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- The Tuamotus and Societies of French Polynesia over 14 July – 4 September 2023 …and on Westward
- Friday 14th July 2023 - Quatorze Juillet! Sailing from Ua Pou to Tahanea
- Hakatea Bay, Nuku Hiva, Îles des Marquises
- Landfall in Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia, after 25-day passage
- Land ahoy!
- Nearing landfall in Nuku Hiva ...
- Please see my YouTube Videos for additional information on my crossing
- Tuesday 23 May (Day 20)
- Monday 22 May 2023 Day 19 of Pacific crossing
- Crossed the Line today - but had a major reefing problem and 20kt squall beforehand
- Day 11&12 The Doldrums!! Heavy rain and grey skies of the ITCZ overhead as the wind dies.....
- 11-13th May 2023 Doldrums ahead! Sailing toward the ITCZ...
- Fri 12 May - lovely sailing heading south... a few problems - nothing too major except loss of radio chats...!
- Tues 9th May 2023
- Day 4 of Pacific crossing - sailing well despite no genoa available
- Bad news tonight - boat position on plotter is lost
- Brief update from March 2021 to 2023
- Update: September 2019 - 2020 - February 2021
- Day 339 Fri-Sat 6-7th September 2019 Amazing welcome on arrival in Victoria! "Life is precious, make the most of it"
- Day 338 Thurs-Fri 5-6 Sept 2019 GMT 55 miles to go (at midday PDT) - but wind far too light for speedy progress toward finish :-(
- Day 337 Wed-Thurs 4-5 Sept 2019 GMT 79 miles to go (at midday PDT) - had to abandon Thursday's attempted landfall but possibility that Friday might have useful NW wind..?
- Day 336 Tues-Wed 3-4 Sept 2019 GMT 80 miles to go (at midday) - creeping along...
- Day 335 Mon-Tues 2-3 Sept 2019 GMT Just over 100 miles to go! Wednesday landfall looking possible - but only if good wind ..
- Day 334 Sun-Mon 1-2 Sept 2019 GMT Under 200 miles to go! WEDnesday landfall looking likely..
- Day 333 Sat-Sun 31stAug-1stSept 2019 GMT Into September - unbelievable! Mostly very light winds again but better direction
- Day 332 Fri-Sat 30-31 Aug 2019 GMT Slow progress again against light headwinds - mountains of Vancouver Island in view!
- Day 331 Thurs-Fri 29-30 Aug 2019 GMT Slow progress against light headwinds; shipping a-plenty
- Small communication problem
- Day 330 Wed-Thurs 28-29 Aug 2019 GMT Sailing a fair distance on long tacks in order to make some progress East
- 2019-08-27 Becalmed at 48N, 136W
- Day 329 Tues-Wed 27-28 Aug 2019 GMT Tacking against a light headwind makes for slow progress
- Day 328 Mon-Tues 26-27 Aug 2019 GMT Excellent speed over much of Monday but slowed right down by evening.
- Day 327 Sun-Mon 25-26 Aug 2019 GMT Light wind or no wind over Sunday. Boom loses its end... Weather ahead looking unhelpful.
- Day 326 Sat-Sun 24-25 Aug 2019 GMT Good speed Saturday - but drifting in no wind by Sunday
- Day 325 Fri-Sat 23-24 Aug 2019 GMT - Light winds... change of course to get around High
- Day 324 Thurs-Fri 22-23 Aug 2019 GMT Making excellent speed in a good direction over much of the day...
- Day 323 Wed-Thurs 21-22 Aug 2019 GMT Genoa well & truly wrapped around forestay so hoisted storm jib on inner forestay instead. Underway again.
- Day 322 Tues-Wed 20-21 Aug 2019 GMT 2nd reef line OK - full mainsail in light winds, approaching High
- Day 321 Mon-Tues 19-20 Aug 2019 GMT Heading NE but slower without genoa; 2nd reef sheave stuck
- Day 320 Sun-Mon 18-19 Aug 2019 GMT Expected deep Low arrives - we heave to overnight
- Day 319 Sat-Sun 17-18 Aug 2019 GMT A lovely,warm, sunny day again - perfect, if slow, sailing in gentle conditions.
- Day 318 Fri-Sat 16-17 Aug 2019 GMT Slow, slow, slow.... but winch finally working beautifully.
- Day 317 Thurs-Fri 15-16 Aug 2019 GMT Slowed down again by light wind - crawling along...
- Day 316 Wed-Thurs 14-15 Aug 2019 GMT Rainy, showery day as we keep heading north
- Day 315 Tues-Wed 13-14 Aug 2019 GMT Another day of pleasant downwind saiing - in warm air!
- Day 314 Mon-Tues 12-13 Aug 2019 GMT Goose-winged - downwind rolly sailng continues all day long
- Day 313 Sun-Mon 11-12 Aug 2019 GMT A lovely day of sailing; oil tanker gets close overnight
- Day 312 Sat-Sun 10-11 Aug 2019 GMT Another enjoyable day of warm, sunny, goose-winged sailing
- Day 311 Fri-Sat 9-10 Aug 2019 GMT Still heading due N but good weather window disappearing, to give difficult end to passage...
- Day 310 Thurs-Fri 8-9 Aug 2019 GMT Out of the Tropics - we pass N of 23 30'N - Tropic of Cancer
- Day 309 Wed-Thurs 7-8 Aug 2019 GMT More good sailing N, in fairly steady Trades...
- Day 308 Tues-Wed 6-7 Aug 2019 GMT Another lovely sunny, warm day - good sailing N, in good E wind
- Day 307 Mon-Tues 5-6 Aug 2019 GMT Lovely sunny day - good sailing N, in good wind - excellent DMG!
- Day 306 Sun-Mon 4-5 Aug 2019 GMT Drifting around in circles Sunday, as a weakening TS Flossie takes all our wind, but underway finally by Monday morning
- Day 305 Sat-Sun 3-4 Aug 2019 GMT Mainly slow going - but happy to keep clear of TS Flossie to ENE, moving closer
- Day 304 Fri-Sat 2-3 Aug 2019 GMT Rough going - but calms down later, despite overnight rain
- Day 303 Thurs-Fri 1-2 Aug 2019 GMT Better speed as wind gets up and threat from Flossie diminishes
- Day 302 Wed-Thurs 31stJuly - 1stAug 2019 GMT Mainsail repaired as we drift hove-to - then wind comes up - underway again, finally!
- Day 301 Tues-Wed 30-31 July 2019 GMT Expecting TC Erick to pass N later today...
- Day 300 Mon-Tues 29-30 July 2019 GMT Slowed down still, waiting for TC Erick to pass N of us...
- Day 299 Sun-Mon 28-29 July 2019 GMT Keeping a constant eye on Erick and Flossie...
- Day 298 Sat-Sun 27-28 July 2019 GMT ITCZ finally gives heavy overnight rain... and studying avoidance tactics for Erick & Flossie
- Day 297 Fri-Sat 26-27 July 2019 GMT ITCZ region passed through without a problem - it vanished!
- Day 296 Thurs-Fri 25-26 July 2019 GMT Excellent fast sailing in SE Trades overnight, headed to ITCZ
- Day 295 Wed-Thurs 24-25 July 2019 GMT Lovely sailing in steady SE Trades
- Day 294 Tues-Wed 23-24 July 2019 GMT Pleasant Trade Wind sailing... and no squalls!
- Day 293 Mon-Tues 22-23 July 2019 GMT Tues 23rd July 4:18:23am Tahiti time/14:18:23 GMT - exact time of my Equator crossing into N. hemisphere - in company with friends!
- Day 292 Sun-Mon 21-22 July 2019 GMT Heavy rain, grey cloud, heeling like mad and accelerating several times - unwanted excitement..
- Day 291 Sat-Sun 20-21 July 2019 GMT Mostly pleasant sailing - until squalls started up on Sunday morning....
- Day 290 Fri-Sat 19-20 July 2019 GMT A mix of light winds and a few squalls - but no fishing vessels close by
- Day 289 Thurs-Fri 18-19 July 2019 GMT Another day of slow progress in light winds between stronger wind under rain clouds
- Day 288 Wed-Thurs 17-18 July 2019 GMT Creeping along for most of day in very light wind when away from rainclouds
- Day 287 Tues-Wed 16-17 July 2019 GMT Forced to heave to for over 6 hours to avoid problem with Chinese fishing vessels overnight
- Day 286 Mon-Tues 15-16 July 2019 GMT Pleasant sailing in good wind, apart from a rain squall passing by.
- Day 285 Sun-Mon 14-15 July 2019 GMT Excellent close-hauled sailing - good to be seeing speeds of 6kt or more, for a change!
- Day 284 Sat-Sun 13-14 July 2019 GMT Quatorze Juillet! Dancing and racing celebrations in French Polynesia... and I celebrate getting underway finally - hope it lasts!
- Day 283 Fri-Sat 12-13 July 2019 GMT We crossed the convergence zone Friday - and got fair wind dawn Saturday - underway!
- Day 282 Thurs-Fri 11-12 July 2019 GMT Totally stalled all day - no progress N or NE possible... although some wind with overnight rain gave small NW gain
- Day 281 Wed-Thurs 10-11 July 2019 GMT
- Day 280 Tues-Wed 9-10 July 2019 GMT Light wind in daytime becomes even lighter overnight - drifting around in no wind by sunrise.
- Day 279 Mon-Tues 8-9 July 2019 GMT Drifting just W of Moorea, hoping to do sail and other repairs in lee of island
- Day 278 Sun-Mon 7-8 July 2019 GMT Headed to lee of Moorea for repairs - but we get rather too close for comfort...
- Day 277 Sat-Sun 6-7 July 2019 GMT Continuing rough seas and strong winds as we head towards Moorea
- Day 276 Fri-Sat 5-6 July 2019 GMT Tropic of Capricorn crossed - in the TropicsA but big, rough seas and strong Maramu wind continue.
- Day 275 Thurs-Fri 4-5 July 2019 GMT Ship's clock changed to Tahiti time - a repeat of 4th July. Into the Tropics.
- Day 274 Wed-Thurs 3-4 July 2019 GMT First of our Fourth of July days! A good day's run in less rough conditions over the day
- HAPPY JULY FOURTH !
- Day 273 Tues-Wed 2-3 July 2019 GMT Another gusty day in rough seas, en route to Polynesia
- Day 272 Mon-Tues 1-2 July 2019 GMT Maramu continues to blow and a solar eclipse takes place at sunrise
- Day 271 Sun-Mon 30h June - 1st July 2019 GMT Variable winds - lots of going round in cirles as wind drops
- Day 270 Sat-Sun 29-30 June 2019 GMT Mix of daytime light wind and rain squalls during the night.
- Day 269 Fri-Sat 28-29 June 2019 GMT
- Day 268 Thurs-Fri 27-28 June 2019 GMT Gusty conditions under big clouds make for another 'stop-start' day
- End of Day 267 Sunrise in the Pacific - 'Nereida' continues to sail ENE towards the Tropics
- Day 267 Wed-Thurs 26-27 June 2019 GMT Heaved to and fixed AP control head problem - plotter is quiet plus basic instruments also now working OK
- Day 266 Tues-Wed 25-26 June 2019 GMT Pleasant day's sail but a continuing plotter/autopilot problem
- Day 265 Mon-Tues 24-25 June 2019 GMT Productive day's work but little sleep overnight
- Day 264 Sun-Mon 23-24 June 2019 GMT A nasty storm with gale force winds and big, steep seas
- Day 263 Sat-Sun 22-23 June 2019 GMT Continuing ENE in good wind.
- Day 262 Fri-Sat 21-22 June 2019 GMT Making good progress E in N wind
- Day 261 Thurs-Fri 20-21 June 2019 GMT Winter Solstice in Southern Hemisphere. We finally cross the Date Line: 172 30'W just before 1900GMT Fri 21st June
- Day 260 Wed--Thurs 19-20 June 2019 GMT We creep along towards the Date Line at 172 30'W - but we're still not quite there yet...
- Day 259 Tues-Wed 18-19 June 2019 GMT On Day 259 in 2013 (8th July), I completed my first nonstop, solo circumnavigation - but still two months or more away from Victoria, B.C. - unbelievable!
- Day 258 Mon-Tues 17-18 June 2019 GMT Rough seas and strong wind from sunset as we head ENE from New Zealand
- Day 257 Sun-Mon 16-17 June 2019 GMT RAPTORS WIN... 4 games to 2.... WELL DONE, RAPTORS!!
- Day 256 Sat-Sun 15-16 June 2019 GMT Heading NE past Hawkes Bay, N.Z. - pleasant wind during day, then good wind overnight
- Day 255 Fri-Sat 14-15 June 2019 GMT Underway again - heading NE. Strong winds and seas overnight.
