X86 - Hooney McHoonFace

Hooney McHoonFace

X86

Rich Carey

Fri 8 Dec 2017 20:43

Gusting between 17 and 24 knots, so things are lively. Cruising, crashing and swerving at between 7 and 10 knots for the last 24 hours. All feels perfectly safe (we are reefed), but the quality of the Seawind is being tested. The two main bedrooms span the bridge-deck, and the noise and explosive percussion of the compressed fast moving waves right underneath, is amazing. No-one is sleeping much in those two beds. But on the other hand, the mileage to destination is decreasing much faster, so everyone is happy. We've just started our 20th day without sight of land, and arrival at the destination looks to be late on the 12th, a passage of just over 23 days. That arrival is not based on the current hooning speed, so we may be slightly earlier than that. The race to beat Karen to St Lucia, is definitely on - she lands mid afternoon on the 12th.

Poor Bosun has gone from 'I don't like this' to 'I really don't like this' to WTF! But he's holding up - not a lot of choice with that one!

It's now dark a clock and x86 is bucking like a stallion. We reefed down to nos2 before dark, when the wind hit 26 knots fairly persistently, so besides the wild ride, all should be safe for the night. Quite a few squalls showing up on radar, but we only took one brief soaking. They blow from behind us, straight past and ahead, quite quickly.

Another ARC boat is on the AIS plot, the first other vessel we've noted in 3 days.

All's well, but bumpy on x86 in the night time.

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2018

Dec 2018

Sun 9 Dec 08:22
- And that's a wrap

Nov 2018

Sat 3 Nov 02:06
- Lashed to the destination

Oct 2018

Mon 29 Oct 07:32
- Ass kicking
Thu 25 Oct 07:19
- Big grin at Pittwater
Fri 12 Oct 21:44
- Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
Tue 9 Oct 20:54
- Found it!
Mon 8 Oct 02:10
- Weirdly names abound
Wed 3 Oct 23:00
- Australia via 'Bumpy As All Hell' route

Sep 2018

Thu 27 Sep 04:03
- Frenched again, in New Caledonia
Sun 23 Sep 22:55
- Bit more chilly
Wed 19 Sep 22:57
- Off to New Caledonia
Thu 13 Sep 19:51
- Boat works galore
Thu 6 Sep 04:57
- Inside job
Tue 4 Sep 19:20
- Fiji Fido - how little I knew!

Aug 2018

Fri 31 Aug 23:53
- Fiji Fido
Tue 28 Aug 22:35
- Muscle stress testing
Fri 24 Aug 20:01
- A reef tale
Mon 20 Aug 21:54
- Fiji Diji
Thu 16 Aug 00:05
- Beer Bora
Sun 5 Aug 03:25
- Slartibartfast
Fri 3 Aug 20:20
- Underwater Eagles

Jul 2018

Wed 25 Jul 22:48
- Posh bay
Sun 22 Jul 22:46
- Bloody great
Fri 20 Jul 21:39
- Rock paper scissors chain
Mon 16 Jul 21:19
- Bora Bora
Sun 15 Jul 19:16
- Wet and wetter
Tue 10 Jul 22:11
- Karen falls out of restaurant.
Sun 8 Jul 05:57
- Locked out
Fri 6 Jul 06:52
- Posh scoff and then off
Tue 3 Jul 21:16
- Wet Wet Wet
Mon 2 Jul 17:37
- Boarders then Papeete to Moorea Rally

Jun 2018

Mon 18 Jun 06:49
- Toilet fishing
Sun 17 Jun 06:18
- O no, it's a Lagoon
Fri 15 Jun 18:45
- Working towards the off
Mon 11 Jun 18:58
- Tracking x86
- I have news!
Wed 6 Jun 04:07
- Playing Chicken
Fri 1 Jun 20:54
- Water disaster!

