Stargazer of Southampton - Journey to Spain - Day 1

Journey to Spain - Day 1

Stargazer of Southampton

Susie and Adam (both think they are skipper)

Sun 1 Aug 2010 07:16

01:08.10, 46.54.82N 6:11.64W

We set off for Spain, across Biscay on Saturday morning in bright sunshine but not a lot of wind. Once away from land there is not much to see although we have seen lots of Dolphins just before dawn this morning - they appeared when Adam was in bed and I was steering, they stayed with the boat for about 20 minutes leaping alongside although it was too dark to get any pictures or see more than shapes jumping in the waves. Adam has seen another Whale about 40 miles off France - only about 20 yards off the boat, I turned around in time only to see all the ripples in the water so not happy Adam has seen two wWhales and I have seen none.

First night in Biscay was fine - the visibility isn't great and it is very dark with no moon - but at least there is no land to run into!

Blog Entries

2012

Aug 2012

Thu 16 Aug 18:17
- 10000 miles later - we arrive back in the Solent

Jul 2012

Sun 15 Jul 22:25
- Arrival in Falmouth
Sat 14 Jul 16:17
- Azores to UK - Almost home
- Azores to UK - update
Thu 12 Jul 17:07
- Azores to UK - update
Wed 11 Jul 15:19
- Azores to UK - update
Tue 10 Jul 16:12
- Azores to UK - update
Mon 9 Jul 08:28
- Azores to UK - update
Sun 8 Jul 12:21
- Azores to UK - update
Sat 7 Jul 14:42
- Azores to UK - update
Fri 6 Jul 08:20
- Start of the Last big leg
Sun 1 Jul 20:50
- Bulls in the Streets

Jun 2012

Fri 29 Jun 12:30
- Angra Do Heroismo - Teircera
Thu 28 Jun 12:03
- Sao Jorge
Fri 22 Jun 23:39
- Arrival at Sao Jorge
Thu 21 Jun 14:05
- Pico
Sat 16 Jun 16:56
- Around Faial Volcanoes
Thu 14 Jun 19:22
- Pics Around Horta
Sat 9 Jun 21:35
- Pictures - Crossing and Arrival
Wed 6 Jun 21:40
- Arrival at the Azores
Tue 5 Jun 10:38
- Update
Mon 4 Jun 13:09
- Update
Sun 3 Jun 14:43
- Update
Sat 2 Jun 08:44
- Update
Fri 1 Jun 04:09
- Update

May 2012

Thu 31 May 11:12
- Update - normal winds resumed
Wed 30 May 11:09
- Update - Lots of Wind
Tue 29 May 13:16
- update
Mon 28 May 12:52
- update
Sun 27 May 02:22
- (no subject)
Sat 26 May 02:49
- It's not natural
Thu 24 May 20:56
- No Horse to throw overboard?
- Time for Coats...
Wed 23 May 03:30
- out of the trade winds
Mon 21 May 20:53
- Position Update
Sun 20 May 16:26
- We're off...Atlantic Crossing Number 2
Mon 14 May 18:32
- Preparation in Sint Maartin
Sun 6 May 23:15
- Pictures of the Baths - Virgin Gorda
Sat 5 May 22:11
- Horrible trip to St Maartin

Apr 2012

Fri 27 Apr 13:16
- Jost Van Dyke
Mon 23 Apr 19:52
- Sunken wrecks and Goliath Fish
Thu 19 Apr 13:28
- More BVI's
Sun 8 Apr 23:22
- Full Moon Party and Wreck of the RMS Rhone Dives
- Monster Sting Ray
Fri 6 Apr 14:39
- British Virgin Islands

Mar 2012

Wed 28 Mar 14:02
- Stargazer - Boarded by Coastguard
- Monserrat Photographs
Tue 27 Mar 16:01
- Barbuda Pictures
Sat 24 Mar 01:39
- Barbuda - Codrington
Thu 22 Mar 23:43
- Arrival at Barbuda
Wed 21 Mar 22:53
- Monserrat's smokin' volcano
Thu 15 Mar 23:09
- Dominica back to Antigua
Sun 11 Mar 22:33
- Roseau and Hiking to Capucin
Thu 8 Mar 00:12
- Dominica
Sat 3 Mar 21:52
- Mum aboard! - Antigua to Deisheis

Feb 2012

Sat 25 Feb 23:42
- Dominica to Antigua
Fri 24 Feb 00:32
- Escape from St Lucia - to Dominica!
Fri 17 Feb 17:49
- Some Videos
Wed 15 Feb 19:55
- Further St Lucia Update
Sun 5 Feb 00:49
- Engine Progress
Wed 1 Feb 14:54
- Marin and hopefully closer to new engine. . . . updated