- Day 254 Thurs-Fri 13-14 June 2019 GMT Forced to sail SE in light NE wind- so finally heaved to.... peaceful!
- Day 253 Wed-Thurs 12-13 June 2019 GMT Heading NNE in better wind, but it dropped near dawn
- Day 252 Tues-Wed 11-12 June 2019 GMT Finally, some good wind - but 'on the nose'...
- Day 251 Mon-Tues 10-11 June 2019 GMT ... Wind died again overnight... Instruments & plotter down again... then back up
- Day 250 Sun-Mon 9-10 June 2019 GMT ... Drifted all day, not far from Timaru and Banks Peninsula, but wind up by nightfall.
- Day 249 Sat-Sun 8-9 June 2019 GMT ... Drifting S of Banks Peninsula, E of Timaru
- Day 248 Fri-Sat 7-8 June 2019 GMT ... Repairs ongoing in Timaru - we finally leave harbour
- Day 247 Thurs-Fri 6-7 June 2019 GMT Repairs ongoing in Timaru
- Days 245-6 Tues-Thurs 4-6 June 2019 GMT More work on repairs in Timaru
- Days 243-4 Sun-Tues 2-4 June 2019 GMT Working on board in Timaru - Monday was a holiday here (Queen's official birthday)
- Days 241-2 Fri-Sun 31 May - 2 June 2019 GMT Queen's Birthday Long Weekend in Timaru
- Day 240 Thurs-Fri 30-31 May 2019 GMT Heading in to Timaru harbour
- Day 239 Wed-Thurs 29-30 May 2019 Heading to Timaru - just avoided near-disaster in the dark
- Day 238 Tues-Wed 28-29 May 2019 Oamaru entrance made impossible in W wind, after light wind with 30kt gusts overnight
- Day 237 Mon-Tues 27-28 May 2019 Plotter is alive...! Heading to Oamaru to complete repairs
- Day 236 Sun-Mon 26-27 May 2019 Work on repairing knockdown damage continues...
- Day 235 Sat-Sun 25-26 May 2019 Mainsail in use, although only small, and wind generator working well.. but instruments down
- Day 234 Fri-Sat 24-25 May 2019 Good day'swork - mainail nearly ready for hoisting. Power problem near dawn...
- Day 233 Thurs-Fri 23-24 May 2019 Party time! Rounded South Cape on Stewart Island, New Zealand - fifth Great Cape of Southern Ocean.. Heading N now....
- Day 232 Wed-Thurs 22-23 May 2019 Party time! Rounded South Cape on Stewart Island, New Zealand - fifth Great Cape of Southern Ocean.. Heading N now....
- Day 231 Tues-Wed 21-22 May 2019 Very nearly there! Almost around the final Great Cape, on Stewart Island, New Zealand!
- Day 230 Mon-Tues 20-21 May 2019 Heading towards our final Great Cape on Stewart Island, N.Z.
- Day 229 Sun-Mon 19-20 May 2019 Slow progress, keeping well off the rugged SW coast of S. Island, N.Z.
- Day 228 Sat-Sun 18-19 May 2019 Making for Stewart Island again
- Day 227 Fri-Sat 17-18 May 2019 Heading N, to avoid strong weather to the S, bef
- Days 225-6 Wed-Fri 15-17 May 2019
- Days 223-4 Mon-Wed 13-15 May 2019 Excellent progress made in strong conditions - but then knocked down...
- Day 222 Sun-Mon 12-13 May 2019 Rough seas increase as strong weather system gets closer
- Day 222 Sun-Mon 12-13 May 2019 Rough seas increase as strong weather system get
- Day 221 Sat-Sun 11-12 May 2019 Wind finally gets up - making better speed
- Day 220 Fri-Sat 10-11 May 2019 Several sail slides positioned in mast track before rain and increased wind arrived
- Day 219 Thurs-Fri 9-10 May 2019 Another day of light winds with more drifting around, S of Tasman Sea
- Day 218 Wed-Thurs 8-9 May 2019 Finished stitching on mainsail repair just after sunset Thursday
- Day 218 Wed-Thurs 8-9 May 2019 Finished stitching on mainsail repair just after
- Day 217 Tues-Wed 7-8 May 2019 A productive day's work in calm seas
- Day 216 Mon-Tues 6-7 May 2019 No wind - we drift around at half a knot
- Day 215 Sun-Mon 5-6 May 2019 Rough seas, SE of Hobart, tossing us around all day
- Day 214 Sat-Sun 4-5 May 2019 A deliberately slow day, avoiding strong weather ahead
- Day 213 Fri-Sat 3-4 May 2019 We passed the Fourth Great Cape on Friday 3rd May at 23:56 GMT = 9:56am Saturday LT! We're back in the Pacific Ocean...
- We passed the SE Cape of Tasmania just now - our Fourth Great Cape!
- Day 212 Thurs-Fri 2-3 May 2019 Good progress made around Tasmania - close to rounding our 4th Great Cape
- Day 211 Wed-Thurs 1-2 May 2019 Passing SE, well off W coast of Tasmania, towards our 4th Great Cape
- Day 210 Tues-Wed 30th April - 1st May 2019 Fast morning,very slow later, after lovely sunny day
- Day 209 Mon-Tues 29-30 April 2019 Happy 1st of May to one and all !
- Day 208 Sun-Mon 28-29 April 2019 Making for Tasmania; weather looking a bit mixed ahead
- Day 207 Sat-Sun 27-28 April 2019 JSD is brought in; underway to Tasmania - as wind goes very light
- Day 206 Fri-Sat 26-27 April 2019 Conditions too strong to retrieve JSD - tomorrow, hopefully
- Day 205 Thurs-Fri 25-26 April 2019 Lying to JSD, well W of Bass Strait, working on AP problem
- Day 204 Wed-Thurs 24-25 April 2019 Thursday is Anzac Day - remembering those who were killed in too many wars
- Day 203 Tues-Wed 23-24 April 2019 Problem with autopilot - will need to stop to try to fix it
- Day 202 Mon-Tues 22-23 April 2019 Time zone change - 2hrs on, to E.Australian time.
- Day 202 Mon-Tues 22-23 April 2019 Time zone change again - 2hrs on, to E.Australian time.
- Day 201 Sun-Mon 21-22 April 2019 Busy but more relaxed day in gentle conditions - heading E on 40S, finally
- Day 200 Sat-Sun 20-21 April 2019 Back underway; Light-mantled albatross comes close
- Day 199 Fri-Sat 19-20 April 2019 Lying to JSD in big seas as wind eased
- Day 198 Thurs-Fri 18-19 April 2019 Lying to JSD in stormy weather
- Day 197 Wed-Thurs 17-18 April 2019 Wind less over day, building later and overnight
- Day 196 Tues-Wed 16-17 April 2019 Seas lie down a lot over day. ZERO magnetic variation.
- Day 195 Mon-Tues 15-16 April 2019 Rocking and rolling all day in big 8m swell, with wind up often
- Day 194 Sun-Mon 14-15 April 2019 Strong winds and seas continue - but with a few lulls in the wind while seas stay high
- Day 193 Sat-Sun 13-14 April 2019 Jordan Series Drogue at the ready
- Day 192 Fri-Sat 12-13 April 2019 We passed Cape Leeuwin today!! At 9:27 p.m.L
- Day 191 Thurs-Fri 11-12 April 2019 More sail repair; into W.Australia Time Zone
- Day 190 Wed-Thurs 10-11 April 2019 Rough conditions but good speed until Thurs morning when High moved closer
- Day 189 Tues-Wed 9-10 April 2019 Expecting strong winds and seas to come in overnight
- Day 188 Mon-Tues 8-9 April 2019 Good speed made in rough, strong conditions
- Day 187 Sun-Mon 7-8 April 2019 Slow day, but a speedier end in good wind from Cold Front
- Day 186 Sat-Sun 6-7 April 2019 Drifted in a circle overnight before getting underway in late afternoon, finally
- Day 185 Fri-Sat 5-6 April 2019 Very little progress made - ending up driting backwards...
- Day 184 Thurs-Fri 4-5 April 2019 Quiet, slow day, waiting for wind to back - and die even more...
- Day 183 Wed-Thurs 3-4 April 2019 Drifted around for several hours in no wind overnight - not helpful to forward progress
- Day 182 Tues-Wed 2-3 April 2019 Good progress - but later we start grinding to a near-halt...
- Day 181 Mon-Tues 1-2 April 2019 Some sewing done in light conditions of yet another High
- Day 180 Sun-Mon 31 March - 01 April 2019 Slow day again, in High pressure. Big and confused seas most of day
- Day 179 Sat-Sun 30-31 March 2019 Big seas, then rough seas
- Day 178 Fri-Sat 29-30 March 2019 Big swell all day long - 4-5m high - but winds have moderated
- Day 177 Thurs-Fri 28-29 March 2019 Strong CF passes over and Low forms to S
- Day 176 Wed-Thurs 27-28 March 2019 Good speed made; preparing for 'blow' on its way
- Day 175 Tues-Wed 25-26 March 2019 Good work done on mainsail repair
- Day 174 Mon-Tues 24-25 March 2019 Slow sewing in middle of High
- Day 173 Sun-Mon 23-24 March 2019 Feeling chilly and damp; starting to head NE again
- Day 172 Sat-Sun 22-23 March 2019 Mix of no wind and then far too much this evening...
- Day 171 Fri-Sat 21-22 March 2019 Heading ESE still to avoid typhoon/cyclone/hurricane coming S in a few days' time
- Day 170 Thurs-Fri 20-21 March 2019 Heading S to avoid cyclone
- Day 169 Wed-Thurs 19-20 March 2019 More E wind - very little progress made E. Heading S now to avoid cyclone
- Day 168 Tues-Wed 18-19 March 2019 Not a lot of Easting made today - East wind won't allow it!
- Day 167 Mon-Tues 18-19 March 2019 Rainy, grey day with Front passing through; wind died at sunset - drifted
- Day 166 Sun-Mon 17-18 March 2019 Mainsail repair underway;into a new time zone - on passing E of 67*30'E: GMT+5hrs
- Day 165 Sat-Sun 16-17 March 2019 Good news - we're not taking on water!
- Day 164 Fri-Sat 15-16 March 2019 A good, productive day in light wind of High
- Day 163 Thurs-Fri 14-15 March 2019 Still in High - slightly better wind but still not very fast progress
- Day 162 Wed-Thurs 13-14 March 2019 Wind disappeared again - we're into a High pressure area
- Day 161 Tues-Wed 12-13 March 2019 Big seas and strong wind....
- Day 160 Mon-Tues 11-12 March 2019 We pass our halfway point, finally! Wind increases, as Low passes to S, giving good speed.
- Day 159 Sun-Mon 10-11 March 2019 Lovely sunny day. Strong winds and seas later tonight and tomorrow
- Day 158 Sat-Sun 9-10 March 2019 Rough conditions as strong Front passes over
- Day 157 Fri-Sat 8-9 March 2019 Disaster averted - Fred's rudder nearly lost!
- Day 156 Thurs-Fri 7-8 March 2019 More drifting in High pressure area. Radio problem dealt with.
- Day 155 Wed-Thurs 6-7 March 2019 Cyclone Haleh heads S. We headed W... into a High with little wind...
- Day 154 Tues-Wed 5-6 March 2019 Cyclone Haleh forces us to head W - back again - how many times??
- Day 153 Mon-Tues 4-5 March 2019 Tropical Cyclone Haleh is headed south ... slows us down
- Day 152 Sun-Mon 3-4 March 2019 Mostly drifting under blue sky; bilge cleared of water, pump fixed; JSD packed; Fred mended
- Day 151 Sat-Sun 2-3 March 2019 A mix of no wind and good wind - but dying again at end of day
- Day 150 Fri-Sat 1-2 March 2019 We end up with no wind and JSD finally retrieved
- Day 149 Thurs-Fri 28 Feb-1st March 2019 Happy St David's Day - daffodils and leeks for the Welsh!
- Day 148 Wed-Thurs 27-28 Feb 2019 Jordan series drogue deployed - rough weather
- Day 147 Tues-Wed 26-27 Feb 2019 Low and its Cold Front passes over.Current takes us SE
- Day 146 Mon-Tues 25-26 Feb 2019 Clear sky, so bright sunny day and starry night sky
- Day 145 Sun-Mon 24-25 Feb 2019 Excellent few hours of fast sailing, then wind dies again
- Day 144 Sat-Sun 23-24 Feb 2019 Slow, slow, slow... but sunny and warm....
- Day 143 Fri-Sat 22-23 Feb 2019 Yet another day of light wind ...
