Wandering Dream - Simons Town here we come

Simons Town here we come

Wandering Dream

Steve Litson

Sun 6 Dec 2015 10:24

34:52:7S 020:04:5E

Sunday 6th December 2015

Rounding Cape Agulhas
The wind has dropped and we are motor sailing. If we can continue at this speed we should make Simons Town just after first light tomorrow.

The Pilot book says only round this Cape in the most favourable of conditions...how lucky are we, just perfect conditions!

Blog Entries

2016

Jun 2016

Thu 9 Jun 08:29
- Arrived in Cherbourg
Tue 7 Jun 10:43
- Azores - Home
Mon 6 Jun 10:36
- Azores - Home
Sun 5 Jun 09:52
- Azores - Home
Sat 4 Jun 13:13
- Azores - Home
Fri 3 Jun 14:16
- Azores - Home
Thu 2 Jun 11:21
- Azores - Home
Wed 1 Jun 13:09
- Azores - Home

May 2016

Tue 31 May 11:07
- Azores - Home
Mon 30 May 11:51
- Azores - Home
Sun 29 May 11:08
- Departed on our final long passage.
Sat 28 May 15:33
- Arrived Safely Sao Miguel
Mon 23 May 08:39
- Angra, Terceira. Azores
Thu 19 May 17:44
- Velas, Sao Jorge
Tue 17 May 19:12
- End of Passage Report: Jennifer Bates
Mon 16 May 17:16
- Horta, Faial. Adores - Safe Arrival
Sun 15 May 10:38
- Azores Tomorrow
Sat 14 May 11:32
- Azores Over Half-Way
Fri 13 May 11:32
- Azores over half-way
Thu 12 May 11:50
- Azores Over Half-Way
Wed 11 May 11:40
- Azores Over Half-Way
Tue 10 May 11:35
- Azores Over Half-Way
Mon 9 May 12:03
- Azores Tudor Route - Half Way!
Sun 8 May 12:58
- Azores Tudor Route
Sat 7 May 12:38
- Azores Tudor Route
Fri 6 May 12:54
- Azores Tudor Route
Thu 5 May 12:38
- Azores Tudor Route
Wed 4 May 12:51
- Azores Tudor Route
Tue 3 May 12:19
- Azores Tudor Route
Mon 2 May 01:12
- Bermuda

Apr 2016

Wed 27 Apr 19:39
- Bermuda Safe Arrival
Tue 26 Apr 17:31
- Bermuda Bound
Mon 25 Apr 17:22
- Bermuda Bound
Sun 24 Apr 17:12
- Bermuda Bound
Sat 23 Apr 18:02
- Bermuda Bound
Fri 22 Apr 17:19
- Bermuda Bound
Thu 21 Apr 16:36
- Bermuda Bound
Wed 20 Apr 16:35
- Bermuda Bound
Tue 19 Apr 16:56
- Bermuda Bound
Mon 18 Apr 17:34
- Barbuda
Sat 16 Apr 13:06
- Antigua
Fri 8 Apr 19:34
- Guadeloupe
Thu 7 Apr 11:52
- Les Saintes
Wed 6 Apr 19:59
- Portsmouth, Prince Rupert Bay
Sat 2 Apr 18:34
- Roseau (Rose oh), Dominica
Fri 1 Apr 18:21
- St Pierre. , Martinique

Mar 2016

Wed 30 Mar 18:09
- St Anne's Bay, Martinique
Mon 28 Mar 19:43
- Rodney Bay Marina, St Lucia.
Sun 27 Mar 21:23
- Marigot Bay, St Lucia
Sat 26 Mar 15:29
- Blue Lagoon, St Vincent
Tue 22 Mar 16:03
- Bequia
Sun 20 Mar 16:16
- Tobago Cays
Sat 19 Mar 23:14
Wed 16 Mar 19:03
- Arrived Grenada
Mon 7 Mar 01:08
- Trinidad
Sat 5 Mar 12:38
- To Trinidad
Fri 4 Mar 12:31
- To Trinidad
Thu 3 Mar 14:22
- To Trinidad
Wed 2 Mar 12:26
- To Trinidad
Tue 1 Mar 11:54
- To Trinidad

