 2015

Tue 22 Dec 22:09
- Key West
Mon 14 Dec 00:15
- Sunny Florida

Nov 2015

Sat 14 Nov 19:09
- "29:11.780N 81:00.303W"
Tue 10 Nov 23:04
- Georgia's Golden Isles
Tue 3 Nov 22:56
- Bit of a slog!

Oct 2015

Fri 23 Oct 23:38
- Swamp country
Thu 15 Oct 22:37
- Back with Pelicans
Mon 12 Oct 12:43
- Baltimore and Annapolis

Sep 2015

Sat 26 Sep 21:49
- Sassafras River
Sat 19 Sep 11:18
- Heading South

Aug 2015

Thu 13 Aug 01:35
- New York
Mon 10 Aug 15:01
- Port Washington

Jul 2015

Mon 27 Jul 17:08
- Fishers Island, Connecticut
Thu 23 Jul 22:02
- Nantucket
Fri 17 Jul 16:31
- Cuttyhunk
Wed 1 Jul 15:57
- Newport, Rhode Island

Jun 2015

Thu 25 Jun 23:48
- Ocean City
- Going south to head north?
Sat 13 Jun 22:07
- Having a 'Capital' time in Washington DC
Thu 4 Jun 19:34
- North Carolina

May 2015

Sun 31 May 22:56
- In the wilderness!
Fri 29 May 17:17
- Oriental
- Past Cape Fear
Thu 28 May 00:01
- Gentle sailing off South Carolina
Thu 21 May 21:57
- Poorly Autopilot
Wed 20 May 19:37
- Looking for the Gulf Stream
Sun 17 May 00:55
- St Augustine

Mar 2015

Tue 24 Mar 21:31
- Moonstone takes a break in Titusville
Fri 13 Mar 22:59
- “Velcro” Beach Florida
Tue 10 Mar 01:51
- A pretty little town called Stuart
Wed 4 Mar 01:46
- Welcome to the USA
Tue 3 Mar 02:05
- Crossing the Gulf Stream

Feb 2015

Sat 28 Feb 02:41
- Leaving the Bahamas
Thu 26 Feb 02:22
- Tongue of the Oceam
Tue 24 Feb 00:11
- George Town,
Tue 17 Feb 22:08
- No longer Tropical
- 23:42.85N 75:17.02W
Sat 14 Feb 02:51
- Mayaguana update
Wed 11 Feb 00:28
- Cabin Fever
Tue 10 Feb 02:23
- Sheltering ready for bad weather
Fri 6 Feb 23:32
- Hump back whale pops up to see us
- Caicos Bank T&C
Tue 3 Feb 00:04
- Arriving at Grand Turk
Mon 2 Feb 04:58
- Fair wind = good progress
Sun 1 Feb 05:04
- Swimming in the deep end!

Jan 2015

Sat 31 Jan 12:06
- Soper’s Hole
Tue 27 Jan 21:17
- On our way to Tortola
Sun 25 Jan 12:42
- Chased by Border Patrol!
Fri 23 Jan 19:48
- Montserrat
Fri 16 Jan 21:16
- Antigua
- Lord Nelson off Guadelope
Thu 15 Jan 04:08
- Claire cooks another wonderful meal

2014

Dec 2014

Mon 29 Dec 20:05
- Daphne joins us for Christmas
- Cariacou
Wed 10 Dec 19:26
- 11:59.91N 61:45.76W

Nov 2014

Sun 9 Nov 20:43
- Goodbye Tobago, hello Barbados

Oct 2014

Sat 11 Oct 03:49
- 10:51.87N 61:26.88W
Sun 5 Oct 23:41
- 11:19.81N 60:33.23W
Sat 4 Oct 20:02
- 11:11.59N 60:47.88W
Fri 3 Oct 22:00
- 11:09.46N 60:50.51W
Thu 2 Oct 22:24
- 10:46.09N 60:27.78W

Jul 2014

Tue 22 Jul 20:23
- 10:40.81N 61:37.90W
- 10:40.81N 61:37.90W
Mon 21 Jul 22:56
- 10:53.12N 60:49.13w
- 10:47.26N 60:30.08W
Sun 20 Jul 17:36
- 09:27.04N 58:18.35W
Sat 19 Jul 18:28
- 08:27.05N 56:39.95W
Fri 18 Jul 16:33
- 07:44.97N 55:39.17W
Thu 17 Jul 18:16
- 07:00.43N 54:31.78W
Wed 16 Jul 22:06
- 05:58.28N 53:16.72W
Tue 15 Jul 18:12
- Isle du Royale, Salvation Islands
Mon 14 Jul 17:22
- 05:17.11N 52:35.35W
Sun 13 Jul 10:04
- 03:45.97N 49:39.69W
Sat 12 Jul 09:39
- 02:21.57N 47:26.05W
Fri 11 Jul 09:22
- 00:44.09N 44:42.51W
Thu 10 Jul 10:05
- 00:45.38S 42:14.09W
Wed 9 Jul 10:09
- 02:20.29S 39:33.46W
Tue 8 Jul 10:50
- 03:45.56S 37:10.80W
Mon 7 Jul 15:13
- 04:55.45S 35:19.18W

May 2014

Mon 5 May 13:45
- 07:02.14S 34:51.38W
Sun 4 May 17:00
- 08:09.00S 34:35.83W

Apr 2014

Wed 23 Apr 18:11
- 08:04.17S 34:52.34W
- 07:44.31S 34:27.15W
Tue 22 Apr 14:01
- 06:37.78S 33:26.00W
Mon 21 Apr 08:43
- 04:24.22S 32:02.93W
Sun 20 Apr 07:57
- 02:29.28S 30:43.80W
Sat 19 Apr 08:32
- 00:49.97S 29:35.26W
Fri 18 Apr 08:33
- 01:04.76N 28:44.76W
Thu 17 Apr 06:10
- 03:12.19N 28:12.55W
Wed 16 Apr 08:01
- 04:59.09N 27:46.33W
Tue 15 Apr 08:07
- 06:43.40N 27:14.33W
Mon 14 Apr 08:13
- 08:19.99N 26:46.49W
Sun 13 Apr 08:35
- 09:50.34N 26:26.89W
Sat 12 Apr 08:20
- 11:33.98N 26:00.00W
Fri 11 Apr 09:18
- Belcamed
Thu 10 Apr 09:15
- Slow start but pointing the right way
Wed 9 Apr 09:03
- Next stop Brazil
Sun 6 Apr 15:16
- Ilha de Santo Antao in the Cape Verde Islands

Mar 2014

Sun 30 Mar 00:15
- Mindelo
Tue 25 Mar 18:20
- 16:53.03N 25:00.29W
Wed 19 Mar 18:11
- Tarrafal, Cap Verde
Tue 18 Mar 10:01
- 16:41.79N 22:58.15W
Thu 13 Mar 08:55
- Land A’hoy
Wed 12 Mar 09:27
- Steady progress South
Tue 11 Mar 09:21
- “Portuguese Man ‘o’ War”
Mon 10 Mar 09:12
- More bliss!
Sun 9 Mar 09:07
- Bliss
Sat 8 Mar 09:41
- A steady start to this trip
Fri 7 Mar 09:22
- Bye bye Canaries, Cape Verde here we come.
Tue 4 Mar 18:08
- Gran Canaria and we have a blog page!

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