- Day 142 Thurs-Fri 21-22 Feb 2019 Another time zone - and a pleasant, sunny but slow day
- Day 141 Wed-Thurs 20-21 Feb 2019
- Day 140 Tues-Wed 19-20 Feb 2019 Strong winds, rough seas and rain as CF passes over
- Day 139 Mon-Tues 18-19 Feb 2019 Agulhas Current makes itself felt! Speeds of 9.7kt seen
- Day 138 Sun-Mon 17-18 Feb 2019 Wind dies completely - eventually kicks in, but very light again
- Day 137 Sat-Sun 16-17 Feb 2019 Fair wind overnight but slow again over the day
- Day 136 Fri-Sat 15-16 Feb 2019 Cold Front passes over - we make over 7kt for a time!!
- Day 135 Thurs-Fri 14-15 Feb 2019 Lots of sunshine but very little wind....
- Day 134 Wed-Thurs 13-14 Feb 2019 Happy Valentine's Day! Sunny and clear - but little wind during the day, so limited progress made.
- Day 133 Tues-Wed 12-13 Feb 2019 In the Indian Ocean now - passed two Capes today - Good Hope and Agulhas.
- Day 132 Mon-Tues 11-12 Feb 2019 Rough going - fighting the infamous Agulhas Current in strong opposing wind...
- Day 131 Sun-Mon 10-11 Feb 2019 NW wind finally kicks in at dawn
- Day 130 Sat-Sun 9-10 Feb 2019 Wind strong overnight but very light during day - snail's pace!
- Day 129 Fri-Sat 8-9 Feb 2019 Slow progress under mainly grey skies with some rain
- Day 128 Thurs-Fri 7-8 Feb 2019 Into the next time zone - Z+1hr. A lazy day - as the wind dies, we creep along...
- Day 127 Wed-Thurs 6-7 Feb 2019 Rough cinditions overnight and into morning, then calmed down
- Day 126 Tues-Wed 5-6 Feb 2019 From light winds to strong winds and rough seas...
- Day 125 Mon-Tues 4-5 Feb 2019 Back into High pressure and light wind - some more drifting around...
- Day 124 Sun-Mon 3-4 Feb 2019 We crossed the Greenwich Meridian at 08:09:15 GMT - now in Eastern hemisphere...
- Day 123 Sat-Sun 2-3 Feb 2019 Drifting around in little wind all night, slow progress over the day.
- Day 122 Fri-Sat 1-2 Feb 2019 Relaxing day after rough weather - little wind
- Day 121 Thurs-Fri 31Jan-1Feb 2019 Into next time zone - GMT now. Winds and seas get big as CF gets close.
- Day 120 Wed-Thurs 30-31 Jan 2019 A lovely day's sail - but strong weather tomorrow
- Day 119 Tues-Wed 29-30 Jan 2019 Second night drifting off Gough Island - but wind finally kicks in and we sail away
- Day 118 Mon-Tues 28-29 Jan 2019 Gough Island
- Day 117 Sun-Mon 27-28 Jan 2019 Getting close to Gough Island, SSE of Tristan da Cunha
- Day 116 Sat-Sun 26-27 Jan 2019 Spectacled petrel seen , at last! Not far from Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island where they breed
- Day 115 Fri-Sat 25-26 Jan 2019 Torn edges of mainsail now taped together - more work needed to reinforce it.
- Day 114 Thurs-Fri 24-25 Jan 2019 Fog finally disperses to give mix of sun and clouds
- Day 113 Wed-Thurs 23-24 Jan 2019 Foggy, wet .... Drifted in no wind overnight
- Day 112 Tues-Wed 22-23 Jan 2019 Rainy and grey but good wind overnight
- Day 111 Mon-Tues 21-22 Jan 2019 Low to S gives wind and rain. Passed into new time zone - now GMT-1hr
- Day 110 Sun-Mon 20-21 Jan 2019 Total lunar eclipse overnight - an orange was hanging in the sky!
- Day 109 Sat-Sun 19-20 Jan 2019 Damaged mainsail lowered
- Day 108 Fri-Sat 18-19 Jan 2019 Ambling downwind in hazy sunshine
- Day 107 Thurs-Fri 17-18 Jan 2019 Good progress East - at last!
- Day 106 Wed-Thurs 16-17 Jan 2019 Strong overnight wind - mainsail torn
- Day 105 Tues-Wed 15-16 Jan 2019 Expecting Low, quickly followed by Cold Front, to come through - strong coditions on both...
- Day 104 Mon-Tues 14-15 Jan 2019 We end up drifting in no wind - again....
- Day 103 Sun-Mon 13-14 Jan 2019 Beautiful, relaxed day of good sailing in bright sunshine
- Day 102 Sat-Sun 12-13 Jan 2019 Some fast sailing today!
- Day 101 Fri-Sat 11-12 Jan 2019 Another frustratingly slow 24hr in light winds...
- Day 100 Thurs-Fri 10-11 Jan 2019 One hundred days at sea.... Another problem fixed...
- Day 99 Wed-Thurs 9-10 Jan 2019 Full canvas - and then the wind pipes up...!
- Day 98 Tues-Wed 8-9 Jan 2019 Underway again for a time - but then NE wind - so heaved to again ...
- Day 97 Mon-Tues 7-8 Jan 2019 Genoa put back in place while hove-to and then used on Tuesday in light wind
- Day 96 Sun-Mon 6-7 Jan 2019 SUCCESS! Genoa put back in place while hove-to!
- Day 95 Sat-Sun 5-6 Jan 2019 Another storm system to avoid....
- Day 94 Fri-Sat 4-5 Jan 2019 Beautiful summer weather - a lovely day, but ended with heaving to - weather warning received
- Day 93 Thurs-Fri 3-4 Jan 2019 Strong overnight wind and seas but becoming a lot calmer by early afternoon
- Day 92 Wed-Thurs 2-3 Jan 2019 Tail end of big Low gives strong conditions on Thursday
- Day 91 Tues-Wed 1-2 Jan 2019 Underway again - but wind dies....
- Day 90 Mon-Tues 31Dec - 1Jan 2018 Happy New Year!
- Day 89 Sun-Mon 30-31 Dec 2018 Here's wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year 2019!!
- Day 88 Sat-Sun 29-30 Dec 2018 Finally underway again, just before midday Sunday
- Day 87 Fri-Sat 28-29 Dec 2018 Hove to - drifting mainly W - nearly made a heart-shaped track!!
- Day 86 Thurs-Fri 27-28 Dec 2018 Heading NE, hoping to avoid Low ahead tomorrow...
- Day 85 Wed-Thurs 26-27 Dec 2018 Waiting for Low pressure system to pass - more to come...
- Day 84 Tues-Wed (Christmas Day - Boxing Day) 24-25 Dec 2018
- Day 83 Mon-Tues (Christmas: Eve - Day) 24-25 Dec 2018 Merry Christmas from the S. Atlantic!
- Day 82 Sun-Mon 23-24 Dec 2018 Season's Greetings from Nereida to everyone!| Merry Christmas! / Feliz Navidad!
- Day 81 Sat-Sun 22-23 Dec 2018 Beautiful clear, starry, night and sunny Sunday
- Day 80 Fri-Sat 21-22 Dec 2018 Another night becalmed and drifting south .... Grrr!!! Visit from RAF Falklands.
- Day 79 Thurs-Fri 20-21 Dec 2018 A mix of light winds, headwinds and good wind on the way to the Falklands
- Day 78 Wed-Thurs 19-20 Dec 2018 A mix of big wind and no wind. The birds enjoy a strong gust...
- Day 77 Tues-Wed 18-19 Dec 2018 0243Z - Cape Horn passed, at last! Now for Good Hope...
- Day 76 Mon-Tues 17-18 Dec 2018 Rough going again - wind display gives up the ghost.
- Day 75 Sun-Mon 16-17 Dec 2018 True Southern Ocean weather - big seas & big winds - but good speed...
- Day 74 Sat-Sun 15-16 Dec 2018 Underway to Cape Horn - the final 3-day run, started unexpectedly early!
- Day 73 Fri-Sat 14-15 Dec 2018 - Uku has a plan - but the Wind Gods laugh at him...
- Day 72 Thurs-Fri 13-14 Dec 2018 Underway again - hoping to 'round the corner' on 18th, winds permitting...
- Day 71 Wed-Thurs 12-13 Dec 2018 Hove to again - severe wind warnings
- Day 70 Tues-Wed 11-12 Dec 2018 Ralaxing sunny break on Wed in between the strong stuff...!
- Day 69 Mon-Tues 10-11 Dec 2018 Albatross frequently seen gliding over big seas...
- Day 68 Sun-Mon 9-10 Dec 2018 Finally - two magnificent Wandering albatross seen! Hove-to again...
- Day 67 Sat-Sun 8-9 Dec 2018 South wind forces us East
- Day 66 Fri-Sat 7-8 Dec 2018 Good to be underway! Nice sailing in frequent big seas
- Day 65 Thurs-Fri 6-7 Dec 2018 A beautiful sunny day - underway again with sail retrieved from sea!
- Day 64 Wed-Thurs 5-6 Dec 2018 We have a PLAN!!
- Day 63 Tues-Wed 4-5 Dec 2018 We end up hove-to with a genoa problem
- Day 62 Mon-Tues 3-4 Dec 2018 Two months since leaving Victoria...
- Day 61 Sun-Mon 2-3 Dec 2018 Some sunshine again - wonderful!
- Day 60 Sat-Sun 1-2 Dec 2018 Sunny blue sky - but not for long!
- Day 59 Fri-Sat 30Nov-1Dec 2018 Course change overnight to avoid possible strong wind gusts
- Day 58 Thurs-Fri 29-30 Nov 2018 1477n.ml. due W from Puerto Montt in Chile
- Day 57 Wed-Thurs 28-29 Nov 2018 Underway again -being thrown around...!
- Day 56 Tues-Wed 27-28 Nov 2018 Singing in the rigging!
- Day 55 Mon-Tues 26-27 Nov 2018 Sometimes bright, sometimes dull, always either sea fog or overcast...
- Day 54 Sun-Mon 25-26 Nov 2018 Lots of work on deck, improving the broken rod-kicker connection to the mast
- Day 53 Sat-Sun 24-25 Nov 2018 We finally move on again... at good speed for a short while
- Day 52 Fri-Sat 23-24 Nov 2018 Big seas from strong weather to south - still hove-to, waiting for better wind direction.
- Day 51 Thurs-Fri 22-23 Nov 2018 Winds still from the east - seas a lot bigger - still hove-to
- Day 50 Wed-Thurs 21-22 Nov 2018 HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO MY U.S. FRIENDS!
- Day 49 Tues-Wed 20-21 Nov 2018
- Day 48 Mon-Tues 19-20 Nov 2018 Change of climate as a Low affects us.....
- Day 47 Sun-Mon 18-19 Nov 2018 600 ml SW of Easter Island - last Pacific island nearby before the islands in the Cape Horn region of S.America
- Day 46 Sat-Sun 17-18 Nov 2018 Good sunshine with scattered thin cloud. Rolling around, downwind.
- Day 45 Fri-Sat 16-17 Nov 2018 Hazy sun, deep blue ocean...
- Day 44 Thurs-Fri 15-16 Nov 2018 Passed 24 n.ml. due W of tiny Ducie Island around midnight - furthest S atoll in Pacific
- Day 43 Wed-Thurs 14-15 Nov 2018 Out of the Tropics... 260 ml NE of Pitcairn Island, 80ml NNW of Ducie Island & 900 ml WNW of Easter Island
- Day 42 Tues-Wed 13-14 Nov 2018 Little sleep overnight with rain first and light winds later
- Day 41 Mon-Tues 12-13 Nov 2018 More work on solar power problem... now (almost) resolved! - many thanks to ham radio friends!
- Day 40 Sun-Mon 11-12 Nov 2018 Work continues on solar panels problem...
- Day 39 Sat-Sun 10-11 Nov 2018 Work continues on solar panels problem...
- Day 38 Fri-Sat 9-10 Nov 2018 Pleasant, gentle sailing - but work needed on solar panels.
- Day 37 Thurs-Fri 8-9 Nov 2018 Few clouds, bright sun - hot!
- Day 36 Wed-Thurs 7-8 Nov 2018 Lots of gentle, pleasant sailing.... under cloudless sky for several hours on Wed.
- Day 35 Tues-Wed 6-7 Nov 2018 More rain squalls...then a bright, sunny morning
- Day 34 Mon-Tues 5-6 Nov 2018 Instruments all back again!!
- Day 33 Sun-Mon 4-5 Nov 2018 Over the Equator!! Fast sailing in the SE Trades
- Day 32 Sat-Sun 3-4 Nov 2018 Sunday: crossed the 'Line'!! Saturday: worked on solar panels and instrument circuit.
- Day 31 Fri-Sat 2-3 Nov 2018 Wind display back - but then ALL instruments go down. One solar panel back...