Feb 2016

Mon 29 Feb 12:33
- To Trinidad
Sun 28 Feb 12:35
- To Trinidad
Sat 27 Feb 13:20
- To Trinidad
Fri 26 Feb 12:46
- To Trinidad
Thu 25 Feb 12:23
- To Trinidad
Wed 24 Feb 13:11
- To Trinidad
Tue 23 Feb 12:33
- To Trinidad
Mon 22 Feb 16:08
- To Trinidad
Sun 21 Feb 12:17
- To Trinidad
Sat 20 Feb 12:55
- To Trinidad
Fri 19 Feb 12:04
- To Trinidad
Thu 18 Feb 12:36
- To Trinidad
Sat 13 Feb 19:41
- Salvador, Brazil. Arrived
Tue 9 Feb 13:17
- Brazil Next
Mon 8 Feb 11:59
- Brazil Next
Sun 7 Feb 12:37
- Brazil Next
Sat 6 Feb 12:13
- Brazil Next
Fri 5 Feb 11:39
- Brazil Next
Thu 4 Feb 11:42
- Brazil Next
Wed 3 Feb 10:56
- To Brazil
Tue 2 Feb 10:39
- Brazil Next
Mon 1 Feb 10:14
- Brazil Next

Jan 2016

Sun 31 Jan 11:06
- Brazil Next
Sat 30 Jan 10:24
- Brazil Next
Fri 29 Jan 09:58
- Brazil next
Thu 28 Jan 10:23
- Bound for Brazil
Wed 27 Jan 09:48
- Bound for Brazil
Tue 26 Jan 11:04
- Bound for Brazil
Mon 25 Jan 14:58
- Under Way Bound for Salvador, Brazil
Sun 24 Jan 15:07
- St Helena Arrival
Thu 21 Jan 09:44
- St Helena Next
Wed 20 Jan 11:12
- St Helena Next
Tue 19 Jan 14:40
- St Helena Next
Mon 18 Jan 13:53
- St Helena Next
Sun 17 Jan 14:01
- St Helena Next
Sat 16 Jan 13:45
- St Helena Next
Fri 15 Jan 13:53
- St Helena Next
Thu 14 Jan 12:21
- St Helena Next
Wed 13 Jan 13:29
- St Helena Next
Tue 12 Jan 13:47
- St Helena Next
Mon 11 Jan 12:56
- St Helena Next
Sun 10 Jan 12:31
- St Helena Next
Sat 9 Jan 11:13
- Cape Town

2015

Dec 2015

Mon 7 Dec 06:10
- Simons Town Safe Arrival
Sun 6 Dec 10:24
- Simons Town here we come
Sat 5 Dec 18:35
- Simons Town we are on our way
Fri 4 Dec 10:23
- Port Elizabeth
- Mossel Bay Next
Tue 1 Dec 06:21
- Safely Arrived Port Elizabeth

Nov 2015

Sun 29 Nov 10:48
- Port Elizabeth Next
Sat 28 Nov 05:51
- On passage to Port Durban
Thu 19 Nov 09:58
- Durban Marina
Wed 18 Nov 08:31
- Duran here we come
Tue 17 Nov 08:32
- Durban here we come!
Mon 16 Nov 08:45
- Durban here we come
Sun 15 Nov 15:03
- Durban here we come - a brief pause
Sat 14 Nov 08:33
- Durban here we come
Fri 13 Nov 08:58
- Passed Half Way, Durban next
Thu 12 Nov 08:24
- South of Madagascar
Wed 11 Nov 09:03
- Off Madagsacar
Tue 10 Nov 08:52
- Approaching Madagascar
Mon 9 Nov 08:51
- Approaching Madagaskar/Madagaskar
Sun 8 Nov 08:40
- Approaching Madagaskar
Sat 7 Nov 05:24
- Isle de La Reunion
Wed 4 Nov 13:31
- Fw: La Reunion / Reunion Island
Tue 3 Nov 05:24
- Mauritius

Oct 2015

Sun 25 Oct 08:18
- Nearly at Mauritius
Sat 24 Oct 07:41
- Nearing Mauritius
Fri 23 Oct 04:38
- On passage to Mauritius
Thu 22 Oct 07:43
- On Passage to Mauritius
Wed 21 Oct 07:42
- On Passage to Mauritius
Tue 20 Oct 07:23
- On Passage to Mauritius
Mon 19 Oct 07:39
- On Passage to Mauritius
Sun 18 Oct 06:49
- On Passage to Mauritius
Sat 17 Oct 06:51
- On Passage To Mauritius
Fri 16 Oct 06:22
- On Passage to Mauritius
Thu 15 Oct 06:39
- On Passage to Maritius
Wed 14 Oct 06:44
- On Passage to Mauritius
Tue 13 Oct 06:31
- On Passage to Mauritius
Mon 12 Oct 06:05
- On passage to Mauritius
Sun 11 Oct 06:06
- On passage to Mauritius
Mon 5 Oct 13:23
- Cocos Keeling Arrived
Sun 4 Oct 06:03
- Cocos Keeling here we come
Sat 3 Oct 06:10
- Cocos Keeing here we come.
Fri 2 Oct 05:49
- Cocos Keeling here we come!

