Journeys of Aardvarc

Date: 12 Jun 2009 21:12:30

Title: TransAtlantic crossing

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position 37:44.3N 025:39.8W

The trip took us 13 days to cover 2030 miles.

Just me, Sam and Heather.

We had great help from our Aussie weather forecaster, Bruce Buckley, who guided us around the worst of the weather.

33 knots from the East was the worst, especially since we were heading East!

Heather was a bit sick at first but overcame it well enough to imitate the Duran Duran 'Rio' video!

We saw lots of wildlife, dolphins most days, a tuna that swam beside us, a shearwater we nicknamed 'Alan' and loads of jellyfish.

First sight of land was the island of Pico, a spectacular volcanic mountain.

The people in Ponta Delgada were very friendly and the officials not officious..so a great welcome awaited us.

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Diary Entries

2012
- Nov 2012
  - Sat 17 Nov
    - Porto Santo – Madeira….
  - Wed 14 Nov
    - Atlantic crossing to Madeira
  - Tue 13 Nov
    - Mohammedia
    - Fes
  - Tue 06 Nov
    - Rabat
  - Mon 05 Nov
    - Here’s Looking at You, Kid!
- Oct 2012
  - Tue 30 Oct
    - Marrakech – Part Deux
    - Marrakech – Ouarzazate – Zagora & back!
  - Sun 28 Oct
    - Marrakech
    - Cadiz to Mohammedia
  - Tue 23 Oct
    - Cadiz2
  - Sat 20 Oct
    - Cadiz
  - Mon 15 Oct
    - Lagos again
- Aug 2012
  - Wed 22 Aug
    - Hot and windy
  - Tue 21 Aug
    - Loretta
  - Tue 14 Aug
    - Bye Rich
  - Mon 13 Aug
    - Lagos 2 by Rich
    - Lagos
  - Fri 10 Aug
    - Setubal
  - Wed 08 Aug
    - Lisbon
  - Tue 07 Aug
    - Navare
    - Sights of Porto
  - Sun 05 Aug
    - Au revoir, Sailor V
    - Porto
  - Thu 02 Aug
    - Viana do Castelo
- Jul 2012
  - Mon 30 Jul
    - Baiona
  - Sat 28 Jul
    - Vigo
  - Thu 26 Jul
    - Camarinas
  - Wed 25 Jul
    - La Coruna2
    - La Coruna
  - Mon 23 Jul
    - Ribadeo
  - Sun 22 Jul
    - Gijon
  - Fri 20 Jul
    - PS
    - Bilbao
  - Thu 19 Jul
    - Bilbao
  - Wed 18 Jul
    - Northern Spain , Getaria
    - Bayone and Biarritz
  - Mon 16 Jul
    - Bayonne
  - Sat 14 Jul
    - La Rochelle
  - Fri 13 Jul
    - Storm bound in La Rochelle
  - Thu 12 Jul
    - Ile D'Yeu, Port Joinville
  - Wed 11 Jul
    - Pornichet
  - Tue 10 Jul
    - LORIENT
  - Mon 09 Jul
    - Concarneau
  - Sun 08 Jul
    - Benodet
  - Fri 06 Jul
    - Camaret
  - Thu 05 Jul
    - L'Aberwrac'h
  - Wed 04 Jul
    - Leaving Torquay
2009
- Jul 2009
  - Mon 06 Jul
    - The Final Leg to Ipswich
  - Sun 05 Jul
    - position update
  - Fri 03 Jul
    - Fowey to Dartmouth
- Jun 2009
  - Tue 30 Jun
    - Racing Pigeon
  - Sun 28 Jun
    - Stormy weather , Cape Finistere, Beef Wellington
  - Fri 12 Jun
    - Beautiful Azores
    - TransAtlantic crossing
- May 2009
  - Tue 19 May
    - Bermuda
  - Sun 10 May
    - British Virgin Islands
  - Fri 08 May
    - St Lucia to Antigua
- Apr 2009
  - Tue 14 Apr
    - Guest blog by Anne, Heather and Pat
- Mar 2009
  - Mon 30 Mar
    - The final leg
  - Sun 29 Mar
  - Mon 23 Mar