- Day 30 Thurs-Fri 1-2 Nov 2018 Remaining solar panel no longer giving power to batteries
- Day 29 Wed-Thurs 31Oct-1Nov 2018 We lose displayed wind information
- Day 28 Tues-Wed 30-31 October 2018 A lot of rain - Nereida has had several baths!
- Day27 Mon-Tues 29-30 October 2018 Rain, rain and more rain - slow progress S.
- Day26 Sun-Mon 28-29 October 2018 A lot of drifting around.... It's the Doldrums...
- Day25 Sat-Sun 27-28 October 2018 Problems needing to be resolved: wind steering (easy!)/staysail/genoa/solar power input
- Rig problems on board 'Nereida' - Saturday evening 27th October 2018
- Day24 Fri-Sat 26-27 October 2018 Almost impossible to get S on Saturday
- Day23 Thurs-Fri 25-26 October 2018 Arrive at 10N - ITCZ entered with a big rainsquall... then v. little, v. shifty wind
- Day22 Wed-Thurs 24-25 October 2018 A bit rougher and quite cloudy by Thursday midday
- Day21 Tues-Wed 23-24 October 2018 A sailing Paradise in the NE Trades!
- Day20 Mon-Tues 22-23 October 2018 Ambling along towards the ITCZ in light wind
- Day19 Sun-Mon 21-22 October 2018 Solar power input down to half again....
- Day18 Sat-Sun 20-21 October 2018 Just realised we're definitely in the Tropics now - south of 23.5N - the Tropic of Cancer...!
- Day17 Fri-Sat 19-20th October 2018 Rolling around in boisterous NE Trades on Friday, ambling on Saturday...
- Day16 Thurs-Fri 18-19th October 2018 Rocking and rolling through the NE Trades!
- Day15 Wed-Thurs 17-18th October 2018
- Day14 Tues-Wed 16-17th October 2018 Solar panels' power input doubled!
- Day13 Mon-Tues 15-16th October 2018 - gliding along smoothly in light winds
- Day12 Sun-Mon 14-15th October 2018 Wind light but we're keeping going
- Day11 Sat-Sun 13-14th October 2018 Trying to keep going and avoid the worst of the calm patches....
- Day10 Fri-Sat 12-13th October 2018 Watched the sun setting as the generator ran happily - fixed!!
- Day9 Thurs-Fri 11-12th October 2018 First squid on deck this morning! Too small to cook.
- Day8 Wed/Thurs 10/11th October 2018 Overnight rain, sunny & cloudy day, rolling around still...
- Day7 Tues-Wed 9-10th October 2018 430 ml WNW of San Francisco at midday Wed
- Beautiful sunset over Cape Flattery on 3rd Oct & sunset tonight (9th Oct) through a wet windscreen
- Day6 Mon-Tues 8-9th October 2018 Passing Cape Mendocino .... and the N. Cal
- Flying Nereida's asymmetric out side Victoria Hbr a week or so ago before leaving
- Day5 Sun-Mon 7-8th October 2018 Dolphins came to play around Nereida!
- Day4 6-7th October 2018 Rough seas and strong winds make for a bumpy but fast
- Day3 5-6th October 2018 Very strong conditions from a Low passing over...
- Fri5Oct Wind up to 40-50kt earlier, big seas to match, but now eased to 17kt
- Day2 Thursday 4th October 2018 Wind died, but then overnight into Friday a Low
- Day 1 Wednesday 3rd October 2018 A wonderful send-off .... and start!
- Thursday 27th September 2018
- 12 Sept 2018 - Rig check and other work at Canoe Cove
- Vancouver Thursday 6th September 2018
- Sat 1st September 2018: Update from Tsehum Hbr an Cadboro Bay:
- One job finally crossed off the list
- Re: Updates from Tsehum Hbr - 11th and 14th August 2018
- Updates from Tsehum Hbr - 11th and 14th August 2018
- 11th August 2018 - Rain! Hard at work in Tsehum Hbr
- 11th August 2018 - Unusually... IT RAINED TODAY!!
- July report from 'Nereidα in Victoria
- Melges24 Worlds about to begin
- May news from RVYC, Victoria, B.C.
- Back from Mexico - on board 'Nereida' at RVYC, Victoria, British Columbia - with lovely May sunshine!
- Tues 10th April - Sailing 'Epiphany' back to Mexico - landfall.
- Fri-Sun 6th-8th April 2018 - Sailing 'Epiphany' back to Banderas Bay in Mexico
- Thurs 5th April 2018 - Sailing back - preferably to somewhere in Mexico, rather
- Wed 4th April
- test
- Day 5/6 to Marquesas from Mexico (on 'Epiphany')
- Day 4 to Marquesas from Mexico on 'Epiphany'
- Day 3 to Marquesas on 'Epiphany'
- Wed - Day 2 to Marquesas from Mexico
- March update on recuperation from my fall and a plan to set sail to Polynesia from Mexico ...on friends' boat 'Epiphany'
- 28th October 2017 - another beautiful day in Victoria and a trip to the Inner Harbour to welcome the Canada C3 expedition ship 'Polar Prince'
- 6th October 2017 - a view of the Strait but from Oak Bay, not from Nereida
- Departure delayed for the foreseeable future.
- 27th September 2017 - departure date decided
- Tuesday 19th September 2017
- 1st September 2017 Work on board continues!! Good progress being made....
- Memories from just over five years ago..... Arrival in Tasmania from Cape Town....
- 26th August 2017 - Excellent working visit by Robert and Rose
- Tuesday 22nd August 2017
- 13th August 2017
- View from RVYC dock, Cadboro Bay, on a lovely sunny August day...
- 19th August 2017 - Victoria, B.C., Canada
- Testing posting blogs from the website to Facebook automatically - 8/18 10:00 AM Pacific Time
- Testing posting blogs from the website to Facebook automatically - 8/16 9:05 AM Pacific Time
- Testing posting blogs from the website to Facebook automatically - 8/15 4:15 PM Pacific Time
- 10-11th August 2017 - Icom America come up trumps!
- Testing posting blogs from the website to Facebook automatically - 2
- Photos taken on journey from Pt Angeles to Everett via Puget Soundp
- 9th August 2017 - from Port Angeles to Everett
- 8th August 2017 (afternoon) Unexpectedly early arrival in Pt Angeles
- 8th August 2017 - Foggy Strait of Juan de Fuca ... again!
- 7th August 2017 - B.C. Day - but I couldn't see B.C. across the Strait due to fog!
- 7th August 2017 Just S of Cape Flattery: Fog.... No wind... No autopilot.... trapped at the helm!
- 6th August 2017 - sailing, finally .... but in fickle wind...
- 5th August 2017 Full sail - for a time!
- 5th August 2017 A dilemma - weather forecasts contradict each other!!
- Friday 4th August 2017 - sunshine at last!
- Test - 2 posting blogs from the website to Facebook automatically
- Testing posting blogs from the website to Facebook automatically
- Testing posting blogs from the website automaticly
- Thursday 3rd August 2017. Change of plan...
- Wednesday 2nd August - Genoa wrap - definitely neither edible nor pleasant!!
- Foggy, calm Pacific with albatross for company
- Tuesday 1st August 2017 - On passage north
- Leaving SF ..... finally....
- Trying to leave San Francisco
- About to leave San Francisco Bay
- At Spaulding's Boat Yard in Sausalito
- Time in the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta
- Making good use of time - main jobs postponed to Thursday
- San Francisco. ..and a whale keeps us company
- More photos from San Francisco
- From Half Moon Bay to San Francisco
- Half Moon Bay arrival
- Rounding Pt Sur - Thursday 13th July 2017
- Pt Sur - struggling to get around - evening of Thursday 13th July
- Approaching Point Sur - the 'Cape Effect' slows us down again...
- Point Piedras Blancas and lighthouse
- Pt Conception
- Approaching Pt Conception
- Sealions, cormorants, pelicans, gulls.... as we leave San Pedro
- On passage to L. A. from S.D.
- Sunday 9th July 2017
- San Diego Saturday 8th July 2017
- Ensenada to San Diego - Wed/Thurs 5/6th July 2017
- Friday 30th June 2017 - A good productive day in Ensenada
- Thank you, Navico!
- Cabo Colonet anchorage
- A 'lightbow'
- Monday 26th June 2017 Company on its way!
- Sunday 25th June - Still anchored in Colonet
- Fri/Sat 23/24 June 2017 Passage to Ensenada...
- Thursday 22nd June 2017 - on passage to Ensenada
- Wednesday 21st June 2017 - in Bahia Tortugas overnight
- Big surf & thick fog make Asuncion a 'no-no'...
- Seas not lying down
- 19th June 2017
- Waiting for a weather window
- Saturday 17th June 2017 San Juanico
- Foggy. ...no wind...
- Thursday is the day...!
- Radio problem worsens...!
- Saturday 11th June
- Tried twice to get around Cabo Falso yesterday. ..
- Twice tried to make it around Cabo Falso...
- No escape yet!
- On passage to Los Frailes
- A frustrating day…..
- Ensenada de Los Muertos
- Los Muertos
- Anchored off La Ventana -kite boarding venue -they're foiling!!
- Speed impellor cleared
- La Ventana
- Baja coast along SE end of San Lorenzo Channel
- Baja coast near SE end of San Lorenzo Channel
- On passage to Cabo San Lucas -Day2
- Nereida starts heading N once more
- La Paz update plus test posting of photo to website
- Test sending re-sized photo from gmail
- Test post of photo + text, using gmail
- test photo & text sent from MBP
- Re: Spending time on boat joblist. ..
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- Los Islotes sealion colony
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- 25th-27th April 2017 Los Muertos
- 23April2017 Landfall on the Baja
- On passage to the Baja
- Relaxed breakfast before getting underway...
- Anchored off Isla Isabela - overnight Thurs/Fri 20/21 April 2017
- Sailing in a seabreeze!
- Testing sending photo to website from iPad via Aurora terminal
- Punta de Mita - 8/9th April
- 10-16th April 2017 La Cruz de Huanacaxtle - Buen Semana Santa a todos !
- Punta de Mita 8/9th April 2017
- On passage from Chamela to Pta de Mita
- Thursday 6th April 2017 A pleasant motor north to Chamela in very light, mainly
- Good work day today!
- Tenacatita
- Approaching Bahia Tenacatita from Bahia Navidad
- Clocks went forward in Mexico last weekend
- More R&R in Bahia de Santiago, Manzanillo, Mexico. ..
- Sunset over Santiago Bay, Manzanillo, Mexico
- Bobbing about gently, near Manzanillo
- Arrival in Manzanillo Friday 24 March
- Cargo vessel 'Atlantic Rainbow' heads NW as we do...
- Lovely time at Isla Grande
- Leaving Zihuatanejo for Isla Grande
- Genset needing attention...
- Wonderful but busy day at Zihuatanejo Guitar Fest
- Remainder of photos from last post...
- Photos of busy Wed in Zihua
- Wednesday 8th March - anchored Zihuatanejo 1.20 a.m.
- Day 2 to Zihuatanejo - very light wind.... motoring
- Passage from La Cruz de Juanacaxtle to Zihuatanejo -Day 2
- Day 1 from La Cruz de Juanacaxtle to Zihuatanejo - for their Guitarfest!
- Safe arrival in Banderas Bay
- Passing Isla Isabela
- Mazatlan Main Commercial Harbour
- Leaving Mazatlan -a lovely sail in bright sunshine
- Looking aft towards marina entrances North of old Mazatlan
- Arrival in Mazatlan - Mon 20th Feb 2017
- Sunrise on Monday morning at 1345Z
- Sunset as Baja is left behind
- Sunset leaving the Baja behind
- Sunday 19th February - underway again
- Mast heads
- San Jose del Cabo - Saturday
- San Jose del Cabo - brown pelican
- Mssing mast track slide
- Main sectiomn of snashackle went missing last night....
- Missing mast track slide
- Main section of snapshackle went missing last night....
- Cabo San Lucas
- Missing mast track slide
- Fwd: Warm at last! 2/3rd down the Baja...
- Passing by whale-calving area
- Warm at last! 2/3rd down the Baja...
- One day out from Ensenada
- sending test photo from iPad - not possible to add text
- Photo attachment with text to website blog via Aurora
- Alex T soon after VG finish - testing sending photo with blog
- San Diego - testing again sending photo with blog
- Re: Balboa Park, San Diego - testing sending photo with blog - copy from gmail
- image test
- Fwd: Balboa Park, San Diego - testing sending photo with blog - copy from gmail
- Balboa Park, San Diego - testing sending photo with blog - copy from gmail
- Balboa Park, San Diego - testing sending photo with blog
- New Year 2017
- Perspective!
- Day 15: Monday28thNov2016 Strong winds over Sunday night, on final leg to SD
- Day 14: Sunday27thNov Gentle, relaxed sailing overnight - a nice change!
