Cefnforhud's Web Diary - frustrating sailing

frustrating sailing

Cefnforhud

Sarah and Graham

Fri 3 Jun 2016 22:53

18 40N 21 02W

Sails are a flogging, boat is a rolling and fish are a biting - such has been our last 2 days. Wind very flukey northerly down to 6k at mo. We are very reluctant to fire up the engine as we are unsure about availability in CV and we want to at least start trans atlantic leg with a full tank. Nothing much else to report except our sun tans are beginning to develop!

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2017

Aug 2017

Mon 7 Aug 15:50
- laid up at last!

Jul 2017

Fri 14 Jul 10:59
- last night blues
Sat 8 Jul 10:49
- Noumea
Mon 3 Jul 10:33
- slow and lumpy - the sea!!

Jun 2017

Fri 30 Jun 21:42
- phew!
Wed 28 Jun 20:35
- Labasa
Sun 25 Jun 19:01
- Suva - but we are'nt staying!
Sun 18 Jun 21:59
- En route Fiji
Sat 10 Jun 22:10
- Salelologa
Tue 6 Jun 21:59
- Pago pago harbour
Thu 1 Jun 20:19
- doesnt get better than this !

May 2017

Tue 30 May 21:56
- en route Pago Pago
Tue 16 May 12:08
- Avaiu Harbour, Rarotonga
Fri 12 May 19:51
- Night of squalls
Thu 11 May 21:31
- rolling along - literally!
Mon 8 May 18:11
- Papeete
Mon 1 May 19:58
- Pahiarepo

Apr 2017

Sat 29 Apr 22:05
- the rain is back
Wed 26 Apr 06:45
- Anaa
Tue 25 Apr 16:33
- It was tranquil!
Wed 19 Apr 20:04
- Makemo
Thu 13 Apr 19:58
- Fakarava
Tue 4 Apr 21:06
- Blue Lagoon

Mar 2017

Wed 29 Mar 20:52
- Tiputa, Rangiroa
Mon 27 Mar 16:48
- and its still raining!
Sat 25 Mar 20:40
- En route
Fri 24 Mar 19:56
- still raining
Sat 18 Mar 23:10
- Bora Bora
Fri 10 Mar 20:12
- afloat again!

Feb 2017

Tue 14 Feb 11:25
- happy New year

2016

Dec 2016

Thu 1 Dec 21:52
- Packing day

Oct 2016

Mon 24 Oct 20:39
- Tourists
Sun 16 Oct 18:11
- On dry land, Papeete
Fri 7 Oct 21:34
- Leaving for Papeete this weekend

Sep 2016

Sat 24 Sep 08:48
- Atuona, Hiva Oa
Mon 19 Sep 21:55
- 500 to go day 25
Fri 16 Sep 16:00
- Glorious open ocean sailing
Mon 12 Sep 15:44
- What a night!
Sat 10 Sep 16:39
- slight change of plan
Thu 8 Sep 17:27
- Gentle relaxed sailing in the sun
Tue 6 Sep 16:53
- two out of three aint bad
Sun 4 Sep 08:14
- Shellbacks across the equator
Fri 2 Sep 19:02
- adverse currents
Thu 1 Sep 22:22
- Day 7 - N of Galapogos

Aug 2016

Wed 31 Aug 17:05
- no excitement today
Tue 30 Aug 16:26
- Whales!!!
Mon 29 Aug 12:04
- boy , does it rain out here!
Fri 26 Aug 17:55
- Day 1
Thu 25 Aug 10:29
- Its goin to be a very wet departure!!!
Wed 24 Aug 22:40
- Hiva Oa here we come!
Sun 21 Aug 20:02
- east of san Miguel, Perlas Archiplego
Thu 18 Aug 16:31
- last day on mainland Panama
Tue 16 Aug 18:48
- La Playita
Sat 13 Aug 13:31
- The Pacific
Thu 11 Aug 19:49
- Transit tomorrow
Tue 9 Aug 07:00
- cant sleep!
Sun 7 Aug 10:33
- not a peaceful night
Sat 6 Aug 20:46
- Shelter bay, near Cristobal
Fri 5 Aug 21:17
- not impressed!
Thu 4 Aug 19:22
- rain!
Wed 3 Aug 09:14
- 20nM N of Barranquilla
Mon 1 Aug 21:05
- off Colmbia

