Cruising Knots: February 2012

Blue water updates from around the globe

Third Day

Mazatlan Night Fishing - (Continued...)
Impi

20 MAY 2012 - BVI – Jost Van Dyke Island – WHITE BAY - We awoke to a beautiful day here in the BVI's (British Virgin Islands) … we wanted to visit another part of these beautiful sailing grounds. Mentioning t...
Excellent Adventure

Miracle-Gro 2 — On Watch - This morning dawned hot, and crazy-busy. We’re approaching the Canal, and although we’re still more than 24 hours out, it’s freaking crowded out here. I me...
Ceilydh

Why is my Cruising Boat So Slow? - It's probably because off the junk cruising boats carry. When compared to weekend cruisers who carry enough to be comfortable, or racing boats that carry t...
Katana

Admiralty Bay to Bequia Head - The day after we arrived in Bequia we cracked off our first hike on the island, making our way from our anchorage in Admiralty Bay to the far northern tip,...
Guiding Light

It is usually a good thing - when a beautiful woman knocks on my hull, but this story is the exception. You see on Thursday morning at 1am the wind picked up and it started raining ha...
Distant Shores

Mast down - hints & tips - This was the first time to take down the mast on Distant Shores II. Taking the mast down is biggish job but we have done it 3 times before on Distant Shore...
BeBe

Someone....anyone....please talk us out of doing this! - We are leaning more and more towards wintering next season in the new marina being built in Istanbul. Our friends and readers of this blog know what wimps...
Tao

Day 9- the final push, anchor's down at Fanning Island - Time: 2200 Zulu (noon Hawaii time) Position: 03-deg 51-min N 159-deg 21-min W Wind: NE 17+ Seas: wind waves < 1-ft!! Avg. Course: 187 T Avg. Speed: 4.5-k...
Hello World

a quick update from lagoon cove - Hey all, we haven't updated the blog (you may have noticed) at all during the last few weeks. We've been buttoned up in a few hidey holes waiting out gales...
Alianna

Culebra & Culebrita - The sun shines and the birds sing. - Alianna Cayo De Luis Pena Culebra and Culebrita are the Spanish Virgins eastern most islands. In fact they are closer to the US Virgins than to Puerto Ric...
Infini

May 19 - Langford Island - Position: S20deg04.8min/E148deg52.6min We motored the 1.75 nm to Langford Island to get a change of scenery. We had dug out all our snorkeling gear and loa...
Siempre Sabado

Guess we chose to go to Puerto Peñasco - We arrived at Puerto Peñasco this morning after a 24 hour crossing. I updated the position report and am now trying out the wifi. Just finished reading a l...
Savannah

Getting acclimated... -
Dignity

Boat Day - Sam was keen to get on with his studies so we were happy to have a boat day. Helen and I mainly read while Sam got on. We had a visit from Jack in the mo...
Bubbles

Adding more Bubbles - Bubbles and crew ran completely broke of funds after Carine flew back to Amsterdam. Having neither cash nor credit via any type of card, Diego and I resort...
Rasmus

Leaving on a Jet Plane! - The good news is we're headed to Ft. Lauderdale this weekend...the bad new is, the picture above is the forecast. Either way, it's very exciting because...
Nyctea

‘Encounters of the third kind!!!! ’ - Saturday, May 19, 2012 Bequia, St-Vincent & The Grenadines 13°00’239 N 061°14’552 W Winds E 20kts sunny day with few scattered showers. 30°C. *‘Encounters o...
Vicarious

Engine work - Work has started with the removal of the outboard motor. The plate attached to the motor that holds the throttle cable and steering attachment was very lo...
Swell

Food Foraging and Our Forgotten Bioregional Educations: What we don’t even know we don’t know - In the spirit of Thor and Liv Heyerdahl’s ‘Back to Nature’ adventure almost a hundred years earlier, I embraced my time in Marquesas as a chance to live a ...
Fine Line

Dana and Kaily In Roatan - Guess who is coming for a visit? Kaily and Dana leaving LAX. West End Roatan. Let's get to work...
Estrellita 5.10b

A tropical apprenticeship - We haven't had internet since we left Taiohae in the Marquesas so we will be posting SSB-to-blog until we do. I've written a number of photo posts for when...
La Luna

