Silk Sheets - Day 128 - Caribbean Passage - Day 8

Day 128 - Caribbean Passage - Day 8

Silk Sheets

Ben Shute & Fiona Kennelly

Fri 28 Nov 2008 10:34

We had made it to our destination of Mindelo, Cape Verdes 16:53.10’N 24:59.61’W at 14:32, 27th of November, 2008.

Day 128

Traveling Direction – South, South West

Wind Direction – East – moderate

Swell – Moderate

Average Speed – 4.7 Slowly does it

Top Speed – 8.0 Knots Through the water

Total distance – 805.42 Nautical Miles

Crew - Fiona (Rapt to have made it!)

Blog Entries

2009

Sep 2009

Thu 3 Sep 22:42
- Day 380 - Vava'U Group - Tonga
- Day 376 - Bora Bora 'Society Islands' - Tonga - Passage Day 12

Aug 2009

Fri 14 Aug 02:43

Jun 2009

May 2009

Fri 29 May 20:18
Thu 28 May 03:22
- Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Pictures
Fri 22 May 09:26
- Day 298 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 25
Mon 18 May 21:49
- Day 297 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 24
Sun 17 May 20:59
- Day 296 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 23
Fri 15 May 03:40
- Day 293 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 20
Tue 12 May 23:46
- Day 291 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 18
- Day 290 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 17
Mon 11 May 03:23
- Day 289 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 16
- Day 288 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 15
Fri 8 May 22:03
Wed 6 May 02:57
Fri 1 May 20:25
- Day 280 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 7
- Day 279 - Galapagos - Marquesas, Passage - Day 6

Apr 2009

Mar 2009

Fri 27 Mar 19:40
- Day 246 - Panama - Final Provisioning
Thu 26 Mar 19:41
- Day 245 - Panama - Visiting the Indians
Mon 23 Mar 21:14
- Day 243 - Panama - The Pacific Side
Sun 22 Mar 21:13
- Day 242 - Panama Channel Passage Day-2
Sat 21 Mar 21:13
- Day 241 - Panama Channel Passage Day-1
Sat 14 Mar 19:49
- Day 234 - Cartegena - Colon - Passage Day 3
Fri 13 Mar 19:48
- Day 233 - Cartegena - Colon - Passage Day 2
Thu 12 Mar 19:48
- Day 232 - Cartegena - Colon - Passage Day 1
Wed 11 Mar 19:47
- Day 231 - Cartegena - Pimp My Boat - Day 8
Tue 10 Mar 19:47
- Day 230 - Cartegena - Pimp My Boat - Day 7
Mon 9 Mar 19:45
- Day 229 - Cartegena - Pimp My Boat - Day 6
Sun 8 Mar 19:45
- Day 228 - Cartegena - Pimp My Boat - Day 5
Sat 7 Mar 19:45
- Day 227 - Cartegena - Pimp My Boat - Day 4
Fri 6 Mar 19:44
- Day 226 - Cartegena - Pimp My Boat - Day 3
Thu 5 Mar 19:44
- Day 225 - Cartegena - Pimp My Boat - Day 2
Wed 4 Mar 19:44
- Day 224 - Cartegena - Pimp My Boat - Day 1
- Day 223 - Cartegena
Tue 3 Mar 19:43
- Day 219 - Curacao - Cartegena - Passage day 4

Feb 2009

Wed 25 Feb 22:09
- Day 218 - Curacao-Cartegena - Passage Day 3
Tue 24 Feb 22:08
- Day 217 - Curacao - Cartegena - passage day2
Mon 23 Feb 22:08
- Day 216 - Curacao - Cartegena - passage day 1
Sat 21 Feb 22:08
- Day 214 - Spanish Water, Curacao
Fri 20 Feb 22:07
- Day 213 - Little Curacao
Mon 16 Feb 22:06
- Day 209 - Grenada - Bonaire - Passage Day 4
Sun 15 Feb 22:06
- Day 208 - Grenada - Bonaire - Passage Day 3
Sat 14 Feb 22:06
- Day 207 - Grenada-Bonaire - Passage Day 2
Fri 13 Feb 22:06
- Day 206 - Grenada to Bonaire - passage day 1
Tue 3 Feb 22:05
- Day 196 - Prickly Bay, Grenada
Mon 2 Feb 22:04
- Day 195 - Tyrrel Bay, Cariacou
Sun 1 Feb 22:04
- Day 194 - Hillsborough, Cariacou