- Day 13 Sat 26th Nov 2016 A painful but unavoidable decision...
- Day 12: Friday 25th Nov 2016 Strong wind and rough seas build again later.
- Day 11: Thursday 24th Nov 2016
- Day 10: Wednesday 23rd Nov 2016
- Day 9: Tuesday 22nd Nov 2016 Unwanted and unexpected excitement....
- Day 8: Monday 21st Nov 2016 Strong wind under rainclouds - we reach 9 knots!
- Dawn over Nereida
- HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO MY U.S. FRIENDS!!_
- Day 7: Sunday 20 Nov 2016 - Better course in W winds but still rough at times
- Chart table at night
- Day 6: Saturday 19 Nov2016 More strong weather? Low moves N- we turn more S as pressure rises
- Day 5: Friday 18Nov2016 - Strong weather...
- Day 4: Thurs17Nov2016 Squalls, calms..... Difficult to get S in light winds
- Day 3 Wed 16Nov2016 - Heading S in squalls...
- Day2 - Nov15: Wind shifts from E to WNW and then to WSW - all overnight. I find a pin.
- 14th Nov: Day 1 - again!! But totally different from last time...
- Bard and Banker
- Getting set for Sunday afternoon re-start - 4pm from Harbour entrance
- Thurs 3rd Nov 2016, A beautiful day in Victoria area today
- 31st Oct: "Lots of interest in damaged staysail and series drogue"
- 29th Oct 2016, Safely in Victoria Inner Hbr - Causeway Dock
- Day 10 Friday 28th Oct 2016 - arrival back in Victoria
- Day 9 Thurs 27th Oct 2016 - Motoring towards Cape Flattery in light wind and rolly seas
- Day 8 Wed 26th Oct 2016 - Go West, young woman!!
- Day 7 Tues 25th Oct 2016
- Day 6 Mon 24th Oct - big winds and seas...
- Day 5 (contd) Sun 23rd Oct: Another bigger blow expected - JSD deployed 0400GMT
- Day 5 Sun 23rd Oct: Another bigger blow expected
- Day 4 Sat 22nd Oct Decks get a good wash...
- Day3 Fri 21 Oct 2016
- Day 2 Thurs 20 Oct 2016
- Midnight - We finally get wind... and rough seas...!
- Day 1 - through Race Passage at speed...
- Start of RTW sail on Wed 19th October
- Saturday 23rd July: Progress being made- but slow!
- Saturday - sunshine in Juan de Fuca by midday...
- Friday - wind subsides around dawn - Cape Flattery rounded - landfall!
- Thursday - Hope you had an enjoyable 'Quatorze Juillet'!
- Wednesday - finally some sunshine! Good progress N.
- Tuesday - more weather study for passage
- Monday - v. little wind overnight..
- Sunday - strong winds gone, seas lying down slowly
- Friday - dolphins came to say "Goodnight" last night/...total change of strategy
- Thursday
- Wednesday - on to port tack - wind from NW
- Tuesday - more traffic - busy ocean!
- Monday - Fourth of July - SHTP race boats pass close by
- Sunday - 2 ships come close...
- Saturday - grey clouds, big seas, wind up to 25kt again
- Friday - frustrating last night but better later today
- Thursday - lost ensign..warm clothing needed!
- Wednesday - towards Juan de Fuca Strait - 'washing machine' conditions overnight
- Tuesday - Channel Islands Hbr, Oxnard
- Sunday - Cat Harbor & Isthmus Cove Mon - to Oxnard
- Saturday - to Santa Catalina Island (S. Channel Islands)
- Thursday - Left Mexican waters - Hallo San Diego
- Wednesday ....Calm sea under low overcast ... finally began to break
- Murky overcast
- Turtle Bay
- Making good progress NW - mainly motoring in light wind...
- Passed Bahia Magdalena and Bahia Santa Maria
- 'Baja Bash' - not so bad....
- Thursday - we finally make it - but heading SW at start....
- Wind info gone completely...
- Calm overnight.... breeze up later in day...
- Glassy morning sea, increasingly bumpy ride overnight
- Sailed for just one hour - but forced to motor again....
- Saturday
- Sunday - safe arrival in San Jose
- Away ... and back...
- Relaxing day
- Problem leaving Mexico....
- That red ball is sinking fast into the grey haze on the horizon....
- hazy sun, humid air, 32C. overnight..
- Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa.... wind info back?
- Acapulco - Dia de Marinero - fiesta!!
- Overnight fun and games.... Busy with shipping.
- UK May Bank Holiday/US Memorial Day
- Good wind, then light wind...
- Off again... away to Cabo Corrientes and on to Acapulco
- Away .... And back!
- Back on board Nereida in Mexico
- To San Blas from La Cruz de Huanacaxtle - 13-18th February 2016
- To San Blas from La Cruz de Huanacaxtle - 13-18th February 2016
- To San Blas from La Cruz de Huanacaxtle - 13-18th February 2016
- December 2015 - Rudder nicely repaired ... back afloat! Here's to a Happy New Year 2016!!
- 5th November 2015 Back in San Carlos Marina Seca after some unwanted excitement in the Sea of Cortez
- News from Santa Rosalia in Sea of Cortez, on inside (East) coast of Baja California Sur
- Leaving San Carlos
- Arrival in San Carlos... Blanca dies down as she heads N over the Baja
- Arrival in Mazatlan: 9 May 2015
- March/April Update from Mexico
- 9Feb2015 - La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Nayarit, Mexico
- Season's Greetings - from 'Nereida' afloat in San Carlos!!
- More news from Marina Seca, San Carlos
- More news from Marina Seca, San Carlos
- More news from Marina Seca, San Carlos
- San Carlos Report - 5th Nov 2014
- Southampton Boat Show ... Hurricane Odile ... Bart's Bash
- Greetings from beautiful British Columbia... photos!
- Hot work on the hard...
- Time to return to "Nereida" via Phoenix - work to be done in San Carlos!
- Quick trip back to London
- 20th April 2014 - Happy Easter!!
- More New York photos ... and news from Devon, England!
- From Ensenada to Turtle Bay-Cabo San Lucas-Sea of Cortez -Austin - New York for the Blue Water Medal
- Arrival in San Carlos, from Ensenada via San Jose del Cabo and La Paz
- Ensenada and London
- About ready to leave San Diego for Ensenada, Mexico
- From Pt Arguello to San Diego
- Santa Cruz
- Moving on..
- SFYC - cold, foggy mornings..., warm, sunny afternoons...
- Friday 18th October -Day 7 - landfall at Belvedere , close by Tiburon, at the San Francisco Y.C.
- Thursday 17th October -Day 6 to SFYC
- Wednesday 16th October - Day 5- heading for the 'barn door'.
- Tuesday 15th October 2013 - Day 4 to San Francisco
- 14th October 2013 Strong wind and rough seas off Oregon, approaching Cape Blanco.
- October 13th - Canadian Thanksgiving
- Mid-August to end of September 2013
- Westport Marina - haul-out on 15th July 2013 - launched 17th August
- Videos and photos of overnight arrival, Victoria, 8th July 2013, and interviews following morning
- Nereida crosses the Line
- RTW Day 258: N. Pacific: Mostly Drifting in Fog and No Wind
- Nereida entering Juan de Fuca
- Position Update Saturday Evening - 74 NM to go
- RTW Day 257: N. Pacific: Good Wind Over the Day But Dies to Nothing Overnight
- Position Update Saturday Morning
- Position Update Friday Evening
- RTW Day 256: N. Pacific: ETA Saturday – Strong Winds Arrive at Last!
- Position Update Friday Morning
- RTW Day 255: A Small Red Plane Circles Us and Takes Photos
- Aerial Photos from Day 255
- RTW Day 254: N. Pacific: Slow, slow, slow ... as pressure builds.
- RTW Day 253: N. Pacific: Frustrating Morning of No Wind, But Finally Lay Course by Evening.
- RTW Day 252: N. Pacific: Pleasant But Slow Sailing in Sunshine and Light Wind ....
- RTW Day 251: N. Pacific: Slow Progress E Having to Tack Against Light Headwinds
- RTW Day 250: N. Pacific: Slow Progress E as Wind Backs from Overnight SSE
- RTW Day 249: N. Pacific: OVERNIGHT: DRIFTING IN NO WIND ... DAYTIME: WIND ARRIVED TO GIVE GOOD SPEED
- RTW Day 248: N. Pacific: WE CONTINUE TO CLAW OUR WAY E - SE
- RTW Day 247: N. Pacific: Blue Sky, but Very Little Wind
- RTW Day 246: N. Pacific: DRIFTING IN NO WIND UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON
- RTW Day 245: N. Pacific: WIND AHEAD NOT LOOKING HELPFUL - WE BITE THE BULLET AND HEAD SE...
- RTW Day 244: N. Pacific: SPEEDY BUT ROUGH CONDITIONS GIVE WAY TO LIGHT WINDS
- RTW Day 243: N. Pacific: A Good Day Sail...Strait of Juan de Fuca under 1000 n.ml. away
- RTW Day 241-242: N. Pacific: Little or no Wind Wednesday Overnight and Thursday. Tiring and Frustrat
- RTW Day 240: N. Pacific: Good Speed Maintained in W-WNW Wind. Generator Problem...
- RTW Day 239: N. Pacific: Low Passes by - Wind Down During the Morning
- RTW Day 238: N. Pacific: Continued Excellent Speed in SSE Wind
- RTW Day 237: N. Pacific: Murky, Grey... Fog then Rain...Welcome to the "Pacific NW" !!
- RTW Day 236: N. Pacific: Another day of gentle sailing, making quite good progress
- RTW Day 235: N. Pacific: Good Speed this Morning - Around 7kt for a Time
- RTW Day 234: N. Pacific : Good East Wind - We Head N at Last
- RTW Day 233: N. Pacific : NNE Winds... Frontal System Preventing Passage N For Most of the Day
- RTW Day 232: N. Pacific: Cold, Rainy, Wet
- RTW Day 231: N. Pacific: Fog as Night Falls, After a Day of Drifting in No Wind, Trapped in Frontal
- RTW Day 230: N. Pacific: Much Better Course and Speed, in Calmer but Rainy Conditions
- RTW Day 229: N. Pacific: Strong Wind, Rough Seas, Grey and Rainy
- RTW Day 228: N. Pacific: One Painfully Slow Day Followed By a Stormy One
- RTW Day 227: N. Pacific: Glorious Day of Easy Sailing - But Wind Slowly Died
- RTW Day 226: N. Pacific: Rolling About - Good Downwind Sailing
- RTW Day 225: N. Pacific: Another Bright But Slow Slow Day- Wind finally Veered to the SE
- RTW Day 224: N. Pacific: Another Slow Sunny Day... AP Stopped Working But Problem Soon Fixed
- RTW Day 223: N. Pacific: Difficult Overnight Passage Through Hawaiian Archipelago in Very Light Wind
- RTW Day 222: N. Pacific: Albatrosses, Terns and Boobies, as We Get Close to Lisianski Island
- RTW Day 221: N. Pacific: Albatross Near By... and Hotel Nereida Has Guests Again
- RTW Day 220: N. Pacific: Will be Crossing the Tropic of Cancer Soon After Midnight
- RTW Day 219: N. Pacific: Running Backstay Comes Loose
- RTW Day 218: N. Pacific: Excellent Speed in E Wind, But Choppy Seas
- RTW Day 217: N. Pacific: Passing 200n.ml W of Johnston Atoll
- RTW Day 216: N. Pacific: Gentle NE Trade Force Us West
- RTW Day 215: N. Pacific- White Tropic Bird Comes By
- RTW Day 214: N. Pacific: Catch Sight of Mercury After The Sun Goes Down
- RTW Day 213: N. Pacific- Heavy Stove Comes loose ...
- RTW Day 211-212: N. Pacific- Feeling Happy - ITCZ Vanishes!
- RTW Day 210: N. Pacific - Another pleasant day in the S.E. Trade Winds
- RTW Day 209: N. Pacific - Wind died, so winch serviced
- RTW Day 208: Pacific - Into the Northern Hemisphere .... and the N. Pacific
- RTW Day 207: South Pacific- Great sailing up to the Line - we will be crossing over night
- RTW Day 206: South Pacific - Another Lovely Day of Sailing
- RTW Day 205: South Pacific- A Beautiful Day's Sailing
- RTW Day 204: South Pacific- Hotel Nereida welcomes a guest
- RTW Day 203: South Pacific- drifting backwards overnight but good winds over day
- RTW DAY 202 - COMPUTER DAMAGED - NO EMAILS POSSIBLE (IN OR OUT)
- Update on Email Failure
- Message from Jeanne
- `RTW Day 201: In S.Pacific - pleasant, warm, relaxed day - mostly slow but gen
- RTW Day 200b: In S.Pacific - squalls... heavy rain blots out solar eclipse ...
