VulcanSpirit - At sea "07:44.82S 016:30.66W"

At sea "07:44.82S 016:30.66W"

VulcanSpirit

Richard & Alison Brunstrom

Wed 17 Feb 2016 03:47

Good progress in light winds. Our strategy is to make best use of wind and currents; tactically this means heading about due west for several hundred miles, possibly 1000, towards Brazil, using the remnants of the SE Trades. Then we have to cross the ITCZ - the inter-tropical convergence zone, previously the doldrums. This is a band around the equator where the northern and southern wind systems meet causing light and variable winds with lots of squalls and showers. This difficult zone is huge in the east, but much narrower in the west. At present the NE Trades north of the equator are well developed, giving good winds right down to about 3 degrees south.
So we head for Brazil looking for an opportunity to hang a right sometime after 25W, heading for the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha at 3.51S 32.25W. We go north of that and pick up not only the NE Trades, but also the NW-flowing Guiana current which starts at about 0.5kts but reaches 2-3kts further to the north west. This combination should (ha ha) give us a fast sleigh ride all along the South American coast to the Caribbean.
But first we have to get west, then edge across the ITCZ which is likely to be slow and frustrating.
Anyone wanting to see our winds can look, for free, at passage weather.com which is excellent and self-explanatory. The big picture it shows in the Atlantic is fascinating.
3166nm to go to Sint Maarten as of 0600hrs this morning, UT -1. I’ll show this as DTG (distance to go) each morning, in a straight line as the crow flies. Our sailing distance will be longer due to our dog leg.

Blog Entries

2016

Sep 2016

Thu 15 Sep 15:55
- At anchor "55:37.86N 06:11.88W"
Tue 13 Sep 09:23
- History - there's a lot of it about
Thu 8 Sep 06:17
- Lewis!!
- Heimay, Vestmannaeyar Islands
Fri 2 Sep 15:26
- At anchor !! "58:29.46N 06:13.34W"
- At sea "59:05.00N 08:08.54W"
Thu 1 Sep 06:50
- At sea "60:13.68 11:56.52W"

Aug 2016

Wed 31 Aug 05:41
- grib gfs 58N:18W:62N:02W 12,24,36,48,60,72,84,96 GRD
- At sea"61:53.39N 16:36.95W"
Tue 30 Aug 10:24
- Departure "63:26.70N 20:16.05W"
Sat 27 Aug 04:04
Tue 23 Aug 16:48
Thu 18 Aug 05:57
- Reykjavik "64:09.11N 21:56.01W"
Wed 17 Aug 06:52
- At sea "64:11.85N 24:40.29W"
Tue 16 Aug 07:42
- At sea "63:22.94N 30:10.29W"
Mon 15 Aug 07:41
- At sea "63:01.78N 32:45.99W"
Sun 14 Aug 11:40
- At sea "61:15.39N 35:55.39W"
Sat 13 Aug 13:34
- At sea "60:23.85N 37:07.92W"
Fri 12 Aug 00:05
- At sea "60:03.47N 43:10.58W"
Thu 11 Aug 04:34
- Greenland "60:13.32N 44:18.91W"
Mon 8 Aug 06:40
- Fun in Greenland
Fri 5 Aug 12:13
Wed 3 Aug 16:34
- Greenland
- At sea "60:21.31N 47:05.05W"
Tue 2 Aug 06:18
- At sea "59:04.54N 50:25.56W"
Mon 1 Aug 06:26
- At sea "57:12.88N 51:15.36W"

Jul 2016

Sun 31 Jul 08:06
- At sea "55:58.29N 51:32.28W"
Sat 30 Jul 13:17
- At sea "54:23.66N 53:02.89W"
Fri 29 Jul 18:24
- At sea "53:40.61N 54:17.68W"
Thu 28 Jul 18:01
- At sea "52:36.5N 55:47.11W"
Mon 25 Jul 17:36
- At sea "51:17.78N 56:44.44W"
Sat 23 Jul 12:09
- At sea "48:24.83N 59:17.52W"
Fri 22 Jul 08:42
- Baddeck NS, "46:05.99N 60:44.68W"
Tue 19 Jul 13:59
- Bras D'Or lake, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Sat 16 Jul 10:31
- Arrival
Thu 14 Jul 09:14
- Halifax and Southwestern Railway
Wed 13 Jul 23:56
- Lunenburg
- Boat problems
Tue 12 Jul 11:18
- Canada
Mon 11 Jul 07:57
- At sea "43:54.71N 64:17.05W"
Sun 10 Jul 09:50
- At sea "43:17.81N 66:14.41W
Sat 9 Jul 07:22
- At sea "43:29.33N 67:40.09W"
Thu 7 Jul 13:42
- Rig problems
- Boston
- Martha's Vineyard
- Newport RI
- Bermuda
- Necker
- BVIs 2016.2
- BVIs 2016.1
- Circumnavigators!
- Land Ho!
- Jury rig

