Zarafina's Web Diary - Heading for Iceland

Heading for Iceland

Zarafina

Melvyn Brown

Thu 22 Jul 2010 20:39

58:37.7N 006:12.6W

Just come off the phone with Melvyn. He is off the Butt of Lewis and has now turned North and heading for Iceland. When we spoke there was another hour to go before sunset and he intended staying up until midnight when he should be able to determine the volume of traffic and whether he can afford to sleep and leave the technology to alert him to the presence of other boats.

He was sailing at 5.8 knots and has 600 miles to cover which will take four - possibly five - days. He wants to get there before Wednesday when less favourable weather has been forecast. He would like to stay a week but his departure will depend upon the 5-day weather forecast for the next leg of his journey.

Anne

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Blog Entries

2011

Aug 2011

Thu 25 Aug 17:26
- I will think no more of the sea...

Jul 2011

Fri 15 Jul 12:13
- A unexpected and dramatic end to Melvyn's Adventure

Jun 2011

Sat 4 Jun 08:47
- Safe in The Azores
Fri 3 Jun 14:59
- The sailor would appear to be safe....

May 2011

Mon 30 May 22:13
- Yet to arrive in The Azores

Apr 2011

Tue 26 Apr 19:09
- Preparing to sail The Atlantic
Tue 19 Apr 14:45
- Turtle Cove Marina
Sun 10 Apr 10:43
- Quiet anchorage in Turks & Caicos Islands

Mar 2011

Wed 30 Mar 13:13
- British Virgin Islands
Thu 10 Mar 17:17
- White sand...turquoise seas...80deg (you have to feel sorry for him)
Thu 3 Mar 19:48
- Eleuthera Island
- Devil's Cave

Feb 2011

Sat 26 Feb 10:15
- The Bahamas
Tue 1 Feb 23:29
- Fort Lauderdale (Mile 1063.9 ICW)

Jan 2011

Fri 28 Jan 20:55
- So many bridges.....!
Mon 24 Jan 22:47
- Still in Stuart
Tue 18 Jan 19:51
- It's taken a 1,000 miles....but finally "I get it"
Thu 13 Jan 23:00
- Vero Beach
Sun 9 Jan 21:59
- The Space Coast
Thu 6 Jan 00:12
- Titusville, Florida (Mile 878 ICW)
Sun 2 Jan 20:21
- New Year's Day on the beach

2010

Dec 2010

Thu 30 Dec 21:38
- New Smyrna Beach (Mile 846 ICW)
Sat 25 Dec 20:23
- Christmas Day in St Augustine, Florida
Wed 22 Dec 21:47
- Florida....at last! Mile 778.6 ICW
Sun 19 Dec 19:03
- Brunswick, Georgia
Mon 13 Dec 22:57
- Savannah, Georgia
Fri 10 Dec 15:32
- Georgia.....but STILL cold!
Mon 6 Dec 22:03
- Georgetown and Carolina Gold
Sun 5 Dec 02:12
- South Carolina....but still cold!
Fri 3 Dec 19:23
- Holden Beach (Mile 283 ICW)

Nov 2010

Tue 30 Nov 19:37
- (Near) Surf City (ICW Mile 267)
Sat 27 Nov 22:27
- New Bern
Wed 24 Nov 20:45
- Beaufort, North Carolina
Sun 21 Nov 20:35
- Seventy Degrees Fahrenheit
Sat 20 Nov 23:29
- Basking in the Carolina sun....eat your heart out!
Mon 15 Nov 21:55
- Norfolk (Mile 0) to Pungo Ferry (Mile 28.5)
Sat 13 Nov 17:41
- Norfolk - and the start of the ICW proper!
Thu 11 Nov 21:31
- Colonial Sightseeing
Mon 8 Nov 18:18
- Bad seas on Chesapeake Bay
Sat 6 Nov 18:45
- Kilmarnock as viewed from a bicycle!
Thu 4 Nov 19:35
- Kilmarnock, Virginia
Tue 2 Nov 18:24
- Oxford - East Chesapeake Bay
Mon 1 Nov 12:53
- Zarafina back in the water

Oct 2010

Sun 31 Oct 18:45
- Washington
Sat 30 Oct 12:06
- Historic Annapolis
Fri 29 Oct 17:59
- Bad news: Zarafina very poorly; Good News: We sleep in real beds
Wed 27 Oct 21:59
- Chesapeake Bay
Tue 26 Oct 03:20
- Will it...? Won't it....? Aaaagh!
Sat 23 Oct 02:53
- Cape May...and not a whale to be seen
Thu 21 Oct 02:05
- Out of Atlantic City....and back again!
Wed 20 Oct 19:17
- We went to Atlantic City....and found it was closed!
Tue 19 Oct 16:10
- Atlantic City
Mon 18 Oct 00:32
- Grounded...Plan B
Sun 17 Oct 16:00
- Into the Intercoastal Waterway....and out again
Sat 16 Oct 13:47
- Stuck on Staten Island
Sun 10 Oct 16:10
- New York! New York!
Sat 9 Oct 16:00
- Bridgeport....closed for the winter
Fri 8 Oct 01:20
- Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Mon 4 Oct 21:14
- Snug...but not warm!
Fri 1 Oct 19:27
- Rained upon in Marion

Sep 2010

Wed 29 Sep 20:58
- Marion.....Just As You Imagine a Cape Cod Town
Mon 27 Sep 08:00
- From Salem to Sandwich....via Hell!
Sat 25 Sep 17:00
- Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem...the eagle has landed
Fri 17 Sep 19:26
- More bad weather
Sat 11 Sep 15:21
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
Wed 1 Sep 09:25
- 'Sailor's Paradise'

Aug 2010

Tue 31 Aug 20:53
- Windy!
Mon 23 Aug 20:24
- Unexpected stopover in Newfoundland
Fri 6 Aug 15:37
- Heading South
Wed 4 Aug 20:58
- Sightseeing in Reykjavik

Jul 2010

Wed 28 Jul 08:04
- Puffin in the Basket...?
Thu 22 Jul 20:39
- Heading for Iceland
Tue 20 Jul 17:44
- Stornoway...at last!
Wed 14 Jul 06:02
- Still(!) on the Whisky Trail

Jun 2010

Sat 26 Jun 20:26
- The Whisky Trail
Tue 22 Jun 07:14
- Isle of Man
Wed 9 Jun 18:48
- Day of Departure

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