Jan 2009

Sat 31 Jan 22:03
- Day 193 - Clifton Bay
Fri 30 Jan 22:03
- Day 192 - Chatham Bay
Thu 29 Jan 22:02
- Day 191 - Salt Whistle Bay, Grenadines
Wed 28 Jan 22:01
- Day 190 - Bequia, Grenadines
Tue 27 Jan 22:01
- Day 189 - Viuex Forte, St.Lucia
Wed 21 Jan 22:00
- Day 183 - Rodney Bay, 'St.Lucia'
Tue 20 Jan 21:59
- Day 182 Grande Anse, 'Martinique'
Sun 18 Jan 19:37
- Day 180 - Fort de France 'Martinique'
Fri 16 Jan 17:04
- Day 178 - Saint Pierre 'Martinique'
Thu 15 Jan 17:04
- Day 177 - Roseau 'Dominica'
Wed 14 Jan 17:04
- Day 176 - Indian River, Portsmouth 'Dominica'
Tue 13 Jan 17:04
- Day 175 - Portsmouth 'Dominica'
Sun 11 Jan 17:11
- Day 173 - The Saints 'Guadeloupe'
Sat 10 Jan 17:11
- Day 172 - La Barque 'Guadeloupe'
Thu 8 Jan 17:11
- Day 170 - Deshaies 'Guadeloupe'
Sat 3 Jan 17:12
- Day 165 - Falmouth Harbour 'Antigua'
Thu 1 Jan 17:04
- Day 163 - Green Island 'Antigua'

2008

Dec 2008

Wed 31 Dec 17:04
- Day 162 - Green Island 'Antigua'
Sat 27 Dec 17:04
- Day 158 - Falmouth Harbor 'Antigua'
- Day 154 - Caribbean Passage - Day 28
Thu 25 Dec 19:34
- Day 156 - Falmouth Harbor 'Antigua' - Christmas Day
Mon 22 Dec 20:06
- Day 153 - Caribbean Passage - Day 27
Sun 21 Dec 20:06
- Day 152 - Caribbean Passage - Day 26
Sat 20 Dec 19:39
- Day 151 - Caribbean Passage - Day 25
Fri 19 Dec 19:44
- Day 150 - Caribbean Passage - Day 24
Thu 18 Dec 19:39
- Day 149 - Caribbean Passage - Day 23
Wed 17 Dec 19:39
- Day 148 - Caribbean Passage - Day 22
Tue 16 Dec 19:39
- Day 147 - Caribbean Passage - Day 21
Mon 15 Dec 19:39
- Day 146 - Caribbean Passage - Day 20
Sun 14 Dec 19:39
- Day 145 - Caribbean Passage - Day 19
Sat 13 Dec 19:39
- Day 144 - Caribbean Passage - Day 18
Fri 12 Dec 19:39
- Day 143 - Caribbean Passage - Day 17
Thu 11 Dec 19:44
- Day 142 - Caribbean Passage - Day 16
Wed 10 Dec 19:39
- Day 141 - Caribbean Passage - Day 15
Tue 9 Dec 19:39
- Day 140 - Caribbean Passage - Day 14
Mon 8 Dec 19:44
- Day 139 - Caribbean Passage - Day 13
Sun 7 Dec 19:39
- Day 138 - Caribbean Passage - Day 12
Sat 6 Dec 20:07
- Day 137 - Caribbean Passage - Day 11
Fri 5 Dec 19:39
- Day 136 - Caribbean Passage - Day 10
Thu 4 Dec 19:39
- Day 135 - Caribbean Passage - Day 9
Tue 2 Dec 19:39
- Day 133 - Tarrafal, 'Santo Antao, Cape Verdes'
- Day 131
- Day 130
- Day 129

Nov 2008

Fri 28 Nov 10:34
- Day 128 - Caribbean Passage - Day 8
Thu 27 Nov 10:34
- Day 127 - Caribbean Passage - Day 7
Wed 26 Nov 10:34
- Day 126 - Caribbean Passage - Day 6
Tue 25 Nov 10:34
- Day 125 - Caribbean Passage - Day 5
Mon 24 Nov 10:34
- Day 124 - Caribbean Passage - Day 4
Sun 23 Nov 10:34
- Day 123 - Caribbean Passage - Day 3
Sat 22 Nov 10:34
- Day 122 - Caribbean Passage - Day 2
Fri 21 Nov 10:34
- Day 121 - Caribbean Passage - Day 1
Thu 20 Nov 10:59
- Day 120 - Santiago 'La Gomera, Canary Islands'
Tue 18 Nov 10:59
- Day 118 - San Sebastian 'La Gomera, Canary Islands'
Mon 17 Nov 11:09
- Day 117 - Los Christianos 'Tenerife, Canary Islands'
Sat 15 Nov 11:09
- Day 115 - Santa Cruise 'Tenerife, Canary Islands'
Tue 11 Nov 11:09
- Day 111 - Las Palmas 'Gran Canaria, Canary Islands'
Mon 10 Nov 11:09
- Day 110 - Peurto De Jable 'Feurtuventura, Canary Islands'
Sun 9 Nov 11:09
- Day 109 Puerto Del Rosario 'Fuerteventura, Canary Islands'