May 2016

Thu 19 May 07:16
- "41:28.74N 71:20.06W"
Wed 18 May 12:14
- At sea "40:45.22N 69:50.87W"
Tue 17 May 12:18
- At sea "39:15.58N 67:16.57W"
Mon 16 May 05:58
- At sea "36:52.30N 67:38.98W"
Sun 15 May 05:59
- At sea "34:21.38N 67:03.57W"
Sat 14 May 10:26
- At sea "32:56.88N 65:08.72W"
Sun 8 May 06:36
- Bermuda "32:22.59N 64:40.59W"
Fri 6 May 07:16
- At sea "28:52.56N 65:01.19W"
Thu 5 May 07:33
- At sea "26:33.7N 64:17.45W"
Wed 4 May 12:12
- At sea "24:23.53N 64:47.05W"
Tue 3 May 07:26
- At sea "21:00.07N 64:52.57W"

Mar 2016

Mon 28 Mar 16:31
- BVI
Sun 27 Mar 17:26
- Leaving Sint Maarten
Wed 9 Mar 09:31
- Sint Maarten
Mon 7 Mar 08:58
- Antigua
- At sea "16:33.05N 60:55.88W"
Sun 6 Mar 17:35
- At sea "15:40.48N 60:27.86W"
Sat 5 Mar 04:26
- At sea "13:19.11N 58:32.06W"
- At sea "13:19.11N 58:32.06W"
Fri 4 Mar 04:10
- At sea "11:38.74N 56:54.35W"
Thu 3 Mar 04:21
- At sea 09:42.00N 55:18.54W"
Wed 2 Mar 06:30
- At sea "08:08.87N 53:27.06W"
Tue 1 Mar 07:03
- At sea "06:05.34N 50:54.62W"

Feb 2016

Mon 29 Feb 05:12
- At sea "03:47.76N 48:04.09W"
Sun 28 Feb 05:23
- At sea "01:47.34N 45:44.11W"
Sat 27 Feb 08:30
- At sea "00:03.38N 43:29.45W"
Fri 26 Feb 05:39
- At sea "01:11.93S 40:39.94W"
Thu 25 Feb 05:15
- At sea "02:37.27S 037:54.91W"
Wed 24 Feb 05:01
- At sea "04:29.58S 35:33.34W"
Tue 23 Feb 04:16
- At sea "05:35.34S 033:07.18W"
Mon 22 Feb 04:53
- At sea "06:11.36S 30:43.69W"
Sun 21 Feb 05:22
- At sea "07:01.62S 28:11.86W"
- At sea "07:01.62S 28:11.86W"
Sat 20 Feb 13:17
- At sea "07:03.
Fri 19 Feb 04:47
- At sea "07:00.8S 22:22.6W"
Thu 18 Feb 03:19
- At sea "07:25.81S 019:14.83W"
Wed 17 Feb 03:47
- At sea "07:44.82S 016:30.66W"
Tue 16 Feb 04:46
- Departure
Mon 15 Feb 07:00
- Fwd: Ascension 4 - plants
- Fwd: Ascension 5 - crabs and birds
- Ascension 3 - the RMLI
- Ascension 2
- Ascension 1
- St Helena 4
- St Helena 3, Napoleon
- St Helena 2
Sun 14 Feb 19:03
- St Helena 1
Thu 11 Feb 07:36
- Ascension
Wed 10 Feb 04:47
- At sea "09:11.26S 13:15.51W"
Tue 9 Feb 06:05
- At sea "10:20.44S 11:41.55W"
Mon 8 Feb 04:27
- At sea "12:18.75S 09:56.96W"
Sun 7 Feb 06:19
- At sea "13:52.53S 07:56.00W"
Fri 5 Feb 14:35
- Departure

Jan 2016

Sat 30 Jan 14:17
- St Helena "15:55.50S 05:43.50W"
Fri 29 Jan 09:54
- At sea "17:09.45S 03:59.95W"
Thu 28 Jan 10:05
- At sea "18:44.16S 02:53.35W"
Wed 27 Jan 11:43
- At sea "20:19.42S 01:06.18W"
Tue 26 Jan 09:40
- At sea "21:38.15S 00:238.42E"
Mon 25 Jan 10:36
- At sea "23:02.41S 02:09.44E"
Sun 24 Jan 10:07
- At sea "24:28.34S 04:25.13E"
Sat 23 Jan 09:04
- At sea "26:16.67S 06:58.50E"
Fri 22 Jan 09:17
- At sea "28:27.48S 09:37.80E"
Thu 21 Jan 09:30
- At sea "30:11.34S 12:36.00E"
Wed 20 Jan 08:53
- At sea "32:14.30S 14:56.50E"
Tue 19 Jan 03:20
Thu 14 Jan 16:42
- Visitors
Mon 11 Jan 17:11
- Fynbos animals
Sun 3 Jan 16:20
Sat 2 Jan 19:00

2015

Dec 2015

Wed 9 Dec 19:05
- Penguins again
- Guess whose cousin this is
Tue 8 Dec 23:03
Sun 6 Dec 16:46
- test
Sat 5 Dec 07:21
- Arrival "34:11.30S 18:25.80E"
- Arrival "34:11.30S 18:25.80E"
Thu 3 Dec 13:49
- At sea "35:15.75S 19:55.51E"
Wed 2 Dec 14:46
- At sea "34:16.11S 22:50.95E"
Tue 1 Dec 06:32
- At sea "34:16.35S 24:36.62E"