We Can Haz Wine? - So, one day John and Dora and EW and I were walking back to the dinghy dock from ACE Hardware in Sint Maartin, and we saw a sign for a wine wholesaler. EW an...
Daphne

Don’t Wait to Cruise by Lin Pardey - Teresa Carey's Sailing Simplicity The idea of waiting to go cruising until you retire rarely works well. Sailing offshore requires physical strength and/...
Balvenie

Solitude and Storms in the San Blas ..... April/May 2012 - *26 April – 05 May 2012* Our 10 days so far in the San Blas Islands of Panama have been a very quiet affair. We knew that by entering east in the chain...
Aspen

Sailing the Turkish Coast - Bodrum Castle in Bodrum, Turkey The Temple of Athena ruins near Soke, Turkey Columns from the Temple of Athena near Soke, Turkey This is a typical...
Renova

Day 9 - 3000 nm to go! - Thursday, May 17 - Our 9th day at sea, and the GPS tell us we have 3000 miles to go! That's a quarter of the way completed! Hurray. So, today was a celebr...
Zach

ode to the dock cart - It's just a small fiberglass tub with wheels, but it's truly like my mother's helper. Anyone who lives on a boat understands the necessity of a good dock c...
Silverheels III

Pro's, Experts and Opinions - Expert ex·pert/ˈekspərt/ (Continued...)
Eolian

How to make a line fast to a cleat - Picture this: You've just done a masterful job of putting your boat up against the dock, perhaps executing the perfect Captain Ron turn. Now you need to k...
Mollymawk

Cape Verde – São Vicente – Mindelo, Part II - Anchorage v Marina So far as visiting yachtsmen are concerned the biggest change to Mindelo, in the past few years, is the construction of a marina. This a...
BlueJacket

Isla Coronados 2012 - Ahoy from the crew of the BlueJacket! West Anchorage at Isla CoronadosThe last time that I wrote we were in Puerto Escondido and headed north to points unk...
Caos

Berlin - Have moved over to Berlin for a few days where I'm meeting up a bunch of my old, beloved friends and we will take advantage of every beautiful sunshine ho...
Irie

Rio Diablo: An Abundance of Fresh Water - The summer season in the San Blas Islands has started, more than a month too early. It means: no wind, massive storms with lots of rain, bugs near the man...
Don Quixote

Do It Yourself - Science - Hands Across Takapuna Originally uploaded by toastfloats. I am not impressed with our global, political leadership. Actually, I am not particularly impr...
Earthling

St. Vincent - Katherine Petting Cool Breeze at Gary's FarmIf you like remote unspoiled destinations, then definitely get the courage to visit St. Vincent. This is a lar...
Roaring Girl

The sea eats away at the rocks - Our dear friends Wendy and Graham moved off their boat Vencedor for a new adventure in a house. They bought a project in Pembroke Dock and have turned it ...
Illusion

Hwy 17 South – Charleston to Savannah - Brian and I have been traveling back and forth between Charleston and Savannah about once a week for the past few weeks, and although we have done thi...
Hilda May

2012 season underway – Marmaris to Gundogan - Hilda May wintered on the hard at Marmaris Yat Marina, going in the water on 25 April, so the first blog of the season is somewhat overdue!</p
Deep Blue

Fun with friends - As we are coming to the end of the winter season, the weather has finally improved and it's time to say 'au revoir' to friends old and new. We've had a gr...
True Companion

May 14th, only 10 more days to go - I'm almost done gathering all the stuff that I need to take with me. Of course there were some last minute things I had to pick up at Vrolijk's, well, that...
New Life

Bahamas, de Green Turtle à Manjack - Salut à tous, Allons faire un saut au village de New Plymouth sur Green Turtle Cay qui a conservé le calme et le charme des années 1800. Un petit musée r...
Tsamaya

Plan B - Flexibility is the name of the game. That word had been drilled into us back in Peace Corps days and it has served us well since then. It came in handy jus...
Totem

When bad things happen to good dinghies - As cruisers, our dinghies are a lifeline. So when we heard from our friends on Ceilydh this morning that yesterday's beautiful day had ended on a sour note...
Letitgo