Sep 2015

Wed 30 Sep 04:36
- Merry Christmas Island - Australia's Galapagos
Mon 28 Sep 05:10
- Sailing to Christmas Island
Sat 26 Sep 05:13
- Sailing to Christmas Island
Fri 25 Sep 05:19
- Sailing to Christmas Island
Thu 24 Sep 04:37
- Sailing to Christmas Island
Wed 23 Sep 03:39
- Sailing to Christmas Island
Tue 22 Sep 03:50
- Sailing to Christmas Island
Mon 21 Sep 04:16
- On the way to Christmas Island
Sun 20 Sep 04:26
- Still Motoring to Christmas Island
Sat 19 Sep 03:30
- Motoring to Christmas Island
Fri 18 Sep 03:19
- Sailing to Christmas Island
Wed 16 Sep 08:13
- Darwin
Thu 10 Sep 10:36
- Darwin Arrival
Wed 9 Sep 02:38
- On the way to Darwin
Tue 8 Sep 03:09
- On our way to Darwin
Mon 7 Sep 02:47
- On the way to Darwin
Sun 6 Sep 03:20
- On the way to Darwin
Sat 5 Sep 03:02
- On our way to Darwin
Fri 4 Sep 03:47
- On our way to Darwin
Thu 3 Sep 02:48
- On our way to Darwin
Wed 2 Sep 03:46
- Morris Island
Tue 1 Sep 00:19
- Cape Melville / Bathurst Bay

Aug 2015

Mon 31 Aug 00:55
- Lizard Island
Fri 28 Aug 06:22
- Cooktown
Wed 26 Aug 10:57
- Low Islets
Sat 8 Aug 23:36
- Fiji 4 by Penny
Fri 7 Aug 23:40
- Fiji 3 Blog by Penny
Thu 6 Aug 23:58
- Fiji 2 by Penny
- Fiji By Penny

Jul 2015

Tue 14 Jul 08:00
- Marlin Marina, Cairns, QLD, Australia
Sat 4 Jul 23:13
- Fiji to Australia
Fri 3 Jul 22:57
- Fiji to Australia
Thu 2 Jul 23:11
- Fiji to Australia
Wed 1 Jul 23:41
- Fiji to Australia

Jun 2015

Tue 30 Jun 23:49
- Fiji to Australia
Mon 29 Jun 23:43
- Fiji to Australia
- Fiji to Australia
Sat 27 Jun 23:12
- Fiji to Australia
Fri 26 Jun 22:30
- Fiji to Australia
Thu 25 Jun 23:22
- Fiji to Australia
Wed 24 Jun 23:52
- Fiji to Australia
- Fiji to Australia
Fri 19 Jun 23:29
- Tonga to Fiji
Thu 18 Jun 23:22
- Tonga to Fiji
- Toga to Fiji
Wed 17 Jun 00:20
- Tonga to Fiji
Sun 14 Jun 05:36
- Tonga Arrival
Fri 12 Jun 22:17
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Thu 11 Jun 23:32
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Wed 10 Jun 22:45
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Tue 9 Jun 22:51
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Mon 8 Jun 22:04
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Sun 7 Jun 23:01
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Sat 6 Jun 22:37
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Fri 5 Jun 23:26
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Thu 4 Jun 23:15
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Wed 3 Jun 22:36
- Bora Bora to Tonga
Tue 2 Jun 02:08
- Bora Bora, Society Island

May 2015

Sat 30 May 19:09
- Tahiti
Thu 28 May 08:25
- Arrival in Tahiti
Tue 26 May 22:08
- Marquesas to Tahiti
Mon 25 May 22:05
- Marquesas to Tahiti
Sun 24 May 23:03
- Fw: Marquesas to Tahiti
- Marquesas to Tahiti
Thu 7 May 17:56
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Tue 5 May 22:04
- Galapagos to Maquesas
Mon 4 May 19:21
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Sun 3 May 19:20
- Galapagos to Marquesas
Sat 2 May 21:22
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Fri 1 May 18:01
- Galapagos to Marquesas