Nov 2015

Mon 30 Nov 09:12
- At sea "33:56.48S 26:55.22E"
Wed 4 Nov 14:25

Oct 2015

Tue 27 Oct 22:34
Sun 25 Oct 10:52
- Richard's Bay
Sat 24 Oct 02:24
- At sea "28:06.33S 35:45:04E"
Thu 22 Oct 23:47
Wed 21 Oct 02:55
- At sea "26:59.87S 45:04.61E"
Mon 19 Oct 14:49
- At sea "25:24.78S 48:54.16E"
Sun 18 Oct 14:33
- At sea "23:33.39S 51:30.40E"
Sat 17 Oct 15:29
- At sea "21:21.92S 53:14.96E"
Thu 1 Oct 12:37
- Reunion

Sep 2015

Tue 29 Sep 13:25
- Cooking à la Creole
Mon 28 Sep 16:32
Wed 16 Sep 22:10
- At sea "19:58.09S 57:31.82E"
- At sea "19:49.71S 60:20.33E"
Tue 15 Sep 01:21
- Rodrigues 1

Aug 2015

Sat 29 Aug 13:32
- At sea "19:40.10S 63:25.83E"
Fri 28 Aug 02:49
- At sea "19:08.95S 67:38.88E"
Wed 26 Aug 12:29
- At sea "18:02.41S 72:49.5E"
Tue 25 Aug 11:17
- At sea "17:12.56S 76:06.97E"
Mon 24 Aug 13:46
Sun 23 Aug 08:43
- At sea "16:04.44S 82:14.52E"
Sat 22 Aug 14:17
Thu 20 Aug 14:00
- At sea "13:54.39S 90:34.87E"
Wed 19 Aug 07:06
- At sea "12:40.53S 094:12.23E"

Jul 2015

Fri 31 Jul 05:11
- Cocos "12:05.49S 96:52.91E"
Tue 28 Jul 22:29
- At sea "13:24.50S 100:44.62E"
- At sea "13:38.90S 102:33.59E"
Sun 26 Jul 22:59
- At sea "14:35.87S 104:44.99E"
Sat 25 Jul 09:02
- At sea "16:51.97S 108:19.15E"
Fri 24 Jul 08:11
- At sea "19:22.08S 109:55.93E"
Thu 23 Jul 09:20
- At sea "21:50.50S 111:12.11E"
Wed 22 Jul 10:51
- At sea "24:14.12S 110:56.56E"
Mon 20 Jul 23:48
Thu 9 Jul 02:05

Jun 2015

Tue 30 Jun 14:16

Apr 2015

Mar 2015

Sat 7 Mar 01:43
- At anchor "31:59.94S 115:33.20E"
Fri 6 Mar 01:12
- At sea "34:22.61S 114:59.56E"
Tue 3 Mar 22:45
- At anchor, Albany WA "35:02.05S 117:53.15E"
Mon 2 Mar 02:54
- At anchor, Esperance "33:51.96S 121:54.01E"

Feb 2015

Thu 26 Feb 22:49
- At anchor "34:05.28S 123:12.19E"
Wed 25 Feb 21:39
- At sea "34:26.72S 124:20.97E"
Tue 24 Feb 21:09
- At sea "33:51.24S 126:57.14E"
Mon 23 Feb 20:12
- At sea "34:36.49S 130:17.66E"
- At sea "34:27.79S 132:31.13E"
Sun 22 Feb 02:53
- At anchor "35:01.54S 135:58.41E"
Thu 19 Feb 23:07
Mon 16 Feb 06:40
- Port Lincoln "34:43.03S 135:51.67E"
Sat 14 Feb 22:06
- At sea "36:10.15S 138:47.38E"
Fri 13 Feb 22:08
- The sun has got his hat on; at sea "38:15.67S 140:19.31E"
Thu 12 Feb 22:29
- At sea "40:04.00S 142:34.44E"
Wed 11 Feb 23:33
- At sea (42:08.50S 144:12.52E)
- At anchor (43:14.187S 145:56.091E)
Sun 8 Feb 08:57
- Leaving update
Wed 4 Feb 23:37
- The National Toilet Map - no, really, it's true
- Weather

Jan 2015

Wed 28 Jan 11:21

2014

Dec 2014

Sat 20 Dec 14:24
Fri 19 Dec 12:55
Thu 18 Dec 07:04
Sun 7 Dec 09:55
- More money than sense?
Mon 1 Dec 16:48
- Tasmania "42:10.29S 148:16.03E"

Nov 2014

Sun 30 Nov 19:40
- At sea "40:37.19S 148:55.01E"
Sat 29 Nov 18:53
- At sea "38:07.39S 150:23.55E"
- At sea "36:16.23S 150:54.95E"
Fri 28 Nov 02:20
- At sea "33:48.681S 151:17.299E"
- Journey to the Roof of Australia
Thu 27 Nov 23:22
- First Contact
Fri 7 Nov 11:04

Oct 2014

Fri 17 Oct 09:24
- Another day, another place
Mon 13 Oct 20:52
- Arrival "33:35.91S 151:14.95E"
Sun 12 Oct 03:41
- At sea "32:45.73S 152:21.93E"
Fri 10 Oct 00:51
Thu 9 Oct 17:03
Wed 1 Oct 10:44
- Rainforest