One big step for our family. - In the last week, thing have been developing quickly and thankfully have been moving in the right direction. We will be “SDF” like we say in France (Sans...
Cat Tales

Trinidad, life on the 'hard' - Cat Tales being hauled out at Chaguaramas in Trinidad. Since we were hauled out on Monday, May 7th, lots has been done to get her ready for 6 months ...
Crystal Blues

Sailing 101 - *Sailing is all about Teamwork*. Last week Neil was an invited guest speaker at Space Matrix management conference in Singapore. His topic was the powe...
Kaleo

Overnight on the bay - Chisman Creek – 037:10.75N ~ 076:24.43WWent for an overnight sail to Chisman Creek. It’s about 9 miles as the crow flies from Salt Ponds, but a 25 mile sai...
Hekla

pre-canal transit information - We are scheduled to pick up our pilot and begin the canal transit at 08:30 Saturday, and though I have no idea how long it takes to do any of this, I expec...
Storyville

Anegada (da Vita Baby) - The Island of Anegada We had a great overnight sail under the super full moon when we left St. Martin. We sailed on a beam reach and enjoyed the night, wi...
Bella Star

Summiting an active volcano (and saying goodbye) - By Nicole There’s something thrilling about standing on the rim of an active volcano, looking down into the crater and imagining the sheer force required to...
Trim

Best Beach in South Pacific - Hands down with talcum powder pink sand and warm clear water. (View Post...)
Wings

May 9, 2012-Children of the Dune - wingssail images-fredrick roswold Children of the Dune In April we posted a story from a place called Ilha Dos Lencois. Ilha Dos Lencois is an Island in t...
Vida Dulce

Among Friends - Miss Goodnight is here, as is Nautibear, Gris Gris, Chataqua, Takes Me Away, Blow Me Away, and Kokopelli will be here in a week or so. It's like a play dat...
Annie Laurie

Three Years of Hard Work and Dedication - Before I get back to Christopher Robin, sailing with one hand, and keeping a relationship alive despite two weeks at sea on a 30-foot sailboat with a p...
Renegade

Still in the Bahamas, but Internet is Horrible - Readers, just letting you know that until I can get better internet connections I will not be able to make a new update with photos. I have to say that the...
Learnativity

Splashdown! Learnativity is back in the water where she belongs - One day short of eight months, Learnativity returned to the sea where we belong as we “splashed” back into the waters here in Vuda Point Marina on Thursday M...
Jus Dreamin

Mecca Behind - Well it is time to turn it North. It should be a slow trip with various stops for more exploration out in the "Booneys". So e-mail and wifi will be spotty...
Borne

The English patient…….. - P3280006, originally uploaded by melandnick. (The pic is not really relevant to the story but I don’t have one that is and I like this picture) I want ...
Velvet

Wild and Bumpy passage from Azores to Plymouth - Well we bill the Azores to Plymouth as the roughest toughest passage we do and we were not to be disappointed! We are now back in Plymouth and tidying up ...
Nauticat

Cuba - Great Baseball & Unforgettable People - Baseball in Cuba is a wonderful experience. The game is fast paced and it is exciting to watch. The price is right too as admission is 1 Monada National,...
Syzygy

Syzygy is for SALE - After 11,000 miles of cruising, Syzygy, our 1978 Valiant 40, is for sale. Designed by legend Bob Perry and inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame...
Anastasia

National Family Island Regatta - What a week of fun! This is our third year in the Bahamas and our first in attendance of the National Family Island Regatta. It is so neat to watch as Reg...
Happy Times

Man Overboard!, Part 2 - My black eye is even prettier than I imagined. My left eye is about the size of a marble and surrounded by a grape-colored bruise that crosses the nose of ...
Slow-Mocean

test2 - ----- At 4/15/2012 1:44 PM (utc) our position was 08°31.81'N 078°55.12'W
Knotty Cat

Tying the knot on the Knotty Cat - Last month Hans and I finally tied the knot. It's not like we were in a hurry or anything considering we'd been engaged for over four years but after Hans'...
Sage

El Nido, Palawan - Amazing is about all there is a need to say. It was not only the incredible scenery of the limestone karst formations but it was all enhanced by having Si...
New Morning