- RTW Day 200a: In S.Pacific - across the 180 degree Meridian - Date Line- back
- RTW Days 198&199: In S.Pacific - squally conditions
- RTW Day 197: In S.Pacific: NW of Fiji still... wind mostly light, but stead
- Broken Impeller Photo
- RTW Day 196: In S.Pacific: Trying to round Fiji still... wind mostly v. lig
- RTW Day 195: In S.Pacific: Trying to round Fiji... wind died and backed to
- RTW Day 194: In S.Pacific: Rounding Fiji... generator repaired and working f
- RTW Day 193: In S.Pacific: Bright sun., continuing big seas but definitely c
- RTW Day 192: In S.Pacific: Bright sun., big seas still... but mostly a smoot
- RTW Day 191: In S.Pacific: Squalls, rain, big seas - not a pleasant day...
- Visiting Finches from Last Week
- RTW Day 190: In S.Pacific: Back up to speed in good wind but rough seas
- RTW Day 189: In the S.Pacific: studying weather, weather, ....and more weather
- RTW Day 188: In the S.Pacific: One contented greenfinch takes up residence..
- RTW Day 187: Hotel Nereida has overnight guests .... and the galley is back in
- RTW Day 186: Solar panel wiring problem dealt with in calm, sunny conditions
- RTW Day 185: Exit from the Tasman Sea into Pacific 'proper' .. more problems to
- RTW Day 184: Across the Tasman Sea - Big flying fish for lunch! Rolling hitch
- RTW Day 183: Across the Tasman Sea - I celebrate the six-month anniversary
- RTW Day 182: Across the Tasman Sea - First flying fish found! Good wind
- RTW Day 181: Across the Tasman Sea - sunny morning, cloudy, with rain, later
- RTW Day 179: Across the Tasman Sea - drifting in big circles, difficult to keep
- RTW Day 180: Across the Tasman Sea - headsail sheet comes adrift - 'genoa wrap'
- RTW Day 179: Across the Tasman Sea - drifting in big circles, difficult to keep
- RTW Day 178: Across the Tasman Sea - Grey, cool day - and a very wet 'n' windy
- RTW Day 177 - Lovely day of warm sun and blue sky - summer weather at last!
- RTW Day 176 - Slow progress - Light wind and sunshine, rainclouds in afternoon
- RTW Day 175 - Bright, sunny, increasingly-calm day, as wind dies.
- RTW Day 174 - Lovely clear skies and bright sun - but more rough seas.....
- RTW Day 173 - a nice start to day... but ended up with strong, rough conditions
- RTW Day 171 - Good wind continues - but rain ahead of CF also
- RTW Day 172 - good relaxing sailing until light winds arrived after a beautifu
- RTW Day 170 - Back down to 44S overnight - but good wind from dawn on, so go
- RTW Day 169 - we round SE Cape of Tasmania - but wind finally stops good progress
- RTW Day 168 - struggling to get round SE Cape of Tasmania in fickle, light winds
- RTW Day 167 - Approaching Tasmania's SE Cape - into new time zone
- RTW Day 166 - we celebrate windsteering back in action, despite additional, unex
- RTW Day 165 - wind disappears after sunset and seas lie down
- RTW Day 164 - back-up to laptop screen goes down - causing a few problems!
- RTW Day 163 - a pair of dancing storm petrels at sunset....
- RTW Day 162 - wind less, seas still quite big but not quite so rough... a more r
- RTW Day 161 - Gusty winds, rolling dwnwind and frequent surfing....
- RTW Day 160 - Underway again, after being hove-to overnight.
- RTW Day 159 - Hove to in strong conditions...
- RTW Day 158 - Seas and wind lessen ... white-headed petrel visits
- RTW Day 157 -
- RTW Day 156 - More rough seas... and strong, gusty wind with rain
- Note on Postings
- RTW Day 155 - Passing S of Cape Leeuwin, Australia in rough seas...
- RTW Day 154 - good sailing, seas still quite big, wind down a bit....
- RTW Day 153 - wind steering rudder fell off as we got underway again....
- RTW Day 152 - hove to overnight with damaged radar mount ... Windgen trashed
- RTW Day 151 - continuing big swell and good SW wind - and a trio of albatross!
- RTW Day 150 - big swell and good W wind
- RTW Day 149 - Good speed early on ... slow by nightfall
- RTW Day 148 - Fast start & end to day - and solar flare disrupts radio comms...
- RTW Day 147 - Back to ambling in light wind again -a pleasant day, but SLOW!
- RTW Day 146 - Good wind continues... an excellent 24hr run!
- RTW Day 145 - Good wind at last! Fog again overnight.
- RTW Day 144 - Foggy again... a little more wind, but not much...
- RTW Day 143 - Fog again, as we crawl E in light breeze
- RTW Day 142 - wind dying again - fog tonight
- RTW Day 141 - consistent wind for a change... work on cooling circuit...
- RTW Day 140 - wind slowly picke up - cooling water problem still
- RTW Day 139 - drifting in no wind again... genoa furling problem fixed
- RTW Day 138 - pleasant downwind sailing
- RTW Day 137 - a lovely sunny day with fair wind.... impellor seen to.
- RTW Day 136 - Better progress in WSW winds .. and another time zone reached.
- RTW Day 135 - more drifting in little wind....
- RTW Day 134 - Drifting in no wind all day.... until near midnight..
- RTW Day 133 - Cold Front comes through - with increased wind & rain - and then wind dies...
- RTW Day 132 - Good progress, helped by an excellent current over much of the da
- RTW Day 131 - We're halfway around!!
- RTW Day 130 - close to halfway, on a warm, sunny day of good, gentle sailing....
- RTW Day 129 - becalmed again - unbelievable... soooo frustrating!! But wind later...
- RTW Day 128 - good sailing in mostly 4-5m seas
- RTW Day 127 - definitely in the'Roaring Forties' - hove to last night but calm tonight
- RTW Day 126 - Sunny morning with strong WSW wind, easing. Very strong again overnight - we heave to
- RTW Day 125 - Overcast, rainy, headwind - then no wind and foggy...
- RTW Day 124 - Ambling in dying wind - but bright sunny morning with lots of birds again all day
- RTW Day 123 - Hove-to overnight in rough seas and strong winds - which slowly eased by late afterno
- RTW Day 122 - An increasingly rough day - with lotsofbirds!
- RTW Day 120 - another sunny, slow day.
- RTW Day 119 - one of those 'special' days ! Thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing!
- South African Capes
- RTW Day 118 - grey, slow day - foggy afternoon
- RTW Day 117 - rolling around DDW in big seas still ... BIRDS GALORE!
- RTW Day 116 - big seas, strong wind.... small sails!
- RTW Day 115 - strong weatherexpected tonight/tomorrow
- RTW Day 114 - we pass Cape Agulhas in rough weather- into the Indian Ocean
- RTW Day 113 - we pass Cape of Good Hope just after midday!!
- RTW Day 112 - close to passing Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - Cold Front approaches with good wind, so
- Day 111 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - little wind again - trying to keep heading East!
- Day 110 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - little wind again - trying to keep heading East!
- RTW Day 109 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas -Cold Front gives strong wind overni
- RTW Day 108 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - drifting in no wind until late afternoon
- RTW Day 107 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - Fog, rain, CF passes with good win
- RTW Day 106 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - even slower than yesterday... half
- RTW Day 105 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - foggy, damp, slow day...
- RTW Day 104 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - we sail from West into East - crossed Greenwich Meridi
- RTW Day 103 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas -Passing S of the Discovery Seamounts
- RTW Day 102 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - CF passed ... SW swell amd wind
- RTW Day 101 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - wind a-plenty, as CF approaches
- RTW Day 100 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - drifting around in circles ... no
- RTW Day 99 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - a spectacled petrel nearby - at las
- RTW Day 98 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas -
- RTW Day 97 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - a boisterous ride in strong wind
- RTW Day 96 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - over halfway between S.America and
- RTW Day 95 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - afernoon sunshine and blue sky
- RTW Day 94 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - murky, grey... wind picked up final
- RTW Day 93 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - ambling along under grey sky in lit
- RTW Day 92 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - wind eases, after strong overnight
- RTW Day 91 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - wind right down by late afternoon a
- RTW Day 90 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - more fast sailing in even more gust
- RTW Day 89 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - good sailing in gusty conditions
- RTW Day 88 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - some weak sunshine, seas fairly st
- RTW Day 87 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - thick fog followed by rain as a Col
- RTW Day 86 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - fog, seals, dolphins, ..and another
- RTW Day 85 - to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas -
- RTW Day 84 to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - a little less wind but BIG seas...
- RTW Day 83 - Cape Horn to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - strong winds, BIG seas
- RTW Day 82 - Cape Horn to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - mix of light and stron
- RTW Day 81 - Cape Horn to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - ambling in light, ofte
- RTW Day 80 - Cape Horn to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - Iceberg watch again,
- RTW Day 79 - Cape Horn to Capes of Good Hope/Agulhas - celebrating while ambl
- Day 78 towards AND AROUND! ..Cape Horn - YES.....!!!!! (at 11:27:44 pm LT)
- Day 77 towards Cape Horn - Pair of Royal albatross come to visit - in bright su
- Day 76 towards Cape Horn - Good sailing in big seas
- Day 75 towards Cape Horn -Increasingly strong conditions over Fri into night
- Day 74 towards Cape Horn - shroud fixed - ALL OK!!!
- Day 73 towards Cape Horn - wind to 30kt dies down - nice sunshine most ofday!
- Day 72 towards Cape Horn - wind increasing as pressure drops - up the mast agai
- Day 71 towards Cape Horn - little wind all day - up the mast again!
- Day 70 towards Cape Horn -strong wind overnight .... sunshine briefly, with ligh
- Day 69 towards Cape Horn - overcast & grey, increased wind overnight .... We rea
- Day 68 towards Cape Horn - overcast, grey, but good wind still ....
- Day 67 towards Cape Horn - still some fog, overcast, better wind ....
- Days 65/66 towards Cape Horn - foggy, some drizzle, overcast, very little wind .
- Day 64 towards Cape Horn - a beautiful, sunny Christmas Eve!! -
- Buller's Albatross
- Christmas Card from the South Pacific
- Day 63 towards Cape Horn - Underway again, after hove-to
- Day 62 towards Cape Horn - A pair of albatross close by in bright sunshine this
- Day 61 towards Cape Horn - Gentler early today, but squally later...
- Day 60 towards Cape Horn - Fast sailing in strong wind, being tossed around in b
- Day 59 towards Cape Horn - Pleasant sailing in sunshine, after Front passes over
- Day 58 towards Cape Horn - Pleasant increasingly downwind sailing over the day..
- Day 57 towards Cape Horn - Sailing well in fairly easy conditions
- Day 56 towards Cape Horn - Hove to around dawn - genoa dealt with, then wind st
- Day 55 towards Cape Horn - Hove to ... strong winds and seas make deck jobs dif
- Day 54 towards Cape Horn - Hove to in big swell - problems to see to in the mor
- Day 53 towards Cape Horn - We get sailing ...!
- Day 52 towards Cape Horn .... Hove-to... mix of frustrations and calm relaxatio
- Day 51 towards Cape Horn ....Still virtually becalmed and not moving far....
- Day 50 towards Cape Horn ....Warm, CALM... we drift around, headed north at tim
- Work on the Wind Instrument
- Day 49 towards Cape Horn .....WE HAVE WIND INFO IN THE SYSTEM...!!!
- Day 48 towards Cape Horn - more work on the spare wind transducer - mainly wood
- Day 47 towards Cape Horn - nearly opened the bubbly - soldered connections on s
- Day 46 towards Cape Horn - Rough seas built up more, but no squalls - just stro
- Day 45 towards Cape Horn - Rough seas, squalls, .... working on wind vane proje
- Day 44 towards Cape Horn - A pleasant sailing day in Trades, after overnight squ
- Day 43 towards Cape Horn - A day of meandering in almost no wind in between spee
- View from the Top
- Day 42 towards Cape Horn -Rolling hitch to the rescue- yet again!
- Day 41 towards Cape Horn - Now for the wind instrument up the mast...
- Day 40 towards Cape Horn - Finally resolve autopilot problem - all's well!!! No
- Day 39 towards Cape Horn - Pleasant day of good Trade Winds sailing... no weird
- Day 38 towards Cape Horn - a weird happening, as wind and seas get up...
- Day 37 towards Cape Horn - wind veered and slowly died ..... grrr!!
- Day 36 towards Cape Horn - in the Southern hemisphere ... making good speed
- Across the Equator
- Day 35 towards Cape Horn - last day in Northern hemisphere for six months...