Apr 2015

Thu 30 Apr 18:57
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Wed 29 Apr 22:06
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Tue 28 Apr 17:21
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Mon 27 Apr 18:25
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Sun 26 Apr 21:21
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Sat 25 Apr 18:19
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Fri 24 Apr 17:02
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Thu 23 Apr 21:41
- Galapagos to The Maquesas
Wed 22 Apr 17:55
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Tue 21 Apr 16:18
- Galpagos to Maquesas
Mon 20 Apr 20:12
- Galapagos to Marquesas
Sun 19 Apr 18:29
- Galapagos to The Marquesas
Sat 18 Apr 17:00
- Galapgos to Marquesas
Fri 17 Apr 19:56
- Galapagos to Marquesas
Thu 16 Apr 17:18
- Galapagos to Marquesas
Wed 15 Apr 16:05
- Galpagos to Marquesas
Tue 14 Apr 01:35
- Departing for Marquesas
Thu 9 Apr 23:45
- Galapagos Arrival
Mon 6 Apr 16:49
- Panama to Galapagos
Sat 4 Apr 16:00
- Panama to Galapagos
Thu 2 Apr 17:55
- Panama to Galapagos
Wed 1 Apr 16:45
- Panama to Galpagos

Mar 2015

Tue 31 Mar 16:32
- Panama to Galapagos
Mon 30 Mar 17:03
- Panama to Galpagos
Sun 29 Mar 00:48
- Balboa to Galapagos
Tue 24 Mar 21:27
- Panama Canal
Mon 16 Mar 22:16
- Domincan Republic to Panama
Sun 15 Mar 19:54
- Dominican Republic to Panama Day 5
Sat 14 Mar 20:56
- Dominican Republic to Panama Day 4
Fri 13 Mar 19:49
- Dominican Republic to Panama Day 3
Thu 12 Mar 20:33
- Dominican Republic to Panama Day 2
Wed 11 Mar 19:42
- Dominican Republic to Panama
Thu 5 Mar 21:41
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic...Hispaniola
Mon 2 Mar 13:30

Feb 2015

Sun 22 Feb 23:55
Fri 13 Feb 19:24
- St Barth's 2
- St Barths
Mon 9 Feb 23:16
Fri 6 Feb 01:53
- Dominica
- Martinique
- Martinique
- Rodney Bay, St Lucia
- St Lucia
- Bequia
- Mayreau
- Mayreau

Jan 2015

Tue 27 Jan 00:23
- Tobago Cays
Mon 26 Jan 00:23
- Union Island
Sun 25 Jan 00:23
- Clifton, Union Island
Sat 24 Jan 01:52
- Carriacou
Thu 22 Jan 01:12
- Grenada
Sun 18 Jan 00:31
- Last few preparations
Thu 15 Jan 23:38
- Welding on Wandering Dream
- Welders arrive on Wandering Dream
Sun 11 Jan 21:49
Fri 2 Jan 02:18
- 2015
- Arriving in Chaguaramas, Trinidad

2014

Dec 2014

Mon 29 Dec 02:12
- 29th December
Fri 26 Dec 02:10
- Christmas in the tropics
Wed 24 Dec 14:36
- Missing Blog 24th Dec 2014
Wed 17 Dec 10:04
- Arrival in Chaguaramas, Trinidad
Tue 16 Dec 00:12
- Atlantic Crossing Completed.
Sun 14 Dec 18:48
- Atlantic Crossing Day 19
Sat 13 Dec 19:05
- Atlantic Crossing Day 19
Fri 12 Dec 19:46
- Atlantic Crossing Day 18
Thu 11 Dec 18:27
- Atlantic Crossing Day 17
Wed 10 Dec 17:15
- Atlantic Crossing Day 17
Tue 9 Dec 17:31
- Atlantic Crossing Day 16
Mon 8 Dec 18:54
- The missing Blog Atlantic Crossing Day 14
- Atlantic Crossing Day 16
Sun 7 Dec 18:15
- Atlantic Crossing Day 15
Fri 5 Dec 17:17
- Atlantic Crossing Day 13
Thu 4 Dec 18:41
- Atlantic Crossing Day 12
Wed 3 Dec 17:45
- Atlantic Crossing Day 11
Tue 2 Dec 18:03
- Atlantic Crossing Day 10
- Atlantic Crossing Day 5
Mon 1 Dec 18:49
- Atlantic Crossing Day 9