Sep 2014

Fri 26 Sep 23:27
- Beware of snakes
- A long way from home #3
Wed 24 Sep 08:52
- Lizard
- It's a big country
Thu 11 Sep 10:16
- Lu's Holiday
Mon 1 Sep 13:16
- Be careful when swimming
- Biggles

Aug 2014

Thu 14 Aug 12:35
Mon 4 Aug 12:34
- GBR
- Here be dragons "20:10.51S 148:57.33E"

Jul 2014

Jun 2014

Mon 30 Jun 14:51
Sun 29 Jun 12:16
- Life in the lagoon
- The great cagou hunt, and the world's rarest palm tree
Fri 27 Jun 14:25
Wed 25 Jun 15:32
Sun 22 Jun 12:09
- NZ is not the UK, part 2
Thu 19 Jun 13:47
- Arrived Australia "24:45.57S 152:23.23E"
Wed 18 Jun 21:17
- At sea "23:18.22S 153:51.29E"
Tue 17 Jun 18:59
- At sea "21:13.75S 156:36.27E"
Mon 16 Jun 20:08
- Chesterfield departure
Sat 14 Jun 04:22
- Chesterfield Reef arrival "19:53.29S 158:27.91E"
Thu 12 Jun 18:25
- At sea "21:34.92S 161:02.51E"
Wed 11 Jun 20:28
- At sea "21:50.76S 164:01.79E"
- At sea "22:00.54S 165:48.06E"
Tue 3 Jun 05:29
- Another day ends in the Pacific
Sun 1 Jun 06:08
- NC arrival

May 2014

Sat 31 May 20:19
- At sea "23:16.59S 166:41.08E"
Fri 30 May 15:40
- At sea Day 6 "24:00.98S 169:19.22E"
Wed 28 May 16:37
- At sea Day 4 "26:39.63S 171:02.68E"
Tue 27 May 21:11
- At sea Day 3 "28:57.41S 171:35.84E"
Mon 26 May 18:12
- At sea, Day 2 "31:23.24S 172:46.94E"
Sun 25 May 17:41
- At sea Day 1 "33:39.9S 174:21.8E"
Sat 24 May 23:14
- We're off
Fri 23 May 18:43
- Back again

Mar 2014

Sun 2 Mar 06:46

Feb 2014

Sat 15 Feb 08:52
- The Great Vanuatu Bake Off
Sun 9 Feb 06:15
- Bath time
Tue 4 Feb 09:04
- It's not just the Japanese
- Another NZ world first
Mon 3 Feb 12:45
- Duck
- Great Barrier Island "36:10.38S 175:21.57E"

Jan 2014

Sun 26 Jan 11:11
- Yet another didactic blog post
- A concert in the vines
Fri 24 Jan 22:56
- Cathedral Cove "36:49.62S 175:47.45E"
Mon 20 Jan 08:10
- 1864 - British Army humiliated at Gate Pa
- Dun Mountain, late entry
Fri 10 Jan 11:04
- Napier "39:28.55S 176:53.47E"
Fri 3 Jan 06:22
- Kiwi Xmas

2013

Dec 2013

Fri 20 Dec 11:07
- So this is Christmas?
Tue 17 Dec 09:57
- How long is NZ?
- The world's clearest water
Sun 15 Dec 11:50
Sun 8 Dec 07:51
- Update

Nov 2013

Sun 24 Nov 09:23
- Conservation NZ style
Thu 14 Nov 18:07
- At sea "40:44.04S 173:09.28E"
Wed 13 Nov 16:55
- At sea "38:26.94S 172:54.71E"
Tue 12 Nov 20:47
- At sea "36:53.88S 173:12.54E"
Mon 11 Nov 17:14
- At sea "34:47.99S 172:52.15E"
- At sea again "34:36.56S 173:15.55E"
Mon 4 Nov 18:43
- Not at sea "5:18.80 74:07.36E"
Sun 3 Nov 17:17
- At sea "33:05.35S 174:08.29E"
Sat 2 Nov 20:00
- At sea "32:03.76S 172:35.67E"
Fri 1 Nov 18:07
- At sea "31:12.70S 170:29.33E"

Oct 2013

Thu 31 Oct 18:09
- At sea "29:42.00S 168:35.86E"
Wed 30 Oct 18:10
- At sea "27:47.73S 167:13.08E"
Tue 29 Oct 18:20
- At sea 24:52.72S 166:20.24E
Wed 16 Oct 21:09
- The Isle of Pines, the War of German Unification, and the rise of communism
- Policing is tough, everywhere
Mon 14 Oct 07:20
- Play
Sun 13 Oct 13:16
Thu 3 Oct 20:21
- The Great Vanuatu Bake IOff, Part 1

Sep 2013

Sat 21 Sep 07:06
- Noumea
Fri 20 Sep 06:33
- New Caledonia
Thu 19 Sep 18:45
- At sea "22:08.18S 167:43.17E"
Wed 18 Sep 23:54
Sat 14 Sep 20:19
- At sea "18:28.96S 169:34.77E"
Thu 12 Sep 01:42
- Crustacean news
Sun 8 Sep 10:23
- What price independence?