    - Gourmandising in the Grenadines and beyond.....
  - Sat 21 Mar
    - Ali's photos Mustique
    - Andy's photos Mustique etc
  - Thu 19 Mar
  - Mon 16 Mar
  - Tue 03 Mar
    - Crossing the line...again!
- Feb 2009
  - Sat 28 Feb
  - Sun 22 Feb
  - Tue 10 Feb
  - Mon 02 Feb
    - Hirsute you sir?
- Jan 2009
  - Thu 29 Jan
    - PASTIES
  - Wed 21 Jan
  - Tue 20 Jan
    - St Helena
  - Fri 16 Jan
    - Crossing the Meridian
  - Wed 14 Jan
  - Tue 13 Jan
  - Tue 06 Jan
  - Fri 02 Jan
2008
- Nov 2008
  - Mon 24 Nov
  - Tue 11 Nov
    - Furthest South
  - Fri 07 Nov
- Oct 2008
  - Tue 28 Oct
    - Reunion to South Africa
  - Fri 24 Oct
    - Reunion
  - Sun 19 Oct
  - Fri 10 Oct
    - Rodrigues
- Sep 2008
  - Sun 28 Sep
    - Cocos Keeling Islands
  - Mon 15 Sep
  - Sun 14 Sep
  - Mon 08 Sep
    - Bali
- Aug 2008
  - Sun 31 Aug
  - Sat 30 Aug
    - Darwin Sunset
    - Lizard underwater
  - Wed 20 Aug
    - Journey to Darwin
  - Sun 17 Aug
    - Lizard Island
  - Mon 11 Aug
  - Fri 08 Aug
  - Tue 05 Aug
    - Whitehaven beach
    - Asolare rescue
  - Mon 04 Aug
    - Pics of Ed
  - Sun 03 Aug
    - Goldsmith Island , Whitsundays
  - Sat 02 Aug
- Jul 2008
  - Fri 25 Jul
  - Tue 22 Jul
    - Journey to Australia
  - Wed 16 Jul
  - Wed 09 Jul
    - Port Resolution, Tanna
  - Tue 08 Jul
    - Leaving Fiji
  - Fri 04 Jul
- Jun 2008
  - Sun 22 Jun
  - Wed 18 Jun
    - Seaplane
  - Fri 13 Jun
  - Sun 08 Jun
  - Fri 06 Jun
- May 2008
  - Sun 25 May
  - Wed 21 May
    - On our way again
  - Fri 16 May
    - Ra'iatea reef snorkelling
  - Thu 15 May
  - Sat 03 May
- Apr 2008
  - Mon 28 Apr
  - Mon 21 Apr
    - Rangiroa
  - Wed 16 Apr
    - missing pics
  - Fri 11 Apr
    - Nuka Hiva
  - Mon 07 Apr
  - Thu 03 Apr
    - Islas Marquesas
- Mar 2008
  - Fri 28 Mar
    - Hiva Oa
  - Fri 21 Mar
    - Spinnaker
  - Tue 18 Mar
    - Over half way!
  - Mon 17 Mar
    - Hello Marg!!
  - Thu 13 Mar
    - 500miles into journey to Marquesas
  - Thu 06 Mar
    - Sorry, forgot the boobies
  - Wed 05 Mar
    - Diving and more sunsets.
    - Galapagos wildlife
- Feb 2008
  - Wed 27 Feb
    - Journey to Galapagos
  - Thu 21 Feb
    - Island of the Sun, The Shamen, Reed raft.
    - Journey to Bolivia, Island of the sun on Lake Titicaca
  - Wed 20 Feb
    - Journey to Puno from Cusco
  - Tue 19 Feb
  - Mon 18 Feb
    - Lima and Cusco, Peru and local train
  - Thu 14 Feb
    - blue footed boobies
  - Wed 13 Feb
    - Twistle rig and more fishing
  - Tue 12 Feb
    - Crossing the Equator
  - Fri 08 Feb
    - Deep sea fishing, carnival
  - Mon 04 Feb
    - Panama Canal Experience, In a while!!
  - Sat 02 Feb
    - Webcam in the Canal locks
    - Colon adventures
  - Fri 01 Feb
    - A few more pictures of the trip St Lucia to Colon
- Jan 2008
  - Thu 31 Jan
    - Wildlife in Colon
  - Tue 29 Jan
    - Day 6
  - Sat 26 Jan
    - no fish yet
  - Wed 23 Jan
    - Crew Photo just before start
    - We're off
  - Sun 20 Jan
    - The start!
  - Sat 19 Jan
    - It's hot!
  - Thu 17 Jan
    - Emailing: St Lucia B and D
  - Sun 13 Jan
    - Nearly ready for the off