Huahine and Bora Bora - [image: 2011-09-29 091837-edited] I'm finally catching up on the final pictures from last year. I've added pictures from Huahine and Bora Bora (home of this...
Arita

THE ART OF GERIATRIC SAILING ................. - You see, here's the thing ....... By the time you know what's what about sailing, and you know all the ropes and you've done your ocean miles and you'...
Mojomo

Drinks Rubbish and leaves - A common problem for any ocean sailor is finding suitable crew. Back in the good old days of course, you could just hire the press-gang. Next morning a fe...
The INTERVIEW WITH A CRUISER Project

10 Questions for Happy Monster - [image: hm1] Hans and Dory sail on Happy Monster, a 36 feet Najad made in Sweden. The inside is not original Najad, but made by the first owner. They bou...
Mirasol

Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines - Here's something I wrote back in December... The weather has us pleasantly pinned in Admiralty Bay, Bequia. Our plan had been to sail to St Lucia to spen...
Raft

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Silas Crosby

A new adventure in the offing… - Hello all! It has been about a month since I left the boat in Puerto Williams. Although spent in the comfort and luxury of my parents’ beautiful house in V...
Moonwalker

- After 10 days of much work since my return from the USA, we got the boat ready and eventually our Pactor ready with the massive help from Robert and James ...
Visions of Johanna

Akaroa and Banks Peninsula - South Island New Zealand Lots of catching up to do! We departed Dunedin for the Banks Peninsula where we anchored outside the vacation/holiday type area ...
Nakia

La Cruz - We spent our first week in Banderas Bay at Punta Mita. We like anchoring there very much but during this visit we weren't able to pickup Wi-Fi to the boat ...
Sumatra

Towing the boat up the west coast of Mexico - *Previous trips had made it pretty clear that some boat and engine parts, including some small but essential things, were hard to find in Mexico. (Clevi...
Ellen Louise

Cooking Aboard: My Valentine - I know it is a little late but here is the amazing dinner M made for me on Valentines Day. We have learned by now that going out to dinner for ...
Smoke

Leaving La Palma, returning to Las Galletas (Tenerife) - Leaving Tazacorte wasn’t easy. This place really has the best climate on earth: sunny, not too hot, not too cold, seldom overcast, hardly any rain, and all...
Marelanja

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HourGlass

Bukit Keteri, Malaysia - While Squeak stayed on *Chandrika* at anchor being visited by a fellow cat owner and sailor, we decided to take the opportunity for some inland travel and ...
Seas The Day

Removing the Hybrid Components - Today Joel and Bertrand, the Lagoon conversion technicians from France, removed most of the hybrid system. Above are some of the heavy cables they pulled o...
Our Way Too!

My Captain~ - My First Mate posted this on Facebook about our Captain...her awesome Husband... I have thee most Awesome-ist Husband!!! He is a handsome, christian, gentl...
Capaz

Epilogue: This Cruising Chapter of Our Lives Comes to a Close - March 7, 2012 CAPAZ is no longer our boat. She has new owners. People keep asking how I feel about the sale and the answer has been that I feel like it ha...
Bike

Moosehead Bar - The camera was on a tripod and I waited for someone to come out of the bar. It might be a good shot, but I waited and waited and were wondering if it ...
Seaman's Elixir

Update - Seaman’s Elixir is still for sale, listed with Rhumbline Yacht Sales, Beth Simkins, 978-477-0272
Bristol Rose

Bad Luck Be Gone. Racing with WAGS. - Back in the slips at RQYSWomen on board a ship bring bad luck. A naked woman on board will calm the sea, hence the naked figureheads on large sailing ship...
Where II

Finally we are going to the BVIs - Now we had heard a lot about them – the British Virgins, but we had never met them. They are supposed to be beautiful full of nice little cosy places to...
Deja Vu

Saturday Market in Fronteras, Rio Dulce, Guatemala - On market days in the busy jungle town of Fronteras, also known as Rio Dulce (for the river that runs through it), stores of every sort crowd the narrow m...
Nancy Dawson

- This is what we aren't doing today, and I think Randy's more than glum about it now and again. I know he's bored and antsy: he shaved his beard off a while...
Delos

Hamilton Island Daze- By Brian - [image: IMG_4806] Hamilton Island, Whitsunday’s- This is Australia?!?!? As I sit here writing this it’s been just over 9 months since we cast off the d...
Kuhela