Aug 2013

Thu 29 Aug 12:51
Tue 27 Aug 09:48
- Trading
Mon 26 Aug 13:38
- Volcano
- This is not the UK
Sun 18 Aug 21:25
- Vanuatu
Fri 9 Aug 04:47
- Vanuatu "17:44.88S 168:18.65E"
Wed 7 Aug 21:36
- At sea "17:53.86S 171:03.34E"
Tue 6 Aug 02:21
- At sea "18:39.01S 174:53.75E"
Fri 2 Aug 12:10

Jul 2013

Thu 25 Jul 10:01
- Meeting of the chiefs "18:45.42S 178:31.41E"
- Rat. What rat?
Mon 8 Jul 10:39

May 2013

Mon 27 May 05:17
- Arrival "16:46.70S 179:20.00E"
Sat 25 May 21:40
- At sea "18:43.22S 179:01.22W"
Thu 23 May 19:22
- Minerva departure
- Crew
Mon 20 May 04:56
- Minerva "23:55.29S 179:06.95W"
Sat 18 May 19:58
- At sea "24:56.50S 179:55.07E"
Fri 17 May 19:31
- At sea "27:13.64S 178:21.03E"
Thu 16 May 18:33
- At sea "28:32.31S 176:30.12E"
Wed 15 May 21:01
- At sea "30:34.86S 176:08.43E"
Tue 14 May 21:57
- At sea "33:24.43S 175:14.24E"
Sun 12 May 10:09
Mon 6 May 11:05
- Fur Seals & Sea Lions
- Tramping
Fri 3 May 12:18
Thu 2 May 08:23
- Bay of Islands
Wed 1 May 10:00
- Noisy beasts
- Beware missionaries

Apr 2013

Sat 20 Apr 11:30
Thu 11 Apr 10:03
- Ship Cove
Mon 1 Apr 09:30
- The long white cloud
- Gorgeous

Feb 2013

Sun 24 Feb 18:00
- Refitting
- The Far North
Tue 19 Feb 10:14
- Kiwi
- Now that's a big tree!
Sun 10 Feb 18:44

2012

Dec 2012

Wed 19 Dec 09:57
- Swamp
Tue 11 Dec 12:25

Nov 2012

Wed 28 Nov 10:12
Thu 1 Nov 01:49
- Arrival

Oct 2012

Tue 30 Oct 22:59
Sun 28 Oct 23:19
- At sea "31:24.79S 176:15.91E"
Fri 26 Oct 17:10
- At sea "27:27.31S 179:42.84E"
Wed 24 Oct 17:44
- At sea "23:45.30S 178:26.72E"
Tue 23 Oct 16:15
- At sea "21:06.17S 178:08.15E"
Mon 22 Oct 17:36
- At sea! "18:20.87S 178:54.64E"
Tue 16 Oct 10:37
Sun 14 Oct 07:03
Mon 1 Oct 22:12
- Fiji -a Republic?

Sep 2012

Wed 26 Sep 20:40
- Fiji - a military dictatorship
Thu 20 Sep 22:11
- Fiji "18:07.38S 178:25.24E"
- Tonga
Sun 16 Sep 18:49
Sun 2 Sep 21:24
- Tonga "18:39.38S 174:59.06W"
Sat 1 Sep 03:12
- Whales!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Rock pools

Aug 2012

Fri 31 Aug 18:25
Thu 30 Aug 19:10
- Niue arrival
Thu 23 Aug 07:51
- Arrival "19:03.30S 169:55.54W"
Wed 22 Aug 23:06
- Becalmed "18:43.73S 169:25.78W"
Tue 21 Aug 05:29
- At sea "17:09.66S 166:31.75W"
Sun 19 Aug 16:59
- At sea "16:30.69S 162:03.98W"
Sat 18 Aug 17:01
- At sea "16:24.84S 159:07.38W"
Fri 17 Aug 16:35
- At sea "16:06.40S 156:46.41W"
Thu 16 Aug 20:05
- At sea "16:12.73S 154:35.76W"
- Bora Bora - departure delayed "16:30.03S 151:45.23W"
Tue 14 Aug 21:23

Jul 2012

Tue 31 Jul 15:42
- Heiva
Thu 19 Jul 06:39
- Real hiking
- Extreme bathing
Mon 16 Jul 07:53
- Tahiti "17:35.05S 149:37.12W"
Thu 5 Jul 18:35
- At sea "17:06.28S 149:23.02W"
Wed 4 Jul 06:17
- Fish at Rangiroa "14:57.96S 147:38.38W"
- non-fish at Rangiroa

Jun 2012

Mon 25 Jun 02:19
- Tetamanu snorkelling
Fri 22 Jun 17:52
- Tetamanu Pass "16:30.40S 145:27.43W"
Sat 16 Jun 17:11
Wed 13 Jun 03:52
- Fakarava "16:03.56S 145:37.22W"
Mon 11 Jun 15:27
- At sea "14:40.51S 144:04.55W"
Sun 10 Jun 15:56
- At sea "12:39.40S 143:14.14W"
Sat 9 Jun 15:51
- At sea "10:29.57S 141:32.551W"
Fri 8 Jun 06:52
Fri 1 Jun 07:44
- Ua Pou2, Nuku Hiva arrival, and hospital
- Ua Pou "9:21.52S 140:02.88W"