- Day 34 towards Cape Horn - rough seas, beating into SE wind, wind very slowly b
- Day 33 towards Cape Horn - slow, beating into SSE wind, forced to head SSW at be
- Day 32 towards Cape Horn - slow going, with lots of changeable wind and rain ove
- Day 31 towards Cape Horn - another good day's sail, with some excitement later..
- Photos from Jeanne
- Day 30 towards Cape Horn - a good day's gentle sail, headed south...
- Day 29 towards Cape Horn - cloud to the E, cloud to the S - doubt if we can avoi
- Day 28 towards Cape Horn - hot and sticky ... as we try to dodge the convection
- Day 27 towards Cape Horn - hot, hot... as we near the ITCZ and Equator
- Day 26 towards Cape Horn - hot, bright, sunny ... wind dying over the day
- Day 25 towards Cape Horn - several urgent jobs - and a flurry of flying fish
- Days 23/24 towards Cape Horn - sun at times, mostly light wind from NE, problems
- Day 22 towards Cape Horn - A booby comes to visit, in continuing grey conditions
- Mounting the New Liferaft
- Day 21 towards Cape Horn - Grey, cloudy.... Ambling in NE Trades..... AP probl
- Day 20 towards Cape Horn - Another problem just caught in time - and fixed.....
- Day 19 towards Cape Horn - Bright sun and good speed in more settled wind
- Day 18 towards Cape Horn - We cross over into Mexico..! Calling all birders...
- Day 17 towards Cape Horn - slow day but excellent speed from evening on!
- Day 16 towards Cape Horn - mostly drifting in light wind
- Days 14/15 - up at sunrise on Monday - fair wind + ebb tide - we finally 'escape
- Day 13 - becalmed, unable to leave SF...!
- Day 11 New liferaft fitted on new cradle - we're free to sail on!
- Day 10-- pausing in Sausalito on way to Cape Horn
- Day 10 towards Cape Horn... We made it!! But wind wasn't helpful for getting int
- Day 9 towards Cape Horn... Wind up and down...
- Day 8 towards Cape Horn - ETA SF Bay Wed/Thurs, depending on wind
- Day 7 to Cape Horn - with a definite diversion to SF...
- Day 6 to Cape Horn - with a probable brief diversion to SF...
- Day 5 to Cape Horn - A lovely gentle sail this evening!
- Day 4 to Cape Horn - beating into rough seas...
- Day 3 - South to Cape Horn
- We're away! Days 1 & 2 towards Cape Horn...
- Nereida Leaves Victoria
- Nonstop, single-handed, unassisted RTW - Monday looking good?
- Nonstop, unassisted, single-handed RTW ...ready to leave later this week?
- Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends! Report from B.C. after trip to UK for Southampton Bo
- Report 3 from B.C.
- Report from sunny Canoe Cove, British Columbia
- On to Port Townsend via Friday Harbor....the bright sunshine continued!
- Report 13: We 'closed the loop' on 1st August, W of Tatoosh Island/Arrival in Victoria
- Report 12 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca...ETA Victoria Wed 1st Aug
- Report 11 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca...ETA Victoria Wed 1st Aug
- Report 10 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca...Tofino Radio (560 ml away)
- Report 9 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca....Grey skies, light wind ...
- Report 7 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca...... Bright sun and little w
- Report 6 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca......a pair of storm petrels
- Report 5 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca......more possible tsunami de
- Report 4 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca... Full canvas... lovely sail
- Report 3 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca:Flying fish for lunch!
- Report 2 on final leg of RTW - Nth to Juan de Fuca: squalls from noon onward
- Report 1 -- To Kauai and heading N to Juan de Fuca
- Day 20 from Tahiti - Report from Honolulu (Oahu) after Kona (Hawaii) check-in to
- Day 19 from Tahiti to Hawaii - Approach to Hawaii - landfall in Kona after midni
- Day 18 from Tahiti to Hawaii - grey clouds and some showers ....PC/bluetooth problems
- Day17 from Tahiti to Hawaii - great Trade Wind sailing in hot weather ..
- Day 16 from Tahiti to Hawaii - more good sailing in sunny weather ....PC/bluetoo
- Day 15 from Tahiti to Hawaii - more good sailing in sunny weather .....Canada Da
- Day 14 from Tahiti to Honolulu
- Day 13 from Tahiti to Honolulu - through the ITCZ - dark grey clouds, big seas.
- Day 12 from Tahiti to Honolulu - 162 miles DMG in good, sunny, sailing condition
- Day 11 from Tahiti to Honolulu - into the ITCZ... rain and cloud mixed with suns
- Days 9 and 10 from Tahiti to Honolulu - Partytime on 'Nereida' ! - Equator cross
- Days 7 and 8 from Tahiti to Honolulu -wind finally increases and veers - we're sailing nicely!
- Day 6 from Tahiti to Honolulu - wind down to 2-3 kt , sea smooth...
- Days 4 and 5 from Tahiti to Honolulu - hot, hot, hot as we approach the Equator!
- Day 1 from Tahiti to Oahu - underway, finally, in SE Trades.
- Tahiti report 2 - boat jobs keeping me very busy
- Days 37 and 38 from Hobart - safe arrival in Tahiti through reef entrance at sunset
- Days 35 & 36 from Hobart - We finally turn and "make for the barn" - AT LONG LAST!
- Day 34 from Hobart - stormy overnight, too close to Mauke for comfort...
- Days 31-33 from Hobart - pleasant relaxed sailing, ...but then a Front came thro
- Days 29 and 30 from Hobart - lovely fast sailing in sunshine...
- Day 28 from Hobart - drifting, hove-to once more, as Low comes by...
- Day 27 from Hobart - Low starrts up not far to N of us...
- Day 26 from Hobart - Gusty, squally day with rougher seas and some rain...
- Days 24 -25 from Hobart - lovely sailing in SE Trades today....some small succes
- Day 23 from Hobart - first flyimg fish.. squalls!....good progress... but due N.
- Day 22 from Hobart - stormy conditions overnight ease during the day to give a p
- Day 21 from Hobart - stormy weather again....
- Day 20 from Hobart
- Day 19 from Hobart - wind down, so underway at 4am - nice sailing over the day
- Day 18 from Hobart - close to the centre of a Low - stormy weather...
- Day 17 from Hobart - a lovely day's sail followed by drifting in almost no wind
- Days 15 and 16 from Hobart
- Days 13 and 14 from Hobart - AP problem - changed hydraulic fluid in AP system o
- Day 12 from Hobart - Royal albatross and Cape Petrel pairs with us still...
- Day 11 from Hobart - pairs of Royal albatross and Cape Petrel brighten up a dull
- Day 10 from Hobart - big slowdown to avoid nasty weather ahead
- Day 9 from Hobart - Cold Front came through - hint of rain ahead, clear, with st
- Day 7 from Hobart - SW Cape of New Zealand rounded overnight - 5th Great Cape
- Day 7 from Hobart - so many birds all day - and then ... AP problem
- Day 6 from Hobart - albatrosses, shearwaters and prions... getting close to NZ!
- Day 5 from Hobart Lovely sunny day - and a possible disaster vanishes into thin
- Day 4 from Hobart - good wind all day - we make excellent progress !
- Day 3 from Hobart - wind up and down under rainclouds
- Day 2 - Passage from Hobart - towards Stewart Island
- Day 1 - Passage from Hobart - towards Stewart Island
- Hobart report 4 - trying to sail away - but weather not helpful!
- Hobart report 3 - still lots to do...
- Hobart report 2 -On the hard, after a busy week - but not all work!
- Day 56 - Landfall from Cape Town - tied up in Hobart at last!
- Day 55 - Landfall - almost! I round the SE Cape of Tasmania towards Hobart
- Day 54 from Cape Town to Hobart - following strong wind gives excellent sailing
- Day 53 from Cape Town to Hobart - wind finally backs and strengthens
- Day 52 from Cape Town to Hobart - wind still light and from E-ENE all day
- Day 51 from Cape Town to Hobart - wind dies after some good sailing - forecast l
- Day 50 from Cape Town to Hobart - still very little wind..
- Day 49 from Cape Town to Hobart - light wind, lovely sunshine, working on deck..
- Day 48 from Cape Town to Hobart - surprising good wind overnight, but died slowl
- Day 47 from Cape Town to Hobart - wind dies away as a Big Fat High extends over
- Day 46 from Cape Town to Hobart - under way finally!
- Day 45 from Cape Town to Hobart - stayed hove to all day - waiting for big swel
- Day 44 from Cape Town to Hobart - a nice day's sail - hove to overnight - again
- Day 42 from Cape Town to Hobart - Hove-to all night and to midday
- Day 42 from Cape Town to Hobart - Hove-to tonight, after a good sailing day in b
- Day 41 from Cape Town to Hobart - fast night, slow day!
- Day 40 from Cape Town to Hobart - another good sailing day - but bumpy!
- Day 39 from Cape Town to Hobart - third day of pleasant sailing...!
- Day 38 from Cape Town to Hobart - second day of pleasant sailing downwind
- Day 37 from Cape Town to Hobart - Cold Front passes - heavy rain! Bright sun and
- Day 36 from Cape Town to Hobart - overcast, murky day - contrast to yesterday!
- Day 35 from Cape Town to Hobart - wind dies, good jobs done in warm sunshine.
- Day 34 from Cape Town to Hobart - winds up to 48kt as Cold Front comes by
- Day 33 from Cape Town to Hobart - wind slowly gets up, ready for the next Cold Front
- Day 32 from Cape Town to Hobart - fast morning, relaxed afternoon!
- Day 31 from Cape Town to Hobart - more pleasant sailing, seas and wind up a bit
- Day 30 from Cape Town to Hobart - relaxed, gentle sailing - not much wind!
- Day 29 from Cape Town to Hobart - sailing again - to SE to avoid being becalmed
- Day 28 from Cape Town to Hobart - I decide to heave to again!
- Day 27 from Cape Town to Hobart - waiting for the CF all day - finally comes as
- Day 26 from Cape Town to Hobart - the 'calm before the storm' ...
- Day 25 from Cape Town to Hobart - avoidance tactics for next storm on its way!
- Day 24 from Cape Town to Hobart - relaxing morning in bright sun, birds galore l
- Day 23 from Cape Town to Hobart - seas still very big but slowly calming with th
- Day 22 from Cape Town to Hobart - hove-to as cold front passes overnight - squal
- Day 21 from Cape Town to Hobart - several albatross at dawn,.. good day's sailing ...
- Day Twenty from Cape Town to Hobart - gentle day's sailing .., and a young albat
- Day Nineteen from Cape Town to Hobart -stormy overnight weather abates, but big
- Day Eighteen from Cape Town to Hobart -stormy weather with the Cold Front...
- Day Seventeen from Cape Town to Hobart - murky, foggy & clammy, ahead of cold fr
- Day Sixteen from Cape Town to Hobart - bright sunshine, but rough beating to wea
- Day Fifteen from Cape Town to Hobart - bright sunshine, good wind.... into a new
- Day Fourteen from Cape Town to Hobart - bright sunshine, good wind.... into a new time zone...
- Day Fourteen from Cape Town to Hobart - pleasant sailing in calmer seas and frequent sunshine
- Day Thirteen from Cape Town to Hobart
- Day Twelve from Cape Town to Hobart - not my best of days, with wind 35-40+knots...
- Day Eleven from Cape Town to Hobart - better conditions forecast - but it's rough tonight!
- Day 10 from Cape Town to Hobart- nice sailing in fair-sized swell...
- Days 8/9 from Cape Town to Hobart - pole in....pole out,.. some elec work.... ro
- Day Seven from Cape Town to Hobart - fixed genset problem!!
- Day Six from Cape Town to Hobart - 175 mls in strong wind and big seas
- Day Five from Cape Town to Hobart - stormy again, by afternoon...
- Day Four from Cape Town to Hobart - fickle wind, plenty of birds, wind generator working properly
- Day Three from Cape Town to Hobart - "The Calm before the Storm" - then came the strong cold front..
- Day Two from Cape Town to Hobart
- Day One from Cape Town to Hobart
- Update from S.Africa - trying to head for Tasmania and on... but a few problems to resolve first
- London report 2 - including the London Boat Show
- I shake hands with the Queen & Prince Philip inside Buckingham Palace!
- SA Report 13 - getting ready to fly to UK
- SA Report 12 - Getting close to December & still working hard to prepare boat
- SA Report 11 - NZ win the World Cup Rugby - well deserved!
- 2nd October - SA report 10 - back In Simon's Town after UK visit
- SA Report 9 from Simon's Town (False Bay Y.C. - winners of the Lipton Cup)
- SA report 8 - from Simon's Town in False Bay - around the Cape of Good Hope - my third time!