We're Back and Playing Catch-up - Because I wrote the last few blogs in Word and copied them to the blogspot program, they all failed to print out: just the titles showed as you have seen. ...
Pjotter

'Wonend de wereld rond' (article RTL Nieuws 365 magzine) - Wonend de wereld rond 27 maanden zijn Sebastiaan Ambtman (33) en Rhiannon Davies (40) met hun twee jonge kinderen Macsen (3) en Emma (5) weggeweest. Ze maak...
Helena

Pipi - 1st of February 2012† We have recently returned in Amsterdam with joy in our hearts and looking forward to sharing the beautiful news of our son with every...
Galena

Pago Pago Update 1 - Finally moved Galena to a mooring this morning. Rob (s/v Changing Spots)came aboard to help. I had two anchors down and had been hanging off only one for ab...
Christa

Day One 2012 - Glen Ellen, California Time is such a tricky topic. Philosophers still can't define time's exact nature. We can measure it, track it, but seem to stru...
Saviah

Tonga - Vava'u Group (09/15/2011 - 11/02/2011) - We left American Samoa and set sail for Tonga on Friday, September 15th. The winds were expected to be light. They were almost too light, but the foreca...
Lambada

Lambada visiting Bonaire [Dutch Caribbean] - The Lambada visited Bonaire last month for a short stay... [image: thumb_p1000358kl.jpg][image: thumb_p1000359kl.jpg]
Hafskip

On a beat - We finally left Palau after 5 and a half months of stationary dwelling. We had intended to move westward once Ralph had completed his divemaster certif...
KaijaSong

Cartagena, Columbia, Sept – Dec 2011 - *We returned to Cartagena with the goal in mind of having Lens Replacements Eye Surgery. We have been hearing from many of our cruising friends of the e...
Asylum

Paradise Found - Luf Island Village, Hermit Islands, Papua New Guinea (Continued...)
Geronimo

every day the same, every day completely different - Dear Geronimo blog readers, Our blog might become a little boring for you: still a great 22 knots of wind from behind, still a SOG (speed over ground) of...
Free Spirit

The Atlantic Crossing - Before even opening my eyes on Tuesday morning, I could feel the nerves beginning to gather momentum in my tummy. After months in the Med where were were n...
Calou

Calou's voyage in photos and video clips - Here's a video with highlights of our Puddle Jump. (Continued...)
Homeward Bound

An End and a Beginning... - If you're a regular visitor to HBSAILING.COM you'll know that this site has been a platform allowing us to chronicle our travels and travails over these ...
Ceol Mor

Waikaremoana Track by Heather - What an honour and a privilege! I was asked to join a lady’s annual tramping adventure and it has been one of my favorite experiences in New Zealand. Lei...
Cyan

- I just listened to this program from This American Life. It was presented earlier this year and you may have heard it. It will only be available for listen...
Bright Eyes

Hobodyssey.com - Last night as I was leaving the house, our landlord met us at the door with a guy whom he said was traveling all 50 states with only 50 dollars in his p...
Leander

What Do You Mean I’m Not Just Having A Bad Dream? - October 2, 2011 “PAUL!!!! PAUL!!!!!! WAKE UP!!!! THE BOAT!!!! WE’RE LOOSE!!!!!!!!” This is probably just a dream. I’m going back to sleep. I mean, it’s g...
Starshine

Blue Whales -
Sabbatical

Sabbatical is for Sale - She carried us in safety and comfort on a 4,000 mile round trip cruise to the Caribbean. You can't find a more stoutly built, comfortable and updated boat...
Amberella

mOcean - Heute war ich zum ersten Mal auf dem Aegerisee, Kanton Zug, Schweiz, segeln. Ein Skipperkurs für die Anmeldung am Bootsharing Sailbox.ch...
Kamaya

Goodbye Kamaya - I stepped off my boat for the very last time The home I had lived in for three years A life where I had seen many things That I might never see again I watc...
Faith

Notes on navigation and measurements - A three-meter shark is about ten-feet long. read more
Newly Salted

Hafskip at 12 months - Ralph and Penny have been cruising for 12 months on Hafskip, a 43ft John Pugh Windsong hailing from Melbourne Australia.You can learn more about them, and...
Alegria