May 2012

Wed 23 May 03:05
Tue 15 May 04:11
- Hiva Oa
Mon 14 May 15:04
- 999
Sat 12 May 22:34
- How did we get here from there?
Tue 8 May 17:07
- At anchor "9:48.31S 139:01.99W"
Mon 7 May 17:00
Sun 6 May 18:35
- At sea "9:07.86S 134:32.48W"
Fri 4 May 14:57
- At sea "8:29.00S 130:25.54W"
Thu 3 May 00:53
- Good news for tortoise lovers everywhere
Wed 2 May 13:45
- At sea "7:1.35S 125:50.15W"
Tue 1 May 17:04
- At sea "5:43.54S 123:43.25W"

Apr 2012

Mon 30 Apr 17:15
- At sea "6:07.27S 121:36.95W"
- Not even my mother thinks I'm beautiful
Sat 28 Apr 23:54
- At sea "6:39.34S 117:21.50W"
- The Magnificent Frigate Bird
Fri 27 Apr 23:09
- Halfway "5:41.88S 114:40.00W"
Thu 26 Apr 17:40
- At sea "4:35.50S 111:20.66W"
Wed 25 Apr 12:35
- At sea "03:45.40S 108:05.75W"
Tue 24 Apr 21:48
- Here be dragons
Mon 23 Apr 04:38
- At sea "5:22.24S 103:18.69W"
Sat 21 Apr 12:59
- Too much of a good thing?
- At sea "03:44.40S 98:40.25W"
Fri 20 Apr 13:22
- At sea "03:27.07S 95:37.63W"
Thu 19 Apr 13:17
- At sea "02:32.48S 92:25.81W"
Wed 18 Apr 14:03
- Cactus trees (!)
Mon 16 Apr 04:41
- The enigmatic iguanas
- An everyday tale of murder
Sun 15 Apr 03:51
- Oh what pretty blue feet
Mon 9 Apr 05:15
- Fwd: Visit Galapagos? - a Galapagos primer
Sun 8 Apr 04:44
- Close encounters of the sealion kind
- Test picture
Thu 5 Apr 11:02
- Test update

Mar 2012

Thu 29 Mar 18:11
- Galapagos arrival "00:39.0S 90:00.0W"
Wed 28 Mar 15:51
- South Pacific "00:06.77S 88:02.35W"
Tue 27 Mar 15:27
- At sea "00.50.88N 86:36.19W"
Mon 26 Mar 10:55
- At sea "01:30.80N 85:11.44W"
Sun 25 Mar 11:10
- At sea "01:59.28N 084:10.56W"
Sat 24 Mar 11:09
- At sea "04:03.36N 82:09.83W"
Fri 23 Mar 12:30
- At sea "05:06.00N 81:13.03W"
Thu 22 Mar 15:41
- At sea "06:38.30N 80:06.05W"
Tue 20 Mar 00:20
- Survivor "08:35.04N 79:01.21W
Mon 19 Mar 23:56
Tue 13 Mar 00:19
- Panama Canal transit Part 2
Fri 9 Mar 00:17
- Panama Canal transit "08:54.43N 79:31.74W" Part 1
Wed 7 Mar 22:24
Sat 3 Mar 13:46
- Shelter Bay "09:22.10N 79:57.03W"

Feb 2012

Tue 28 Feb 12:21
- The War of Jenkin's Ear "09:33.33N 79:39.99W"
Thu 23 Feb 00:36
- Kuna Yala, Pax Americana, and Scottish independence
Sun 19 Feb 01:08
- Coconut
Fri 17 Feb 13:05
- Rock pools
Wed 15 Feb 18:29
- Panama "09:33.46N 78:56.99W"
Tue 14 Feb 12:23
- At sea "10:15.68N 76:33.12W"
Sun 12 Feb 11:10
- At sea "13:29.69N 72:55.00W"
Sat 11 Feb 11:06
- At sea "13:48.10N 70:32.17W"
Fri 10 Feb 11:19
- At sea "15:08.27N 68:10.69W"
Thu 9 Feb 10:55
- At sea "16:18.92N 66:20.60W"
Wed 8 Feb 12:32
- Superyachting
- Leaving Sint Maarten

Jan 2012

Fri 20 Jan 11:46
- 2012- out with the old, in with the new
- Ticket to ride

2011

Dec 2011

Mon 26 Dec 23:01
- Mind Games
- Happy Christmas
Sun 25 Dec 13:26
- Mixing with the rich & famous
- Caribbean Christmas
Sun 18 Dec 01:45
- Pretty Flamingo
- Life in the mud "18:30.13N 64:21.82W"
Sat 10 Dec 23:28
- Safe arrival "18:27.35N 64:26.46W"
- At sea "19:17.90N 64:26.58W"
Fri 9 Dec 13:07
- Still at sea "22:02.41N 64:15.29W"
Thu 8 Dec 12:08
- At sea "25:09.60N 64:01.25W"
Wed 7 Dec 19:20
- At sea "27:05.69N 064:24.28W"
Tue 6 Dec 12:30
- At sea "30:47.10N 64:35.06W"
- Bywyd da o Gymru

