1st Posting

Oldnick
Wed 26 Jun 2002 08:12
June 25, 2002 - Prior to leaving the UK
 
Karyn and I (Craig) are about to embark on the first leg of our home journey back to Australia, the passage plan as follows:
 
June 30 - August 5                    UK - Scilly Isles, Brest, La Coruna, Bayonna, Lisbon, Madeira and finally Tennerife
 
We fly back to the UK for more work before returning for the next phase:
 
December 1 - December 25    Tennerife - Cape Verde - Rio
January 2 - January 27            Rio - Cape Town 
February 12 - March 20           Cape Town - Perth
 
It is a fairly quick trip but time isn't something we can afford at the moment. Having said that, we are looking forward to it immensely.
 
Our yacht is a Nicholson 45 called OLD NICK. She has recently undergone a substantial refit for the journey home.
This is her below just after the re-launch before the sprayhood was put back on.
 
We have an Iridium phone and will be trying out this diary service over the next 5 weeks to see if we can keep everyone up to date as to where we are.