Alegria will soon be available as a book - Do you want to know more about what it’s like to take a four year adventure? Look for the book, “I Go To Come Back” the travel adventures of the crew of Al...
Splendid

Motor Sailing -
Linda

Final Blog of sv Linda - August 11, 2011—At last I sat down to write my final blog. I have been putting it off but finally realized that it is time. We have been very busy sinc...
Tybee Time

Exciting News - Okay, so here it is the second week in August and lots of stuff has happened since I last blogged. I knew that last posting things were being set into mot...
Pourpre

Across The Coral Sea! - Across The Coral Sea. At long last it is finally ready!! Thank you for your patience as I took a little more time than usual on posting our final crossing....
Samadhi V

Your chance to own the cruising yacht of your dreams! - This just in! We've listed our Tayana 55 *Samadhi V* with Sail California, a wonderful performance and cruising yacht brokerage in Alameda, California. Ple...
Enee Marie

What the. . . ? - (Since posting this many a nice comment. If you'd like to visit the site where Enee is for sale click here.) So what's going on. It's been a few days. . ....
Senara

gunking toward home...... - Gunk hole: A small sheltered cove suitable for anchoring small watercraft. We love them. By a happy accident we found a perfect gunk hole just off Divid...
Pisces

Post-Cruising Adventures - Interested in what we are up to now? Here's a blog for our new boat, MOROSAURUS, Moore 24 hull #60, the classic speedster: http://morosaurus.blogspot.com/ ...
Lucidity

Coda - The trip is over, the lines are tied up and the refrigerator is empty and turned off. The boat is listed, she's sitting in Palmetto Fl at a brokerage. ...
Cruising With Cloverleaf

GARMIN MYSTERY MAPS - As an addendum to my previous post, GARMIN CHART PLOTTERS, HAVE THEY LOST THEIR WAY, I thought I would post some pictures of exactly how these charts look,...
DreamKeeper

The Last Legs - Nicole is a complete disaster. We are planning on leaving tomorrow for a long day trip to Half Moon Bay. The following day being the last of this voyage as...
Morning Light

Bike ride through “Het groene hart” - ? Water tower “The Pencil” in Meije. You can download the Google Earth track here.
Five Islands

Home, home on the range - A lot has happened since the last update. Upon returning from our Peru Trip, our focus switched to getting the boat ready for showing to prospective buyer...
Pirat

One Long Port Tack - Pirat’s underside back in Rum Cay. The hull is a bit scummy. That’s all it took to get from Rum Cay to Mayaguana – just 24 hours of close hauled ac...
Endeavour

Tuesday, 5th April 2011 - Just in case you think I have stopped writing my blog, for those of you who don’t know already, I have started a new blog for this year e...
Chaotic Harmony

6 weeks to go - The engines are out and have successfully made the transition to moorings. the new Yanmar's are ready to be disassembled and installed. (Continued...)
Altair

Carolina Beach -
Vagari

Beautiful San Carlos - One click will enlarge any photo
Lady Hawk

On the road again - *It is 9 o’clock on Tuesday, March 15 and we are since 6 o’clock on our way to Bequia, we will skip St. Vincent, it is everywhere very deep, hard to anchor...
Bold Endeavour

Birmingham Apartment 15th March - 20th April 2011... - BirminghamWell here we are again. The last month or so has flown by and as usual we have been very busy. Doon has started her new job and already spent a m...
Berlin Express

Looking good - After the last maintenance in October 2010, BE is still shining like new. Here are some photos from March 2011. A great boat and perfect home for a special...
Independence

I have not forgotten - Yes, I know it has been WAY too long since I posted a blog and sadly, this one is going to be short. I guess it is more for me, to force myself to get back...
Shadow of Lorelei

Kota Kinabalu Helpful List of Suppliers and More - Kota Kinabalu CRUISERS’ INFORMATION (Continued...)
Raptor Dance

New Sandy Bridge PC - Time to build a new PC! Check out our article on our website.
Sugata

Sailing from Hawaii to San Francisco video - I’ve taken the daily videos of our passage from Honolulu Hawaii to San Francisco in July 2010 and compiled it into a 14 minute clip. Susan wrote about our ...
Kenta Anae