May 2018

Tue 29 May 01:36
- Tartare - what? Blast - too late.
Mon 21 May 20:42
- Bored - nothing to do
Fri 18 May 23:54
- Hit Tahiti - actually
Wed 16 May 19:10
- Incoming ...
Mon 14 May 18:10
- Marquesas good, but left
Thu 10 May 03:18
- Froggy Polly
Tue 8 May 15:34
- It's around here somewhere
Sat 5 May 19:23
- x86 with 386 nauticles to drift
Thu 3 May 21:13
- I spy with my little eye - nowt.
Tue 1 May 17:10
- Moving nicely - in the wrong direction

Apr 2018

Sat 28 Apr 21:19
- Alone. Then all these people showed up.
Wed 25 Apr 16:20
- Kung Hey Fat Choi
Mon 23 Apr 17:08
- Cheese disaster
Sat 21 Apr 14:33
- A reply to Karen
Thu 19 Apr 14:22
- An email to Raftkin
Sun 15 Apr 00:31
- Early rejection from Galapagos!
Fri 13 Apr 03:09
- In my rocking chair
Wed 11 Apr 01:15
- Nearly arrested, south of the line
Sun 8 Apr 17:10
- Large Boobies
Sat 7 Apr 15:10
- Sub Aqua Recycling man goes ferry gliding
Thu 5 Apr 19:10
- Fear
Wed 4 Apr 16:27
- Ships, donks, and a lively rip
Mon 2 Apr 23:20
- Pacific Ocean chapter begins
Sun 1 Apr 02:52

Mar 2018

Tue 20 Mar 14:40
- Hanging with Panamanian ghost monkeys
Sun 18 Mar 13:10
- Jammin with the Venezuelan
Thu 15 Mar 01:31
- Crocodile in Marina - there's new.
- Lost Bosun in Santa Marta!
Mon 5 Mar 02:31
- Sub Aqua Man
Thu 1 Mar 16:18
- Walloped again

Feb 2018

Tue 27 Feb 19:14
- Photos and Columbia Abort
Mon 26 Feb 20:59
- They abandoned ship
Fri 16 Feb 14:59
- Bit quiet, then suddenly - Bosun shock horror!
Mon 5 Feb 12:39
- What a drag
Sat 3 Feb 16:28
- Dingy's on Water Island
- Bosun 'Hit Man' Carey

Jan 2018

Mon 29 Jan 13:11
- Lettuce ++
Fri 26 Jan 01:51
- Stinky McStinkFace
Wed 24 Jan 23:11
- Foot prints
Sun 21 Jan 11:27
- Chance attack on Norman Island
Sat 20 Jan 12:48
- Illuminati
- Dead fish, scared fish, black fish
Thu 18 Jan 15:30
- Dystopian sunk stuff.
Wed 17 Jan 15:27
- Oy! Rack off you lot!
Mon 15 Jan 14:11
- Deluged in Jost Van Dyke
Sat 13 Jan 18:39
- Cluedo ass kicking - again
- Wet bottoms
Wed 10 Jan 12:01
- Sopers Hole
Tue 9 Jan 00:28
- Virgins in Gorda
Sun 7 Jan 19:20
- Bosun shore leave cancelled
Fri 5 Jan 15:57
- Attempted escape
- Jetty setty St Kitts
Tue 2 Jan 14:58
- Stinky Montserrat
- No one died in Paradise

2017

Dec 2017

Sun 31 Dec 22:58
- Death in Paradise
- Dystopian Dominica afore Guadadoop.
Sat 30 Dec 23:32
- Nearly eaten by dogs, so nearly went to Martinique.
Tue 19 Dec 13:57
- Flying again
- Lucia Loomed
Tue 12 Dec 03:29
- I've seen the light
Sun 10 Dec 16:42
- Only one happy chappy today
Sat 9 Dec 14:40
- Big Night at Broken Reef
Fri 8 Dec 20:43
- Hooney McHoonFace
Wed 6 Dec 09:10
- 999
Sat 2 Dec 19:10
- A can of beer
Fri 1 Dec 09:10
- Dances with Waves

Nov 2017

Mon 27 Nov 15:34
- Loss of juice, but wind flappy thing awesome
Sun 26 Nov 20:52
- Spotted a Crocodile in the Atlantic!
- What's Richie watching
Sat 25 Nov 12:10
- Mindy
Fri 24 Nov 11:00
- Weather or not to go which way
- Bosun 'Spare Rations' Carey
Thu 23 Nov 07:43
- Momentious event followed by near disaster
Wed 22 Nov 17:10
- Land ho - nope, just dolphins
Tue 21 Nov 10:46
- Expected plain, got battered
- The undulating ice rink
Sun 19 Nov 09:13
- The Atlantic Crossing begins
Mon 6 Nov 11:05
- Safety Gestapo on Board
Sat 4 Nov 20:00
- Five hours on the toilet - now tired

