Skye Blue sailing - Bertie Time!

Bertie Time!

Skye Blue sailing

Stephen and Malene

Sun 23 Nov 2025 22:50

That's us with the engine back on. Wind was forecast to drop and lo and behold... Forecasts have been steady and reliable. Just like Bertie.

We have 280 NM to Bream Head as the crow flies. Getting there. Cooler at night here in the Thirties. Crocs 'n' Socks last night. And a hot drink.

We have a bit too much food left, so hoping - as it is cooked - that Biosecurity will let us keep it. I'm having popcorn for breakfast tomorrow!

Saturday night. Debating whether to go out or stay in. In an imaginary world we would be watching Strictly.

All is well and going for a strong finish.

Oh! And we saw two pilot whales today!

Your Skye Blue crew

31:17.2629S 175:40.5790E

Blog Entries

2025

Nov 2025

Mon 24 Nov 08:56
Sun 23 Nov 22:54
- One more sleep
- Bertie Time!
Fri 21 Nov 05:03
- Making way
Thu 20 Nov 06:17
- The 21 Run
Wed 19 Nov 04:35
- PS Tartan Army v De rød hvide faner
- 23 degrees
Tue 18 Nov 03:48
- Day One
Mon 17 Nov 03:05
- Open sea
Sat 15 Nov 04:19
- Thinking of departure

Jun 2025

Thu 19 Jun 22:07
- Can almost smell the beer
- the breezy finish!
Tue 17 Jun 23:15
- Fanny the Fender
Mon 16 Jun 20:02
- not the lack of capital letters
- has been a pretty wild few days
Sat 14 Jun 06:51
- Depression out of nowhere
Fri 13 Jun 05:32
- Ready made Lasagne in the sunset - green flash and all!
Tue 10 Jun 05:59
- Sitting tight

2024

Nov 2024

Sun 17 Nov 03:26
- And we are in!
Thu 14 Nov 09:56
- Yellow flag time!
- Land?
Wed 13 Nov 03:52
- The luxury of running water
Tue 12 Nov 03:56
- On Vessels Engaged In Fishing
Mon 11 Nov 04:06
- The small things in life
Sun 10 Nov 04:17
- Hold på hat og briller over stok og sten
Sat 9 Nov 04:01
- Today's wind is tomorrow's mileage
Fri 8 Nov 05:21
- Big Bula Waterpark bouncycastle party
Thu 7 Nov 23:11
- Main up, headsail out - we are off the dock
Fri 1 Nov 01:41
- Getting ready to go South

May 2024

Tue 14 May 23:42
- Skye Blue First impressions of fijiiji
Fri 10 May 05:10
- Getting exited for landfall!
Thu 9 May 03:20
- The beer bottle song
Wed 8 May 04:38
- Poetry challenge. Accepted
Tue 7 May 05:44
- Half way!
Mon 6 May 06:04
- The tale of The Flying Banana
Sun 5 May 05:13
- Champagne sailing!
Sat 4 May 05:10
- Tatties for tea....

Apr 2024

Sun 28 Apr 01:48
- Getting ready to go north soon

2023

Dec 2023

Mon 11 Dec 05:12
- Summer hols!

Nov 2023

Tue 14 Nov 05:28
- Arrived!
Mon 13 Nov 07:27
- Day 10
Sun 12 Nov 06:10
- The Drifters
Sat 11 Nov 07:00
- Day 8
Fri 10 Nov 05:42
- Short and sweet
Thu 9 Nov 03:19
- Birthday at sea!
Tue 7 Nov 20:14
- The World is round and split down the middle
- Phrase of the Day: "This is what sailing is meant to be like!"
Mon 6 Nov 05:08
- After the rain...
Sun 5 Nov 04:32
- Day 2
Sat 4 Nov 01:49
- Day 1 of Tonga to New Zealand
Thu 2 Nov 20:21
- Until next time, Tonga!

Oct 2023

Mon 30 Oct 21:43
- Vava'u cruising
Fri 27 Oct 05:08
- Vava'u
Mon 23 Oct 00:25
- Travels in Time
Sat 21 Oct 23:12
- Niue
Thu 12 Oct 03:00
- Land ahoy... Niue here we come!
Wed 11 Oct 05:41
- Day 7 towards Niue
Tue 10 Oct 03:41
- Day 6 towards Niue
Mon 9 Oct 05:11
- Day 5 towards Niue
Sun 8 Oct 02:15
- Day 4 towards Niue
Sat 7 Oct 04:42
- Day 3 towards Niue
Fri 6 Oct 01:25
- Day 2 towards Niue
Thu 5 Oct 05:27
- Day 1 towards Nuie
Tue 3 Oct 19:05
- Bora Bora

Sep 2023

Wed 27 Sep 16:40
- Raiatea 20/9 - 27/9 2023
- Huahine 17/9 - 20/9 2023
Sun 17 Sep 00:35
- Moorea
Sun 10 Sep 19:27
- Marina de Papeete

