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Day 24: Cloudless Skies And Hot Sechuan Pork
Actually the day started with squalls and showers. I was on watch from 00h00 to 03h00, spending one and a half hours at the helm fielding squalls. Not that I complain. No, the drizzle was quite...
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Day 25: A Squall And Challah
Today started with a squall for me. I was on watch from 03h00 to 06h00. The squall hit us just after 04h30 when dawn was strong in the air and I had switched off my headlamp and stowed it away. At...
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Day 28: Mince Curry And Tropical Clouds
Today saw the first of the tropical sunsets typical of the area that we are traversing. We are about eighty nautical miles from land. In the real humid tropics. We are now seeing tropical thunder...
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Day 32: Crossing The Equator And A Seafood Curry
We crossed the equator today. 00 degrees 00 minutes latitude. From now on, we are in the northern hemisphere. There is about twelve odd days left of our voyage. The navigation calculations now changes,...
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Day 33: A Sourdough Loaf And Good Navigation
I like it when a plan comes together. The famous line from the original A-team television series. Today, for me, it is pertinent at last. My navigation studies are paying off. Methods proposed in the...
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Day 36: Boerewors And Mash In The Rain
…… Needless to say, there is no chance of a sun shot today, as the sun is hidden behind the clouds. This makes for some interesting navigation practice for me, as there are now several factors to keep...
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Day 37: Laid Back Boule
…. The sky was quite clear this morning, hardly a cloud in the sky. This is tropical holiday weather. Clear, sunny skies in the morning, with some thunderclouds building in the afternoon, making for...
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Day 40: Land Ho And Onion Cashew Risotto
… My plot put us twelve miles closer to the island than the GPS, which translates to an hour or two additional sailing. At night the difference would be negligible, as the lights on the island and the...
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Day 43: Last Sourdough Twists In The Caribbean
Today is the last day of the long legs of our voyage. We are sailing past the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean at the time of writing this. In weather that is very hot and humid, the only respite...
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Epilogue: Tortola after 20 000 Leagues Over The Sea
The last part of our voyage included the customary stopover at St Maarten for essential repairs and maintenance before delivering the boat to Tortola. These repairs are very small, basically...
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