Nov 2011

Mon 28 Nov 21:16
- Bermuda revisited "33:22.77N 64:40.39W"
Sun 27 Nov 14:13
- At sea "34:08.00N 66:39.51W"
Sat 26 Nov 13:53
- At sea "35:22.08N 69:45.61W"
Fri 25 Nov 14:24
- At sea "36:21.82N 72:48.05W"
Thu 24 Nov 04:22
Mon 14 Nov 17:37
Wed 9 Nov 11:51
- Bye bye Maryland "38:19.66N 76:27.41W"

Oct 2011

Sun 16 Oct 03:16
Mon 3 Oct 13:14
- Fw: How do they do it? Atlantic Flyway 2
- The Atlantic Flyway
Sat 1 Oct 23:33
- New York, New York

Sep 2011

Thu 29 Sep 23:03
- Cape May NJ "38:57.06N 74:52.72W"
- "40:41.09N 74:02.50W"
Wed 21 Sep 15:05
Mon 19 Sep 02:32
- Chris and Kate's Holiday
Tue 13 Sep 03:12

Aug 2011

Tue 30 Aug 11:37
- Irene
Wed 24 Aug 02:15
- Earthquake!
Sun 21 Aug 13:05
Thu 11 Aug 10:59
- Marblehead "42:30.46N 70:50.34W"
Sun 7 Aug 09:23
- A wrap "43:45.71N 70:00.10W"
Sat 6 Aug 13:18
- Monhegan Island "43:46.09N 69:19.11W"
- Isle au Haut "44:05.07N 68:37.97W"

Jul 2011

Sun 31 Jul 10:08
- Camden "44:12.47N 69:03.07W"
Tue 26 Jul 11:52
- Castine "44:22.97N 68:47.16W"
- Frenchboro "44:07.3N 68:21.8W"
Wed 20 Jul 17:33
Sun 17 Jul 12:57
- Good news, bad news "44:21.35N 68:18.74W"
Wed 13 Jul 20:03
- Mount Desert Island "44:16.3N 68:18.2W"
Sun 10 Jul 00:40
- Swan's Island, Maine "44:08.37N 68:26.69W"
Wed 6 Jul 02:39
- Boston "42:21.56N 71:02.64W"
Sun 3 Jul 21:39
- Whalewatching

Jun 2011

Tue 28 Jun 23:32
Sun 26 Jun 02:30
- Name that bird
- Moving on "41:25.9N 70:54.4W"
Sun 19 Jun 23:25
Sat 4 Jun 23:57
- Arrival USA "41:29.26N 71:19.51W"
Fri 3 Jun 10:18
- A dark & stormy night "39:30.9N 69:04.9W
Thu 2 Jun 10:23
- Still at sea "37:37.2N 68:51.9W"
Wed 1 Jun 10:13
- At sea "35:17.35N 67:56.82W"

May 2011

Tue 31 May 10:08
- At sea again "33:50.8N 66:25.2W"
Mon 30 May 01:23
- Bermuda
Sun 29 May 23:59
- St Goerge's, Bermuda
- Danger - no swimming!
Sun 22 May 16:37
- Safe arrival "32:22.73N 64:40.47W"
- Bermuda here we come "31:57.33N 64:45.98W"
Sat 21 May 11:22
- Progress "29:26'73N 65:50.19W"
Fri 20 May 11:20
- Progress "26:59.44N 66:22.70W"
Thu 19 May 11:16
- Update "24:25.05N 66:46.09W"
Wed 18 May 10:33
- Update "21:34.76N 67:11.76W"
Tue 17 May 14:49
- Why go sailing? "19:23.53N 67:45.54W"
Mon 16 May 10:07
- Progress, lack of
Sun 15 May 12:24
- We're off to Bermuda "18:08.31N 68:45.77W"
Sat 14 May 10:56
- A nice place
- Cobbett's rural ride, Part 2
Fri 13 May 11:57
Sun 1 May 23:37

Apr 2011

Sun 24 Apr 00:56
- Here are those iguanas
- Sint Maarten, continued
Fri 15 Apr 00:50
- St Barts ""17:54.30N 62:51.60W"
- Sint Maarten "18:02.10N 63:05.90W"
Thu 7 Apr 11:23
- Mayday
Wed 6 Apr 22:43
- Running repairs
Mon 4 Apr 12:13
- Swimming with boobies
Sun 3 Apr 20:17
- The Alternative Blog!!
Fri 1 Apr 11:49

Mar 2011

Tue 29 Mar 12:29
- Darwin's Paradox
Fri 25 Mar 22:09
- A BVI bath
- All dressed up
Thu 17 Mar 12:16
- The high life
- The very hungry caterpillar
Sat 12 Mar 23:43
- The Bubbly Pool "18:27.008N 64:42.660W"
- (Yet) another lizard story
Tue 8 Mar 00:17
- Saba "17:38.1N 63:15.4W"
Mon 7 Mar 11:51
- Statia2
Fri 4 Mar 22:51

Feb 2011

Sat 26 Feb 00:02
- All work and no play
Fri 25 Feb 23:50
- Boule
- North Antigua
Sun 13 Feb 13:27
- Wash day revisited
Fri 11 Feb 20:42
Thu 3 Feb 21:17
- Antigua "17:00.2N 61:45.7W"