Nov 2014

Sun 30 Nov 17:44
- Atlantic Crossing Day 8
Sat 29 Nov 16:50
- Atlantic Crossing Day 7
Fri 28 Nov 17:00
- Atlantic Crossing Day 6
Wed 26 Nov 18:53
- Atlantic Crossing Day 4
Tue 25 Nov 17:29
- Day 3 Atlantic Crossing
Mon 24 Nov 17:29
- Day 2 Atlantic Crossing
Sun 23 Nov 18:06
- Day 1 Atlantic crossing
Fri 21 Nov 23:55
- Santa Cruz, Tenerife
Wed 19 Nov 00:33
- Fw: Santa Cruz, Tenerife
Sat 15 Nov 14:53
- Madeira to Tenerife
Sun 9 Nov 23:29
- Funchal, Madeira
Sat 8 Nov 23:16
- Funchal, Madeira
Fri 7 Nov 23:03
- Rabat to Porto Santo
Tue 4 Nov 21:07
- Rabat to Porto Santo
Mon 3 Nov 15:22
- Rabat to Porto Santo, Madeira
Sun 2 Nov 13:47
- Rabat to Madeira
Sat 1 Nov 11:26
- Rabat to Madeira

Oct 2014

Fri 31 Oct 00:09
- Rabat
Thu 30 Oct 18:14
- Rabat
Fri 24 Oct 16:30
- Cueta to Rabat on passage test of satellite phone technology
Tue 21 Oct 22:30
- Marina Smir
Sat 18 Oct 14:53
- Melilla - shares the port entrance with Nidor, Morocco
Thu 16 Oct 11:21
- Agua Dulce
Mon 13 Oct 10:55
- Garrucha
Thu 9 Oct 21:33
- Cartagena
Tue 7 Oct 21:07
- Santa Palo
Mon 6 Oct 20:50
- Altea back out of the Med.
Sun 5 Oct 20:34
- Denia - what did we do for a week?

Sep 2014

Mon 29 Sep 21:56
- Denia
Sun 28 Sep 21:40
- Moraira
Fri 26 Sep 21:22
- Altea
Thu 25 Sep 17:25
- Campello
Tue 23 Sep 16:10
- Alicante
Mon 22 Sep 21:48
- Tomas Maetres
Sun 21 Sep 21:30
- Mazarron
Sat 20 Sep 19:56
- Garrucha
Fri 19 Sep 19:32
- Aguadulce
Thu 18 Sep 18:46
- Adra
Wed 17 Sep 20:37
- Puerto Deportivo de Calta de Velez
Tue 16 Sep 20:14
- Marbella
Wed 10 Sep 18:01
- Gibraltar / La Linea
Tue 9 Sep 20:54
- Barbate
Sun 7 Sep 16:02
- Cadiz
Sat 6 Sep 16:51
- Cadiz
Fri 5 Sep 16:39
- Mazagon
Thu 4 Sep 18:14
- Ilha da Culatra
Wed 3 Sep 18:47
- Leaving Lagos.

Aug 2014

Sat 9 Aug 21:40
- Lagos - Penny's last blog before leaving for home.
Wed 6 Aug 19:53
- Lagos, Algarve, Portugal
Tue 5 Aug 21:18
- Sines
Mon 4 Aug 14:44
- 37:55:98N 008:52:74W
Sat 2 Aug 13:34
- Cascais

Jul 2014

Sat 19 Jul 09:14
- Cascais Marina
Thu 17 Jul 19:39
- lat and long update
- Leixoes to Cascais
Tue 15 Jul 17:10
- Baiona to Leixoes
Mon 14 Jul 16:36
- Baiona
Sun 13 Jul 16:00
- Baiona / Bayona
Sat 12 Jul 19:38
- Fin Whales
Fri 11 Jul 19:35
- Batteries and generator
Thu 10 Jul 20:03
- Weymouth to Biaona, Spain
Mon 7 Jul 20:15
- Weymouth
- Studland

Jun 2014

Mon 2 Jun 09:04
- Alderney to Portsmouth

May 2014

Fri 23 May 17:55
- Guernsey to Alderney
Thu 22 May 08:53
- Alderney to Guernsey
Mon 19 May 20:26
- Cherbourg to Alderney
Sun 18 May 19:12
- Maiden Voyage

Apr 2014

Thu 10 Apr 16:12
- Back on the water
- Fitting radar with Malcolm and Paul from Eurotek and preparing for seatrials.

Mar 2014

Mon 24 Mar 11:42
- Wicor Marine

Simons Town here we come

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Sat 7 May 12:38

Fri 6 May 12:54

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Wed 4 May 12:51

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Mon 2 May 01:12

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Sat 2 Apr 18:34

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Fri 4 Mar 12:31

Thu 3 Mar 14:22

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Tue 1 Mar 11:54

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Sun 28 Feb 12:35

Sat 27 Feb 13:20

Fri 26 Feb 12:46

Thu 25 Feb 12:23

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Tue 23 Feb 12:33

Mon 22 Feb 16:08

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