Previous Diary Entries
2024
Jun 2024
2022
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Home!
Fri 7 Jun 17:45
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A Lifetime of Sailing in One Journey
Thu 6 Jun 23:18
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Reefed Down in Home Stretch
Wed 5 Jun 22:23
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Less Than 500 Miles To Go
Wed 5 Jun 00:35
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Headed for Home
Tue 4 Jun 00:15
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Motoring and Washing
Sun 2 Jun 21:42 -
Finally Headed East
Sat 1 Jun 16:00
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Fuel Tanks Are Still Full
Sat 1 Jun 01:37
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Almost out of the Tropics
Thu 30 May 23:34
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Doing and Undoing
Thu 30 May 01:58
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Strong winds and more Repairs
Tue 28 May 23:37
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Spectacular Sunset
Mon 27 May 22:53
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Diesel Leak
Mon 27 May 01:12
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Big Winds and Starlink Emergency
Sat 25 May 23:07
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Passing Halfway
Fri 24 May 18:38
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An Unscheduled Passenger
Thu 23 May 17:59
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Baking on The Go
Wed 22 May 17:13
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Back into Northern Hemisphere
Tue 21 May 18:42
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Stormy Nights and Easy Days
Mon 20 May 20:59
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Goodbye French Polynesia
Mon 20 May 01:54
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Rigging Maintenance
Sun 19 May 00:00
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Fish for Dinner
Sat 18 May 02:17
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Light winds and fixing gear
Fri 17 May 06:10
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Back to Easy Sailing
Thu 16 May 09:42
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Flying Curry
Wed 15 May 18:02
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Water everywhere
Tue 14 May 12:00
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Departing Papeete, Headed North
Mon 13 May 10:00
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Papeete Marina
Tue 7 May 04:28
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Short but Ugly Passage to Papeete, Tahiti
Mon 6 May 04:17
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Spectacular Anchorage in Moorea
Sun 5 May 16:00
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On Route for Moorea
Sun 5 May 00:00
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Another day in Paradise
Thu 2 May 00:00 -
Life is always better with music and dancing
Wed 1 May 00:00
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Back to the Office
Tue 30 Apr 00:00 -
Back in Paradise
Mon 29 Apr 00:00
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Whoa there, JOIA!
Sun 28 Apr 18:30
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Back to Peaceful Ocean Sailing
Sat 27 Apr 17:47
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Midnight Emergency
Fri 26 Apr 00:00
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New crew Members
Thu 25 Apr 00:00
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Anse Hakatea
Wed 24 Apr 00:00
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Crew Preparations for Next Leg
Tue 23 Apr 20:58 -
Fixing and Refueling
Mon 22 Apr 00:00 -
Life for kids in Remote Polynesia
Sun 21 Apr 00:00 -
Spectacular day in Nuku Hiva
Sat 20 Apr 00:00 -
Land Ho
Fri 19 Apr 00:00
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Last home boat-baked loaf before French bakeries prevail
Thu 18 Apr 23:07
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Another day of light winds
Thu 18 Apr 01:22
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Where did the Wind Go?
Wed 17 Apr 00:36
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Crossing the line
Tue 16 Apr 02:15 -
Recovering from the storm
Mon 15 Apr 01:11
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Yellowtail for Dinner
Sun 14 Apr 00:15
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Another spectacular sailing day
Sat 13 Apr 00:45
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A Rough Night
Thu 11 Apr 22:28
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Passed Halfway!
Thu 11 Apr 00:10
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In Rod we Trust
Wed 10 Apr 13:47
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New Sail Configurations
Mon 8 Apr 22:47
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Goodbye Thick Sweaters and Jackets
Sun 7 Apr 18:51
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Finding our Groove
Sat 6 Apr 18:04
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Adapting to life on a tilt
Fri 5 Apr 09:00
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Becoming a little stormy
Thu 4 Apr 15:47
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Good first 24 hours
Wed 3 Apr 16:43
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Back on the boat for a new ocean sailing adventure
Tue 2 Apr 16:23 -
New Adventure Starts Tomorrow
Mon 1 Apr 04:31
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Sailing With Bianca and Marisa
Sun 3 Mar 02:29
Apr 2022
2021
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Arrived in new California home
Fri 1 Apr 14:16
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Back in California Channel Islands
Thu 31 Mar 15:46
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Passing through San Diego
Wed 30 Mar 08:40
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On route by ship
Sun 20 Mar 14:07
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Through the canal
Sat 12 Mar 14:07
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Short-cut to Ensenada Mexico
Wed 9 Mar 22:10
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On route by ship
Sat 5 Mar 14:07
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Arrived Florida
Wed 9 Feb 14:06
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Red Hook Bay St Thomas
Thu 6 Jan 15:42 -
Almost at St Thomas
Sun 2 Jan 17:38
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Back out to Sea
Sat 1 Jan 16:15
Dec 2021
2020
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Video from X-Yachts
Fri 17 Dec 17:05 -
Glorious Sailing
Sun 12 Dec 22:35 -
ARRIVED!!
Thu 9 Dec 02:00
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Sheltering from the heat
Tue 7 Dec 17:29
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Sunday Night Sports
Mon 6 Dec 10:32
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Getting closer
Sun 5 Dec 13:05
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Chasing Venus
Sat 4 Dec 11:25
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Fickle winds and rain
Fri 3 Dec 20:01
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Extreme Laundry
Thu 2 Dec 13:06
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Fixing and Mending
Wed 1 Dec 20:42
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Past Halfway
Tue 30 Nov 22:44
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More heavy seas
Mon 29 Nov 18:09
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Clouds and Squalls
Sun 28 Nov 15:50
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Making good progress
Sat 27 Nov 15:35 -
Spectacular sailing day!
Fri 26 Nov 15:33
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Thanksgiving at Sea
Thu 25 Nov 19:33
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Stronger winds and gear breakage
Thu 25 Nov 09:54 -
Winds have picked up!
Wed 24 Nov 14:59
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A visit from playful dolphins
Tue 23 Nov 16:15 -
When the sea becomes like glass
Tue 23 Nov 16:14 -
Very light winds
Tue 23 Nov 16:13 -
Day 3 and it looks like a long way to go
Tue 23 Nov 11:59
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Heading south from Canaries
Mon 22 Nov 09:58
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And we’re off…
Sun 21 Nov 15:10 -
Goodbye Las Palmas
Sat 20 Nov 22:04 -
Great crew, great friends from Sailor Bar Las Palmas
Sat 20 Nov 21:55 -
Thank you, Sailor Bar
Sat 20 Nov 20:56 -
Testing the crew gear before the big sail
Fri 19 Nov 13:00 -
Provisioning for trans-Atlantic
Mon 15 Nov 00:11
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Almost at Las Palmas
Thu 7 Oct 09:36 -
Big waves Lagos to Las Palmas
Wed 6 Oct 15:18
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Departing Lagos
Mon 4 Oct 08:40
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Delivery to Lagos
Wed 29 Sep 14:39
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Southampton boat show
Fri 17 Sep 17:07
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Testing emergency rudder
Wed 8 Sep 17:05
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First sail with Marisa
Wed 14 Jul 11:49
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First dinner aboard - Hamble UK
Sat 17 Apr 17:55
Oct 2020
2019
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First test sail
Mon 19 Oct 14:55
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Joia in England
Sun 6 Sep 13:47
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Interior finished and on show at the factory in Denmark
Wed 8 Jan 14:55
Nov 2019
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Under construction in Denmark
Thu 7 Nov 16:59