Jan 2011

Sun 30 Jan 18:15
- Marie Galante "15:57.3N 61:19.3W"
Wed 26 Jan 02:09
- Hello from Les Saintes "15:52.20N 61:35.16W"
Sat 22 Jan 19:41
- Normal service resumed
Fri 21 Jan 11:47
- Dateline Dominica
Sat 15 Jan 17:36
- Petit Piton
- Update "13:58.0N 61:01.5W"
Sun 2 Jan 01:11

2010

Dec 2010

Wed 22 Dec 13:13
- Still here
Wed 15 Dec 22:44
- St Lucia
Tue 14 Dec 20:22
- Land Ho! "14:08.56N 60:14.32W"
- "14:33.78N 59:17.75W" So near......
Mon 13 Dec 09:32
- A frustrating, beautiful and scary night "14:14.85N 56:41.62W"
Sun 12 Dec 15:47
- The wind departs "14:13.698N 55:18.390W"
- "14:12.96N 54:42.16W" The end in sight, nearly
Sat 11 Dec 11:57
- Zooming along "14:35.30N 51:56.37W"
Fri 10 Dec 09:41
- "15:35'84N 49:00.92W"
Thu 9 Dec 21:07
- It never rains but .. (name check for Messrs W & G Parker).
- Generator plays up "14:54.06N 46:35.61W"
Wed 8 Dec 20:42
Tue 7 Dec 19:19
- Important message for Jane
- Heavy weather "14:22.98N 40:48.02W"
Mon 6 Dec 10:17
- Dolphins "13:51.55N 37:27.69W"
Sun 5 Dec 16:29
- Half Way "13:21.9N 35:57.5W"
Sat 4 Dec 14:31
- "13:09.80N 33:39.64W" No wind, again
- Safe & well "13:35.26N 32:59.16W"
Fri 3 Dec 13:13
- Progress report "14:11.05N 31:41.60W"
Thu 2 Dec 21:21
- "13:57.42N 30:08.29W" East wind
- "14:22.18N 29:09.82W"
Wed 1 Dec 19:33
- "15:25.23N 28:08.34W" Progress, of a sort
- Becalmed "16:34.89N 27:11.16W"

Nov 2010

Tue 30 Nov 08:21
- Progress, of a sort "17:01.09N 26:47.53W"
Mon 29 Nov 09:07
- Beating "19:11.82N 27:02.90W"
Sun 28 Nov 17:27
- Progress "18:48.00N 25:25.21W"
- "18:52.86N 24:53.06W"
Fri 26 Nov 21:33
Thu 25 Nov 10:25
- "20:49.824N 19:04.821W"
- "20:58.91N 18:49.94W"
Wed 24 Nov 21:25
Tue 23 Nov 06:52
- Provisions
Mon 22 Nov 21:41
Sun 21 Nov 07:41
- Preparations
Tue 9 Nov 13:42
- Hard life
- "28:07.748N 15:25.510W"
Sun 7 Nov 17:19
- Still at sea "28:16.646N 15:34.489W"
Sat 6 Nov 15:54
- Back at sea "28:35.28N 17:20.67W"
Thu 4 Nov 18:11
- Departure delayed
- Christmas is here
Mon 1 Nov 22:22
- A walk in the Park

Oct 2010

Sun 31 Oct 20:28
- Bank Holiday weekend
- "28:40.691N 17:46.068W"
Sat 30 Oct 22:13
- La Palma
Wed 27 Oct 20:18
Sat 23 Oct 09:39
- Gomera "28:04.36N 17:07.67W"
Fri 22 Oct 08:18
- Tenerife "27:57.61N 16:41.56W"
Thu 21 Oct 07:29
- Update of a sort
Wed 20 Oct 21:15
- Ian meets his match
Sun 17 Oct 21:24
- Another hard day's slog
Fri 15 Oct 20:33
- Gran Canaria
Sun 10 Oct 09:55
Wed 6 Oct 20:46
- Madeira update
- The Toonen Knot
Mon 4 Oct 12:55
- Off again "32:56.480N 16:26.042W"
Sun 3 Oct 21:20
- Porto Santo
Fri 1 Oct 21:18

Sep 2010

Wed 29 Sep 20:19
- Up the mast again ""35:33.67N 14:22.38W"
- Ian up mast at sea "36:07.60N 13:32.09W"
Tue 28 Sep 11:28
- Dead Calm "37:34.72N 12:29.09W"
Mon 27 Sep 11:48
- Day 7 Boarded by fish
- At sea "39:28.80N 12:10.98W"
Sun 26 Sep 20:23
- Madeira here we come "40:46.94N 11:21.64W"
- "41:44.20N 11:27.22W"
Sat 25 Sep 19:43
Fri 24 Sep 10:38
- Fri 24th Sept "45:58.20N 11:39.10W"
Thu 23 Sep 12:48
Wed 22 Sep 10:04
- Day 3 "50:46.94N 09:08.40W"
- Just to let you know were we are "50:46.57N 08:44.94W"
Tue 21 Sep 10:46
- Day 2 "51:55.36N 05:51.74W"
Sun 19 Sep 19:21
- The Journey begins
Sun 5 Sep 08:46
- Pwllheli