Jul 2016

Sun 31 Jul 21:03
- Panama Bound
Tue 26 Jul 21:03
- This is a fun place!
Sat 23 Jul 20:22
- Barcadera, Aruba
Tue 19 Jul 07:35
- First Night blues
Sun 17 Jul 11:17
- plans made
Sat 9 Jul 10:00
- St Davids Bay
Sat 2 Jul 10:14
- Saint Georges hooray!!
Fri 1 Jul 14:31
- Fair Winds

Jun 2016

Wed 29 Jun 16:55
- still sailing!
Mon 27 Jun 21:52
- wallowing
Fri 24 Jun 15:13
- watched a dvd last night!
Wed 22 Jun 16:01
- exactly 1000 nM to go!
Mon 20 Jun 22:52
- Losing the wind again
Sat 18 Jun 22:07
- All Good
Fri 17 Jun 12:46
- Friday - 550nM down rhumb
Wed 15 Jun 23:47
- Its hot!
Mon 13 Jun 22:01
- 2090 to Prickly bay
Sun 12 Jun 19:04
- planning to depart tomorrow
Thu 9 Jun 19:06
- Mindelo
Tue 7 Jun 20:09
- En route Mindello
Sun 5 Jun 19:15
- Palmeira - at last!
Sat 4 Jun 13:33
- Thankyou Odelette
Fri 3 Jun 22:53
- frustrating sailing
Wed 1 Jun 19:43
- 280 to go and slowing all the time

May 2016

Tue 31 May 19:18
- Fish!
Mon 30 May 22:07
- still got the northerlies
Sun 29 May 20:37
- Rolling along
Sat 28 May 09:25
- Cape Verde bound
Sun 22 May 12:07
- Las Palmas
Fri 20 May 08:03
- 150 to go
Wed 18 May 16:26
- still got the northerlies
Tue 17 May 21:46
- Rough!
Sun 15 May 16:43
- Gran Canaria bound
Fri 13 May 18:30
- Sines
Thu 12 May 17:38
- (no subject)
Wed 11 May 16:21
- off Porto
Mon 9 May 21:54
- where's the wind
Sun 8 May 17:58
- Biscay
Sat 7 May 20:28
- south of isle d'ouessant
Fri 6 May 18:39
- Were off

Apr 2016

Sat 30 Apr 10:55
- Dart
Mon 25 Apr 14:31
- Frustration over!

Mar 2016

Wed 23 Mar 21:48
- update

Feb 2016

Tue 16 Feb 21:48
- launch

Jan 2016

Fri 1 Jan 21:16
- Happy New Year

2015

Aug 2015

Wed 26 Aug 19:34
- All Clear!
Fri 21 Aug 19:24
- Plymouth Sign Off
Thu 20 Aug 16:20
- Yealm
Wed 19 Aug 20:22
- Lyme bay
- effects of voyage end!
Tue 18 Aug 16:17
- Portland harbour
Mon 17 Aug 11:39
- Newtown Creek
Sat 15 Aug 17:26
- nr Keyhaven
Fri 14 Aug 18:49
- Yarmouth
Thu 13 Aug 10:48
- Bembridge
Tue 11 Aug 15:59
- Chichester harbour
Mon 10 Aug 12:09
- Wind!!!
Sat 8 Aug 13:49
- Dover
Fri 7 Aug 18:43
- off Dunquerke
Thu 6 Aug 15:56
- off Scheveningen
Wed 5 Aug 19:08
- Ijmuiden
Tue 4 Aug 19:48
- Durgerdam
Mon 3 Aug 19:21
- What a lot of boats!
Sat 1 Aug 19:42
- Terschelling, Frisian Isles

Jul 2015

Fri 31 Jul 21:00
- Decisions made
Wed 29 Jul 20:09
- Cuxhaven
Mon 27 Jul 21:23
- Borgstedt
- Cheerio to the baltic
Sun 26 Jul 19:16
- Friedrichsort
Sat 25 Jul 08:02
- Burgstaaken
Fri 24 Jul 09:23
- Things that go bump in the night
Wed 22 Jul 18:32
- south of Bornholm
Mon 20 Jul 20:29
- off Lithuania
Sun 19 Jul 21:26
- more space!
Sat 18 Jul 22:22
- Klaipeda
Fri 17 Jul 10:21
- off Hoburg
Thu 16 Jul 12:53
- Burgsviken
Mon 13 Jul 19:47
- Klintehamn
Sun 12 Jul 19:52
- Visby town
Sat 11 Jul 22:05
- Visby
Fri 10 Jul 20:03
- Baltic Sea
- Gulf of Riga
Thu 9 Jul 10:01
- Brits!
Tue 7 Jul 12:56
- Wet and Windy
Mon 6 Jul 20:30
- Lazy days and Mondays
Sun 5 Jul 16:25
- Abruka Sunday
Sat 4 Jul 12:27
- Abruka
Fri 3 Jul 19:51
- Very Productive Day
Thu 2 Jul 12:11
- Roomassaare - after being moved on!
Wed 1 Jul 20:54
- Kuressaare