Jan 2012

Sat 21 Jan 21:56
- Marin - Martinique
Thu 12 Jan 00:55
- To St Lucia!
Sun 8 Jan 14:01
- Back at St Lucia
Wed 4 Jan 13:57
- Final Stop back at Bequia - wreck diving at night
Mon 2 Jan 01:13
- New Year in Mustique

2011

Dec 2011

Mon 26 Dec 22:54
- Bequia Diving Pics
- xmas at Bequia
Thu 22 Dec 18:21
- Bequia arrival and arrival of the Trades!
Tue 20 Dec 00:37
- Tobago Cays
Fri 16 Dec 01:40
- Petit Martinique
Tue 13 Dec 16:53
- Chatham Bay - Union Island
Sat 10 Dec 00:08
- Clifton - Union Island
Wed 7 Dec 00:42
- Hillsborough - Carriacou
- Sandy Island - Carriacou
Thu 1 Dec 12:59
- St Georges

Nov 2011

Sun 27 Nov 18:17
- Grenadian Hash. . . . no, not that sort. .
Sat 26 Nov 15:44
- Clarkes Court Bay - voyage 1!
Wed 23 Nov 19:10
- Launch Day

May 2011

Thu 5 May 00:01
- To Sum up. . .. .
Wed 4 May 23:56
- Grenadian Chocolate and Buses

Apr 2011

Sat 30 Apr 16:04
- St George and St David's - Grenada
Wed 27 Apr 16:08
- Some pictures from the Marine Parks
- The Sail to Grenada
Tue 26 Apr 16:24
- Arrived at Grenada
Sun 24 Apr 21:56
- Sail to Grenada
- Diving at Pigeon Island
Sat 23 Apr 01:15
- Pigeon Island - Guadeloupe
Fri 22 Apr 15:42
- Slow Boat to Deishaies (Guadeloupe)
Mon 18 Apr 15:37
- St Barts to Antigua Classics Week
Wed 13 Apr 00:32
- Gustavia - St Barts Island
- Day in Ile Fourchou
Sun 10 Apr 22:55
- Ile Fourchoue
Sat 9 Apr 23:28
- Engine fixing and lost shoes
Sat 2 Apr 22:29
- St Martin . .. or Sint Maarten

Mar 2011

Sat 26 Mar 20:16
- Arrived at St Martin
Thu 24 Mar 21:15
- Nonsuch Bay - Antigua
Sat 19 Mar 15:33
- Rugby watching. ..
Fri 18 Mar 21:51
- You can now call me Ma'am
Mon 14 Mar 21:56
- Happy Birthday Mum
- About in Falmouth Harbour & Nelsons Dockyard
Sun 6 Mar 20:39
- Falmouth Harbour - Antigua
Sat 5 Mar 20:29
- Deishaies - Guadeloupe
Tue 1 Mar 22:02

Feb 2011

Fri 25 Feb 17:24
- Some pics from last few days. . . .
- Arrival at Iles Des Saintes
Mon 21 Feb 01:25
- St Pierre
Thu 17 Feb 03:10
- Fort De France
Sun 13 Feb 21:39
- Petite and Grande D'Arlet
Tue 8 Feb 01:30
- Bonjour - from Martinique
Sat 5 Feb 12:38
- Leaving St Lucia

Jan 2011

Mon 31 Jan 19:04
- Few days in Soufriere
Wed 26 Jan 21:42
- Petit Piton and Soufriere Bay Pics
- Petit Piton
Sat 22 Jan 21:19
- Around Rodney Bay and Pigeon Island
Sun 16 Jan 01:10
- Post Crossing waffle
Wed 12 Jan 20:02
- We Crossed the Atlantic - Arrived at St Lucia!
Tue 11 Jan 18:07
- Atlantic Crossing - Morning of the squalls
Mon 10 Jan 19:24
- Atlantic Crossing - More Sailing. . . .. . .
Sun 9 Jan 12:51
- Atlantic Crossing - 50 degrees west crossed
Sat 8 Jan 12:18
- Atlantic Crossing - Second Soaking
Fri 7 Jan 12:13
- Atlantic Crossing - Sail Fixing
Thu 6 Jan 12:22
- Atlantic Crossing - Position Update
Wed 5 Jan 16:32
- Atlantic Crossing - 1001 types of Wave
Tue 4 Jan 10:56
- Atlantic Crossing - Ships that pass in the night - we hope
Mon 3 Jan 12:55
- Atlantic Crossing - Fishing Boat? - this far out. . .
Sun 2 Jan 13:08
- Atlantic Crossing - position update
Sat 1 Jan 18:12
- Atlantic Crossing - We found the Trade winds