Oct 2008

Fri 31 Oct 11:21
- Day 100 Puerto Calero 'Lanzarote, Canary Islands'
Wed 29 Oct 23:21
- Day 99 Gibraltor to Canary Islands Passage Day 5
Tue 28 Oct 23:18
- Day 98 Gibraltar to Canary Islands Passage Day 4
Mon 27 Oct 23:15
- Day 97 Gibraltar to Canary Islands Passage Day 3
Sun 26 Oct 23:10
- Day 96 Gibraltor to Canary Islands Passage Day 2
Sat 25 Oct 23:08
- Day 95 Gibraltar to Canary Islands Passage Day 1
Tue 14 Oct 23:07
- Day 84 - Gibraltar
Sun 12 Oct 22:44
- Day 83 - Barbate
Sat 11 Oct 22:39
- Day 79 - Cadiz
Fri 10 Oct 15:11
- Day 78 - Puerto Sherry
Thu 9 Oct 15:11
- Day 77 - Mazagon
Wed 8 Oct 15:11
- Day 75 - Santo Antonio
Tue 7 Oct 15:11
- Day 74 - Olhao
Mon 6 Oct 15:11

Sep 2008

Fri 26 Sep 10:37
- Day 65 - Alvor
Thu 25 Sep 10:27
- Day 63 - Baleeria
Wed 24 Sep 10:27
- Day 62 - Sines
Tue 23 Sep 10:27
- Day 61 - Sesimbra
Sun 21 Sep 10:29
- Day 58 - Oeiras (Lisbon)
Sat 20 Sep 08:28
- Day 57 - Cascais
Fri 19 Sep 08:28
- Day 56 - Peniche
Thu 18 Sep 19:59
Wed 17 Sep 19:49
- Day 52 - Porto Lexios
Tue 16 Sep 19:49
- Day 51 - Bayona
Mon 15 Sep 19:49
- Day 47 - Ria de Muros
Tue 9 Sep 11:02
- Fiona's 30th Birthday - Day 46 - Ria De Muros
Fri 5 Sep 15:39

Aug 2008

Sun 31 Aug 16:22
Wed 20 Aug 11:19
Tue 12 Aug 14:04
- Day 23 - La Rachelle
Mon 11 Aug 17:56
- Day 21 - Port Joinville, IIe d' Yeu
Fri 8 Aug 17:48
- Day 19 - Benodet
Thu 7 Aug 17:46
- Day 18 - Crosing Biscay
Wed 6 Aug 17:44
- Day 17 - Penzance
Tue 5 Aug 12:40
- Day 16 - Penzance
Sun 3 Aug 21:23
- Day 15 - Falmouth
Sat 2 Aug 20:57
- Day 14 - Fowey
Fri 1 Aug 20:54
- Day 13 - Tamar River, Plymouth

Jul 2008

Thu 31 Jul 20:43
- Day 12 - Sand Acre Bay, Plymouth
Wed 30 Jul 21:20
- Day 11 - Yealm River
Sat 26 Jul 21:15
- Day 7 - Salcombe
Thu 24 Jul 18:18
- Day 5 - Dartmouth
Wed 23 Jul 20:44
- Day 4 - Brixham
Tue 22 Jul 13:35
- Day 3 - Lyme Regis
Sun 20 Jul 13:38
- Day 1 - Lulworth Cove
Sat 19 Jul 11:41
Sat 12 Jul 19:52
- Tender Racing to the Anchor Bleu Inn

Jun 2008

Mon 30 Jun 15:56
- Saya & Paul make it to Southampton - What a honeymoon
Sat 7 Jun 18:48
- The ice cream man in a boat was classic

May 2008

Sat 24 May 19:45
- 33 - May Bank Holiday Weekend - Southampton to Yarmouth & Back 'What a Splash'
Wed 14 May 19:13
- Pillow Slip, our baby tender, and new addition
- Summer has begun & only 8 more Mondays until we go.
Wed 7 May 19:44
- Trusty Hand Myles & Ted
Sun 4 May 19:44
- May Long Weekend - Paul & Mary Louise - Spy's sent to check up!!!
Sat 3 May 20:03
- So Long Pembroke Court and Hello Sunny Shamrock Quay

Apr 2008

Sun 27 Apr 19:58
- Shamrock Quay - Where we live
Tue 22 Apr 20:45
- Fishing is much more fun from your back porch

Mar 2008

Thu 20 Mar 21:54
- Relaunch - A long cold winter of work all coming to the start of a new beginning

Jan 2008

Sat 26 Jan 20:45
- Australia Day Weekend 2008 - VB Stubies, lamb chops and a paint brush

2007

Aug 2007

Sat 18 Aug 21:54
- Up the mast without a clue

Jul 2007

Sun 29 Jul 21:54
- Why I love Sailing - What it is really all about
Mon 9 Jul 14:31
- Our First Voyage - Suffolk to Southampton

Apr 2007

Sun 22 Apr 20:45
- In the beginning - Learning to Sail