Jun 2015

Mon 29 Jun 19:35
- Saaremetsa
Sat 27 Jun 15:32
- Orjaku
Thu 25 Jun 20:59
- Exploring Haapsalu
Wed 24 Jun 19:58
- Haapsalu
Mon 22 Jun 19:51
- Last night in Tallinn
Sat 20 Jun 09:39
- Tallinn
Wed 17 Jun 16:37
- Lampreys meal
Tue 16 Jun 16:39
- Narva Joesuu
Mon 15 Jun 15:27
- Narva
Sat 13 Jun 09:34
- Vergi
Fri 12 Jun 08:08
- gentle night
Thu 11 Jun 13:02
- shore leave over
Fri 5 Jun 09:41
- sightseeing exhaustion
Mon 1 Jun 18:13
- all checked in

May 2015

Sun 31 May 09:24
- Gulf of Finland
Sat 30 May 09:14
- off Saaremaa, Estonia
Fri 29 May 08:35
- Baltic flags
Thu 28 May 12:05
- the Baltic!
Wed 27 May 08:53
- Kattegat
Tue 26 May 08:08
- Skagerak
Mon 25 May 10:48
- still slow
Sun 24 May 09:04
- slow progress
Sat 23 May 11:01
- at sea
Fri 22 May 19:41
- Leirvik
Tue 19 May 20:15
- Stoelen & Jortedalen Glacier National Park
Mon 18 May 23:01
- Gudvangen
Fri 15 May 20:02
- pic Sogne fjord
- Flamm
Thu 14 May 19:54
- Soerevik
Wed 13 May 16:18
- heading south
Tue 12 May 16:41
- Eide
Fri 8 May 21:53
- Vinjefjorden
Thu 7 May 23:03
- our anchorage
- Langoeya island
Wed 6 May 10:27
- Kristiansund
Tue 5 May 12:26
- headwinds
Mon 4 May 10:38
- where west meets east
Sat 2 May 09:36
- to Norway!
Fri 1 May 11:04
- locals know best!

Apr 2015

Wed 29 Apr 11:09
- not going anywhere!
Mon 27 Apr 09:44
- visitors
Sun 26 Apr 09:04
- trendsetters
Sat 25 Apr 19:29
- snow!
- Seydisfjoer at anchor
Fri 24 Apr 20:28
- all good
Thu 23 Apr 19:46
- stunning coastline
Wed 22 Apr 22:09
- b#### freezing
- Done the touristy bits
Wed 15 Apr 16:44
- plan - what plan?
Tue 14 Apr 15:40
- a much nicer day
Mon 13 Apr 17:56
- Heavy Weather
Sun 12 Apr 20:34
- 145nM run today
Sat 11 Apr 22:02
- Passage update
- New Email
Fri 10 Apr 21:40
- Eureka moment!
Thu 9 Apr 16:34
- Galway
Sun 5 Apr 18:25
- Dingle Bay - Valentia River
Sat 4 Apr 20:44
- Bear Island
Thu 2 Apr 15:42
- Bantry

Mar 2015

Tue 31 Mar 16:36
- wild weather
Sun 29 Mar 09:37
- change of plans
Sat 28 Mar 08:58
- Cork
Fri 27 Mar 12:01
- 1st night
Thu 26 Mar 11:08
- Shakedowns all done

2014

Sep 2014

Tue 16 Sep 07:59
- very emotional
Mon 15 Sep 08:18
- rock and roll
Sun 14 Sep 10:55
- quiet biscay
Sat 13 Sep 09:50
- sleigh ride to finistere
Fri 12 Sep 10:53
- all Ok
Thu 11 Sep 10:33
- 630nm to Falmouth
Wed 10 Sep 09:29
- slow progress
Tue 9 Sep 11:18
- good forecast
Mon 8 Sep 08:59
- Back in Europe!

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