Oct 2017

Mon 30 Oct 11:53
- Broke dog
Sun 22 Oct 10:32
- Word of the day 'Diminutive'
Fri 13 Oct 11:08
- Data, daata, potato, potaata
Wed 11 Oct 22:08
- HydroExcellence
Tue 10 Oct 11:34
- Stealth poop
- Explosion
Sun 8 Oct 19:06
- No poop, just 200 litres of water
- Bosun wee's a Dorado
Sat 7 Oct 12:15
- Blasting down to the Canaries

Sep 2017

Wed 27 Sep 08:41
- Testing from the Sat thingy
- Testing from the Stoneage
Thu 14 Sep 10:15
- Ahoy me hearties - Atlantic crew signed
- Boracic lint in Gib
Sun 3 Sep 09:02
- Gibraltar milestone and Crew abandonment.
- La Linea Schengen Success and a serious beard cut!

Aug 2017

Wed 30 Aug 09:55
- Estapona & 'The Rock'
Mon 28 Aug 19:04
Mon 21 Aug 15:56
- Cartehenya to Garrucha
Sat 19 Aug 12:22
- Biobuggered Hazard Shocker
Sun 13 Aug 16:08
- Tripped over the line
Wed 9 Aug 19:14
- Little Gibraltar
Sat 5 Aug 18:24

Jul 2017

Sun 30 Jul 06:45
- Anchored with VictoryCat
Thu 27 Jul 10:47
Mon 24 Jul 18:29
- Good crossing to Menorca
Fri 21 Jul 12:21
- Trouble in Sardinia
Wed 19 Jul 12:03
- Sardinia - only the 5th overnighter
- Masala photos
Sun 16 Jul 09:00
- Masala
Wed 12 Jul 05:30
- Poopie beach
- Licata
Thu 6 Jul 15:13
- Melted in Malta
Wed 5 Jul 12:44
- Prop wrap in Marzememi
Sun 2 Jul 13:26
- Marzamemi
- Saracusa

Jun 2017

Mon 26 Jun 08:39
- Riposto Sicily (Mt Etna)
Sun 25 Jun 09:21
- Arrival Italy (Roccella) - interesting night.
Tue 20 Jun 10:52
- Floating again
Mon 19 Jun 12:06
- No way! In Lefkas.
Thu 15 Jun 09:45
- Airborne in Lefkas
Tue 13 Jun 06:01
- Limped into Lefkas
Fri 9 Jun 14:19
- Kefalonia (Sami)
Thu 8 Jun 04:43
- Patras
Mon 5 Jun 11:24
- Patras
Fri 2 Jun 05:10
- Trizonia
- Itea

May 2017

Mon 29 May 09:23
- Ormos Vathi (nowhere bay)
Sun 28 May 09:26
Wed 24 May 12:18
- Russian Bay (Poros)
Tue 23 May 08:50
- Bosun takes a dip in Kythnos
Sun 21 May 07:14
- Mykonos (exit time)
Wed 17 May 07:25
- Mikonos
Tue 16 May 06:24
Thu 11 May 07:08
- Kos to Amorgas
Sun 7 May 06:57
- Bodrum to Kos (Greece)
Thu 4 May 06:21
- Palamuc to Bodrum
Tue 2 May 06:09
- Marmaris to Palamuc

Apr 2017

Thu 27 Apr 05:55
- Fethiye to Marmaris
Tue 25 Apr 05:58
- Kas to Fethiye
Wed 19 Apr 05:43
- Kekova to Kas (Kash)
Mon 17 Apr 04:42
- Finike to Kekova (oops!)
Mon 10 Apr 14:22
- Latchi to Finike (Cyprus to Turkey).
Mon 3 Apr 14:28
- Larnaca-Kiti-Limassol-Paphos-Latchi

Mar 2017

Fri 17 Mar 15:01
- Larnaka Marina
Thu 16 Mar 14:47
- Turkey to Cyprus solo.
Thu 9 Mar 14:26
- Mersin Marina
Fri 3 Mar 14:11
- Mersin Turkey

Feb 2017

Mon 27 Feb 13:59
- Tochni Cyprus
Wed 22 Feb 13:37
- Feb 16th 2017 - Dubai start

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