Happy New Year!! - Just a little note to say that I am back to life again after a few days of sleeping and sickness, and so is the rest of my family! Here are a few pictures ...
uMoya

Coming around Cape Point - Puddles of light define the bays, looking more like fire and smoke than the weekend houses and favourite beaches...
IO

From Brisbane to Bamfield in 5 days - Like they say, nothing goes to windward like a jet airplane! Sidney to Calgary in 13 hours, incredible! I don’t think anyone living in modern society app...
Meander

Milo loves his bed - Here he is getting patted on his new bed. He's also been out and about in a grassy run area for a bit of exercise. I think it might be quite hot there bec...
Sand Dollar

Arrived Kudat - Monday afternoon We spent a couple of pleasant nights anchored off Palau Banggi. It rained quite a bit while we were there and it...
Billabong

Bobbing along on Billabong : the New Owner's Blog - Cross posted on Myles Crew via yachtbillabong.posterous.com Billabong is not just a boat.. she was our team mate, home, safety blanket, and vehicle for th...
Mulan

Adjusting - Well, it's nice to be sitting at a desktop computer in the stable environment of one's home. The days of typing, then hoping for a good radio connection to...
Te Moana

A favourite anchorage, 1770 - We’ve spent most of the past week at 1770, a charming anchorage between Gladstone and Bundaberg in Central Queensland. Joy and I rate it in our top 2-3 ancho...
Glayva

Ha Ha Ha - ................................without going into detail, I have not been updating simply because I .................forgot my password!! So, Im back o...
Cap’n Lem

Ashore - After an uneventful run to Terrington Basin, I dropped the anchor near the Otter Creek Sea Plane Port having sail, motored and drifted some 5678 nautic...
Constellation

Constellation is for sale (again) - In a strange twist of fate, Constellation is for sale again – But I’m not selling her! I wish I could buy her back… But, alas, paying rent on land is hard ...
Aurora Magnetica

- - *English follows* *Après* de très beaux moments en Arctique Canadien et Groenlandais Aurora Magnetica est maintenant prêt pour sa carrière de recherche s...
Sea Venture

in case you missed the link-- - www.seaventure.us is the site of the new blog and website combined.
Eupsychia

Pirates, Typhoons, now this... - Silly photo aside: Malaria is no laughing matter. There seem to be plenty of mosquitos available for transporting the disease from person to person. My ta...
Madness

- Test posting
OmarSea

WWW.OMARSEA.COM - Hi Everyone. Just a reminder we update our WWW.OMARSEA.COM site on a more regular basis. Please visit us there when ever you need to suppress your desires...
Zephyr

test - test
Wandering Dolphin

Day 2 Simpatica : Raining on Richard - (Continued...)
Picton Castle

Arrival in Anguilla - 0730 – beautiful warm sultry tropical Caribbean morning – winds have backed into the ESE and blow steady and fresh, sky has plenty blue in it, still some s...
Macha

If I Could Just Accomplish One Simple Thing Today... - So often, owning a boat feels like a chicken fight with Entropy. The other day I was stomping around in the dark, perhaps on my way to change a crappy diap...
Arcas

Annapolis Race Season has Started! - We kicked off the PHRF racing season on Saturday. The day started off warm and sunny, but clouds started covering the sky around 11am and we had a few sprink...
Bees Knees

Wearing of the Pink....on St. Patrick's Day! - April 2, 2010 Staniel Cay, Exumas Bahamas Well.....there's alot to tell....in such little time! We arrived in Staniel Cay last evening after a glorious sai...
Swingin' on a Star

The Palau Guide - Whew! Available at Amazon.com & Sam's Tours, Palau (View Post...)
Isis

- Currently Santiam and I are in Thailand. The trip is a short one as I have to be back for fishing season in Alaska this year by mid April. The trip from Ma...
Camelot

Over to facebook - Hi Now time to leave the travel blog, for more updates on us "trying to be normal" see Facebook Neil Michell. "Farewell and thanks for all the fish" (Hitchh...
Mary Elizabeth

FInal Post - Well, this will be our last post. The original idea of this blog was to chronicle our life living aboard sv Mary Elizabeth. We have had an incredible t...
Purrrfection