Aug 2023

Mon 28 Aug 20:08
- 24 hours underway towards Tahiti
Sun 27 Aug 23:26
Sun 20 Aug 19:02
- Toau
Sat 19 Aug 19:13
- Toau Pass 15/8/23
- Faaite Pass
Mon 14 Aug 17:55
- Tahanea
Sat 12 Aug 19:18
- On the road qagain...
Tue 8 Aug 23:54
- Makemo off grid again
Wed 2 Aug 18:58
- Winds passing

Jul 2023

Fri 28 Jul 20:18
- More photos. Special thanks to Patricia and Drew
- Raroia - we are staying! :D
Sun 23 Jul 03:13
- Raroia, Tuamotus! Google Earth it!
Sat 22 Jul 01:40
- Not much to write home about
Thu 20 Jul 22:21
- Plodding on
Wed 19 Jul 20:23
- And we are off
Mon 17 Jul 18:25
- Vaitahu Bay 14/7 - 17/7 2023
Tue 11 Jul 03:45
- Tahuata and recovering
Sun 2 Jul 22:38
Sat 1 Jul 00:20
- Reflections of a journey

Jun 2023

Fri 30 Jun 02:13
- Same same
Wed 28 Jun 21:49
- Time Lords
Tue 27 Jun 23:28
- Do not mention the a-word!
- The Creation of the Milky Way - or How To Use the Breakfast Scale for Navigation
Mon 26 Jun 00:25
- Ruhetag
Sun 25 Jun 00:06
- And I would sail 10.000 miles...
Fri 23 Jun 22:05
- Hard at work!
Thu 22 Jun 22:53
- Flyvefisk i leg
Wed 21 Jun 20:46
- On lines
Tue 20 Jun 23:09
- If it hasn't fallen over yet, it won't
Mon 19 Jun 22:16
- Not worried about the fuel situation today!
Sun 18 Jun 21:46
- Ækvator!
Sat 17 Jun 21:51
- Happy Days
Fri 16 Jun 20:45
- Bin day
Thu 15 Jun 21:56
- We have been freed!
Wed 14 Jun 18:45
- "Fixing a hole...."
Tue 13 Jun 21:05
- Boobies
Mon 12 Jun 21:56
- What was that!
Sun 11 Jun 19:20
- Take away tonight!
Sat 10 Jun 21:01
- Wind of change of winds
Fri 9 Jun 19:17
- Same same
Thu 8 Jun 21:20
- A good drying day
Wed 7 Jun 18:43
- The Pacific is like a box of chocolates....
Tue 6 Jun 21:17
- Straight lines
Mon 5 Jun 17:58
- Getting to know the Pacific
Sun 4 Jun 17:24
- Squally, squally night....
Sat 3 Jun 18:59
- You call that rain...?!
Fri 2 Jun 17:39
- Upwind sailing
Thu 1 Jun 18:18
- We are off!

Apr 2023

Sat 8 Apr 02:25
- We have arrived - apologies for the delay in posting!
- 9:22.1002N 79:57.0483W
Thu 6 Apr 07:37
- Panama!
Wed 5 Apr 19:00
- 10:10.1562N 78:42.5715W
- S... happens ;D
Tue 4 Apr 13:45
- Moonlight and sunshine
- Corners
Mon 3 Apr 17:28
- 12:45.3339N 74:29.2171
- It's the Crinan Canal for me.... ;0)
Sun 2 Apr 12:57
- Sunday sailing
- (no subject)
Sat 1 Apr 15:28
- Uneventful
- 16:27.6112N 68:47.0472W

Mar 2023

Fri 31 Mar 15:16
Thu 30 Mar 17:39
Wed 29 Mar 14:19
- Heading towards Panama tomorrow

2022

Dec 2022

Tue 13 Dec 07:08
- Land ohoy! final ARC blog
Fri 9 Dec 12:56
- The Skye Blue Penultimate Countdown
Wed 7 Dec 12:44
- It's a wonderful world.....
Mon 5 Dec 15:24
- Skye Blue Christmas Cheer
- Skye Blue Christmas Cheer
Sun 4 Dec 11:13
- Skye Blue "To motor or not to motor, that is the question"
Fri 2 Dec 12:20
- Skye Blue into squalls and beyond
Thu 1 Dec 13:09
- Skye Blue cruising in company of friends

Nov 2022

Wed 30 Nov 13:55
- Skye Blue World Cup crew
Tue 29 Nov 11:26
- Skye Blue Scenes - camera, light, action!
Mon 28 Nov 15:24
- Skye Blue gelling crew
Sun 27 Nov 13:42
- Mindful Moments
Sat 26 Nov 16:35
- Skye Blue sailing ARC'22
Fri 25 Nov 15:27
- Skye Blue Songs from the Sea
- Skye Blue provisioning
Wed 23 Nov 16:30
- Skye Blue under the stars
Tue 22 Nov 17:04
- From acceleration zone to champagne sailing
Sun 13 Nov 09:40
- Where we are 13/11/2022
- Hello from Skye Blue

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