2010

Dec 2010

Fri 31 Dec 10:07
- Atlantic Crossing - Shark Waters
Wed 29 Dec 11:17
- Crossing the Atlantic - Setting Off
Wed 22 Dec 13:14
- Some Pictures of the Passage and Cape Verdes
Tue 21 Dec 15:10
- Mindelo
Sun 19 Dec 12:49
- Landfalll at the Verde Islands
Sat 18 Dec 09:08
- (no subject)
- Voyage to Verde Islands - Day 7
Fri 17 Dec 10:47
- Voyage to Verde Islands - Day 6
Thu 16 Dec 08:31
- Voyage to Verde Islands - Day 5
Wed 15 Dec 11:13
- Voyage to Verde Islands - Day4 - Half way there!
Tue 14 Dec 08:38
- Voyage to Verde Islands - Day3
Mon 13 Dec 07:36
- Voyage to Verde Islands - Day2
Sun 12 Dec 09:56
- Voyage to Verde Islands - Day1
Wed 8 Dec 20:08
- Canarian Haircut and Flag Making
Sun 5 Dec 13:51
- Preparation . . . . . and endless lists . . . . again

Nov 2010

Fri 26 Nov 23:00
- Around Las Palmas
Mon 22 Nov 20:46
- Las Palmas - Gran Canaria
Sat 20 Nov 09:24
- Morro Jable
Thu 18 Nov 18:29
- How many people fit on a Catamaran?
- Back on the Boat!
Tue 9 Nov 10:52
- White Whalefish update
Thu 4 Nov 18:51
- Fuertaventura
Tue 2 Nov 10:05
- Gran Tarajal and the erm. ..lesser white whale?

Oct 2010

Sat 30 Oct 09:04
- Fuertaventura - Isla Lobos
Wed 27 Oct 22:25
- Lanzarote - Puerto Calero
Sat 23 Oct 21:22
- Arrival at the Canary Islands - La Graciosa UPDATED
Fri 22 Oct 09:26
- Passage to Lanzarote
Tue 19 Oct 10:53
- Mordor found - it's in Madeira
Sun 17 Oct 20:26
- So this is where all the wine comes from. . .
Wed 13 Oct 22:58
- Ola from Madeira
- Happy Birthday Mum!
Mon 11 Oct 21:13
- Goodbye to Porto Santo
Sat 9 Oct 16:27
- It's a bit drafty round here
Thu 7 Oct 21:10
- wreck diving - Porto Santo
Tue 5 Oct 23:02
- It's Official - Adam is Fishfood!
Sun 3 Oct 14:37
- Around Porto Santo
Fri 1 Oct 11:47
- Arrival at Porto Santo

Sep 2010

Thu 30 Sep 11:11
- Passage to Madeira - Day 3
Wed 29 Sep 10:39
- Passage to Madeira - Day 2
Tue 28 Sep 09:57
- Passage to Madeira - Day1
Mon 27 Sep 16:36
- Leaving mainland Portugal
Tue 21 Sep 15:24
- Sintra - Pena Palace
Sun 19 Sep 18:56
- Lisbon and Cascais party
Thu 16 Sep 09:19
- Sintra - Quinta Da Regaleira
Tue 14 Sep 09:40
- Arrival at Cascais and Happy Birthday Dad!
Fri 10 Sep 19:56
- Remember - Respect the Boom!
Thu 9 Sep 13:29
- Nazare
Mon 6 Sep 22:56
- Porto - Port Wine and the most Beautiful Bookshop in the World??
Sat 4 Sep 10:07
- Portugal! - Povoa De Varzim
Thu 2 Sep 10:01
- Last few days in Spain

Aug 2010

Tue 31 Aug 15:14
- Baiona!
Mon 30 Aug 15:20
- Isles of CIES
Fri 27 Aug 11:23
- Leaving Sanxenxo!
Tue 24 Aug 14:35
- Back to Sanxenxo
- Combarro - sailing races and Horreos
Thu 19 Aug 15:42
- Sanxenxo - Pedaloes, Midnight swimming and Spanish Festival/Fight
Wed 18 Aug 18:08
- San Vincente Del Mar
Sun 15 Aug 17:04
- Portosin
Fri 13 Aug 15:29
- Muros
Wed 11 Aug 21:15
- Around Cape Finisterre
Tue 10 Aug 20:16
- Sail to Camarinas - and many sea beasties
Sat 7 Aug 16:40
- Ares (Nr LaCoruna)
- Espasante
Wed 4 Aug 21:49
- Ribadeo
- Arrival in Spain
Mon 2 Aug 06:59
- journey to Spain - Day 2
Sun 1 Aug 07:16
- Journey to Spain - Day 1

Jul 2010

Fri 30 Jul 11:16
- Arrival at Camaret-Sur-Mer
- Journey to Camaret-Sur-Mer
Mon 26 Jul 19:44
- Day Two - to Alderney
Sun 25 Jul 21:02
- Yarmouth
- Getting ready...