PURRRFECTION IS FOR SALE - PURRRFECTION IS "FOR SALE": (Continued...)
Brendon

October 2009 - Copper Canyon - Our beautiful hotel in El Fuerte Mexico. Check out the tree root mingled in with the floor tiles.
Salt & Light

we ain't where the picture shows! - It seems like ages since a post has been posted to our posting site. Maybe it seems that way because it has been ages! I guess it is the shock of being ba...
Kika

Wildlife in the wild ocean - It's been a wild night. Neither Matt or myself managed any sleep as a heavily reefed Kika crashed, rolled and wove her way downwind through a large sea. Th...
Xenos

Vikings used to sail, Therefore this post is legitimate.. - Things here are ticking over. When I say ‘ticking over’ I mean, of course, in the time bomb sense rather than heading towards a nice definable goal that wi...
Invincible

Charleston - After Jo has been researching quite a lot about shipping everything back to England it all has seemed to come together today as one of the companies rang...
Makai

Technical Difficulty - Sorry for the appearance of the site. Hopefully it will be fixed shortly & we can post further updates. Future posts: Visiting Curacao & Hauling Makai 7/18...
Waiben

The Countdown Begins - The engine room has been overhauled, with new main and secondary fuel filters, new fuel lift pump, ventilation in the engine room re engineered, al...
Tregoning

Tregoning arrives in Panama - Knowing that the trade winds do not blow very strongly in the southwest corner of the Caribbean and that some squally weath...
Wildflower

Last Leg for this Cruise - Where did we leave off? Oh, that's right, Puerto Escondido! After kidnapping Finn's friend, Niall, we headed out to Honeymoon Cove - a new anchorage on a ...
Hiatus

Hiatus Wrap Up - We came up with a few bullet points from our trip to wrap up the Hiatus blog. Enjoy! (Continued...)
Yolo

June 7, 2009 - St Thomas - Independent Boat Yard, Dry Dock - Hopefully we’ll go into the water tomorrow (Monday). Painting the hull bottom was an excruciating job. The paint is nasty and very expensive. You don’t dar...
Sandpiper

Its Official!! We have a new home! - [image: Sadie Sea]On Mooring Cruz Bay St John Island U.S. Virgin Islands USA! 18'19.9N/64'47.7W Its Official!! After four years traveling over 28,000 nautic...
Thaleia

Return to Ferngully - We have a lot of catching up to do, I'm afraid. We left Morehead City on Wednesday the 6th. We traveled 101 miles!!!! that day, making into an anchorage i...
Ohana Kai

Closed the circle - Completed Circumnavigation - May 6, 2009 9:55 am Zihuatanejo, Mexico coordinates 17 37.552N,101 35.457W Under blue skies, a light breeze out of the SSE, a perfect 80 degrees with turtl...
Octopus

Summary of our Atlantic Circuit - Many people thought we were crazy. Perhaps we were! We sailed across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and back. We completed the circuit in ten months, from t...
Sunshine Daydream

Follow Us Across the Atlantic - With most of our boat projects crossed off the list, a fully provisioned boat, clean laundry and the arrival of our new crew member, our friend Mike Hoadle...
Sea Si

Harbour Island, Bahamas _/) Miami Beach - The final leg of the delivery of Sea Si was completed on this voyage. The photograph above shows Sea Si docked at Dilido Island, Miami Beach. Note the trip...
Eira

House hunting... - We like the Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach area and are thinking this may be where we drop the anchor and stay awhile. We are starting to look at homes and ...
Delilah

Original Delilah - Here's a picture of John Martyn's Delilah, after which our boat was named. As usual, click on the picture for the larger version. For anyone that is inter...
Sunburn

The dreaded Gulf of Carpentaria - Well, we were all waiting waiting waiting - we needed a three day weather window to cross the gulf. Some yachts were going to Gove and some were going to t...
Dream Weaver

Life in the Left Lane - St. Croix was under Danish control for a long time and that is reflected in the very fine architecture, especially in Christiansted, an example of which is...
Morning Star

Cartagena, a Classy Place - The walled city of Cartagena originally comprised three districts: El Centro, San Diego, and Getsemani. The El Centro and San Diego areas were home to Cart...

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