- SA Report 7: Hout Bay ... visit to Klein Constantia winery
- SA Report 6: Rough sail from Cape Town to Hout Bay ... and walks up Vlakkenberg and Lion's Head
- Cape Town report 5 Out and about in lovely countryside
- Cape Town report 4
- Cape Town report 3 ... and London report for 13-27 June 2011
- Cape Town Report 2
- Cape Town report 1
- Day 37 Dramatic landfall in Cape Town! ... Conclusion of my RTW journey....
- Day 36 to Cape Town - nearly there! Flying fish lands on deck!
- Day 35 Sailing, sunshine, big swell ... and birds - as always!
- Day 34 - Frustrated by strong ESE winds still - but buoyed up by so many kind emails...!
- Day 33 - Heading NE, hoping to 'turn the corner' quite soon towards CapeTown
- Day 32 - WE'VE CIRCLED THE GLOBE!!! TODAY WE 'CLOSED THE LOOP'!!
- Day 31 to Cape Town from Falklands Rough weather - hove to over the day
- Day 30 - Dull start, bright sun later .. A big swell again
- Day 29 Back sailing nicely - from time to time!
- Day 27 - sunshine and v. little wind! We cross the Greenwich Meridian
- Day 27 from Stanley, E. Falkland, to Cape Town - lovely sunshine & lots of birds...
- Day 26 - SUCCESS! Fixed the instrument problem - all working OK... after heaving to in rough seas!
- Day 25 Rough again,staying just ahead of Low
- Day 24 To fabulous Gough Island .... what a wild paradise!
- Day 23 Good sailing, seas slowly lying down!
- Day 22 - FOG! But good sailing, albeit rather bumpy!
- Day 21 to CT Up to 32 knots...down to 5 knots .... as a Front passes by...
- Day 20 to CT - Clock put forward 1hr
- Day 19 - Hazy sun, slightly bumpy ride!
- Day 18 to CT - calm, peaceful, relaxing sailing - lovely!
- Day 14 - 11mls in one day... 8 mls further from Cape Town...! Storm hits overnight...
- Day 17 to CT - Calm and sunny ....very little wind again!
- Day 15 from Falklands to Cape Town - still lying to series drogue and being hit by breaking seas - b
- Day 16 - Gales over - on our way at last!
- Day 13 - Gale overnight ... then wind abates, but seas still big ..
- Day 12 - Very little wind, no engine, .. but lots of birds!
- Day 11 - A lovely sailing day ... preparing for the 'blow' tomorrow...
- Day 10 - Increasing winds and swell..
- Day 9 to CT Some fog.. spectacled petrel.....wind vane repair in hand
- Day 8 to CT Light winds ... and then fog...
- Day 6 to CT - Another rough-and-tumble day of strong wind!
- Day 6 to CT - What a difference a few hours makes...!
- Day 5 to CT - Lots of birds - and a foul current!
- Day 4 to Cape Town Big seas continue...
- Day 3 to Cape Town - sky cleared, wind and seas less rough overnight
- Day 2 to Cape Town
- Day 1 NEREIDA to Cape Town from Stanley, E. Falkland
- Falklands report 3 Wed 30th March to Sat 2nd April
- Falklands report 2 - penguins!!
- Falklands report 1 - Safe arrival in Stanley Harbour, afternoon of Sat 19th March 2011
- Albatross - and more!
- Isla de los Estados and Estrecho de Le Maire left astern....
- To Falklands from Tierra del Fuego...
- From calm to storm!
- Leaving Ushuaia for Harberton, past Puerto Williams
- Ushuaia update 13
- Ushuaia update 12
- Ushuaia update 11 - boom arrives at last!
- Ushuaia update 10
- Ushuaia update 9
- Ushuaia update 8
- Ushuaia update 7 (with photos)
- Ushuaia update 6
- Ushuaia Update 5
- Ushuaia update 4
- News from Ushuaia - update no.3
- News update no.2 from Nereida in Ushuaia, Argentina
- Tuesday 11th Jan 2011
- Day 75 Long day - penguins in Beagle Channnel and ending in Ushuaia
- Day 74 Dolphins welcome "Nereida" to Cabo de Hornos!! We rounded the Horn toda
- Days 72/73 Knockdown 1930Z Wed while hove-to: some damage (boom broken etc) but mast still standing
- Jan 06 2011-2345Z-Very busy conditions
- Day 71 Coast of Chile now under 90ml away...wind often over 35kt by afternoon.
- Day 70 Very light wind... just what I don't
- Day 69 Foggy most of day, but good wind... Wandering and Black-browed albatro
- Day 68 New Year's Day! Cape Horn - here we come!
- Day 67 Winds eased to 25kt, W swell 5-6m... a lovely sunset to see out the year
- Day 66 - Strong winds - up to around 40kts - with usual birds for company!
- Day 65 - More relaxing - under sunny, blue sky with lots of birds for company!
- Day 64 - Relaxing, with wind only up to 30knots once over the day!
- Day 63 - Grey, murky, dampness alternating with a bright sunny sky!
- Day 62 - Exhilarating day.... a solitary Royal albatross seen - at last!
- Day 61 - TWO MONTHS! Usual big swell, weak sun at times.
- Day 60 - Usual big swell, hint of sun at times, winds to 25kt or so after midday.
- Day 59 - FOG!
- Day 58 - Rough!... 35kt winds... 4-5m seas
- Day 57 - Shearwaters soaring over good-sized seas under grey sky....
- Day 56 - Summer solstice - and a full lunar eclipse at moonrise ... but hidden b
- Day 55 - Wind is up!! We head SE to Cape Horn
- Day 54 - Wind backs to the North - we gybe for the Horn...but only 2-3knots!
- Day 53 - Starry night again, followed by blue skies... we slow right down ....
- Day 52 - Starry night followed by hot morning... air pressure way up.. wind down
- Day 51 - More ambling in warm sunshine... "It's a wonderful world"....
- Day 50 - mainly just relaxed, easy sailing under hot sun...!
- Day 49 - A mix of sunshine and showers....
- Day 48 - Lots of excitement for just a few drops of rain...!
- Day 47 - Beautiful sailing in bright sun...again! A study in blue....
- Day 46 - Last full day in the Tropics - beautiful relaxed sailing, once the final squall passed by!
- Day 45 - A day of frequent squalls!
- Day 44 - Memories of Cape Town .... and several squalls add excitement to a rela
- Day 43 Relaxed day of pleasant sailing in bright sunshine
- Day 42 Autopilot working well ....problems over, we hope...!
- Day 41 - Boisterous Trade Wind sailing - wind steering doing fine
- Day 40 - Hove-to for jobs on board!
- Day 39 - Bright sunny, 'Trade Winds' day ... AP drive replaced - but still problems....
- Day 38 More problems on board.... wind steering fails - AP works (more-or-less)
- Day 37 - Boisterous sailing as wind (and seas) increase slightly!
- Day 36 - Good Trade Winds sailing!
- Day 35 - 'Nereida' crosses the Equator for 2nd time this year - headed South to
- Day 34 - Last day North of the Equator....
- Day 33 Jumping for joy! - relay working... AP ready for testing...
- Message from 'Darya Lakshmi' to 'Nereida" - test sending of photo
- Day 32 - Close ship encounter in darkness of night
- Days 30&31 - A night and day of rain, squalls and overcast.... followed by stron
- Day 29 - working on AP all day.... Becalmed in sunshine - until evening rainsqu
- Day 28: 4 weeks into passage ... Finally through the ITCZ?? ....Under a 'bridge'
- Day 27 Into calmer, sunny conditions - pleasant, gentle sailing - until nightfall...!
- Day 26 - We pass from NE winds to S/SSE winds
- Day 25 - bright sunshine and pleasant sailing again....
- Day 24 Lovely sailing day again - in refreshing breeze, making good speed.
- Day 23 - AP working again - but I get a big fright!
- Day 21
- Day 29 ..... SLOW! .... and VHF problem shows up.....
- Day 19 - A rolling hitch saves the day!
- Day 18 Pleasant sailing .... and radio talk about RF noise
- Day 16 - Fresh water and judicious banging do the trick ... Surfing with waves..
- Day 16 Fax and modem problems - and gusty rainclouds!
- Day 15 Good downwind sailing
- Day 14 Overnight drama.....a peaceful downwind day... charging worries....
- Day 13 What a beautiful day's sailing - downwind in sunshine, under a clear blue sky.....
- Day 12 Close-hauled heading to SE as wind backs... but cockpit is DRY!!
- Day 11 Wet everything!
- Day 10 - Slopping about in the morning,... big seas and strong winds by midnight
- Day 9 Speeds of 5-6 knots - wow!! Wally of the Week Award.... Bumpy overnight
- Day 8 - a good day, despite a genoa wrap!
- Days 6 & 7 - Storm came ... so 'blog' postponed - difficult in rough conditions!
- Day5 Waiting for the 'blow' .....
- Day4 - Power problem... good cooking... Front coming in overnight?
- Day 3 - overnight: stormy, daytime: wind S and light!
- Day 2 - We finally escape from the Strait- and later get the forecast strong winds...
- End of Day 1 - "The best laid plans o' mice & men..." .....becalmed and struggl
- Start of RTW from Victoria, B.C. on Monday 25th October 2010 - wish me luck!!
- Tues 19th Oct 2010 Delayed departure due to deep Low coming in soon
- Back in the water at last! Passage to Orcas Island & Vancouver ... Photos...
- Work nearly complete here in Pt Townsend.
- 2nd week of work in Pt Townsend
- Photos ... and the end of the first week of boatwork in Port Townsend
- Days 20-22 Safe arrival in friendly Port Townsend ... via Neah Bay!
- Days 17&18 from Hawaii ... Grey, murky, COLD! Good wind, making for excellent s
- Days 13- 16 from Hawaii... Sightings of whales .... and birds...
- Wed 11Aug.... lots of dolphins and porpoises come and play...
- Mon9Aug A long overdue report .. of frustrating times in the N. Pacific High ju
- Days 5&6 from Kauai - one tropic bird and one black plastic ball...!
- Monday 2nd August Beating north against the NE Trades
- Friday 30July Nereida on passage north - with red-footed booby as overnight hit
- (PHOTOS added 24 July)Thurs/Fri 9/10 July 2010: From Honolulu to Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii....
- Days 33-36 from New Zealand to Hawaii ... Landfall in Honolulu, Oahu, after 36 d
- Days 30-32 from New Zealand to Hawaii Happy Fourth July to my US friends!!
- 29/30th June, 1st July (Days 27-29) Lots of rainclouds, some squalls, but not m
- Days 25&26 from N.Z. to Hawaii - "Nereida" crosses the Equator
- Days 23 & 24: Fri/Sat 25/26 June NO SQUALLS!!! A partial lunar eclipse.
- Wed/Thurs 23/24 June 2010 Squalls and another CZ!! Days 21&22 from New Zealan
- Sun-Tues 20-22 June 2010
- Days 16-18: Still struggling with genset and alternator problems ... in big swe
- Days 14and15: "Nereida"sails into the Tropics! .....Charging problems won't go
- Days 12and13: Mon/Tues 14/15th June 2010 From storm to near-calms ... Tues not
- 13th today- Murphy takes up residence!!! (Days 10/11) N.Z. to Kauai
- Friday 11th June (Day 9 from NZ to Hawaii) More strong stuff...!!
- Rainsqualls! Days 7&8 to Hawaii
- NZ toHawaii Days 5/6: Mon/Tues 7/8th June 2010 After the gale.... a front come
- Gale.... ! Sun 6 June
- On passage at last... but gale coming!
- Total frustration trying to leave N.Z. for Hawaii over the last two weeks or so!!!
- From N.Z. to Hawaii ... possible weather window on Mon 31st May
- 25May: N.Z. winter weather being most unhelpful!
- BIG Update! 30th April - 16th May 2010
- Thursday night 29thApril
- 5th - 24th April - News posted while onboard computers down
- Maundy Thursday/ Good Friday 1/2 April Days24/25 No daffodils out here! ...bu
- 30/31 March (Days 22/23)
- 28/29March2010- Days 20/ 21 from Cape Town
- Days 17-19 Happy Easter to you all!
- Days 14-16 22nd-24thMarch - Fire on 'Nereida'!
- Sat/Sun 20/21 March 2010 Days 12&13
- 19Mar10 Suddenly, peace &calm!
- 16-18th March Big swell knocking us around!!
- Days 4&5 Strong winds & big seas continue!
- Days 6&7 - Fun & games on the high seas!!
- Day 7 What a lovely day!!
- 10/11March2010
- Day 1 to Hawaii/San Francisco- Tues 9th March
- Clearance paperwork completed - leaving S. Africa Monday morning
- Murphy comes to visit 'Nereida' - but I determine not to let him get me down....!
- Finally - a new engine in place! I might actually get away sailing soon!
- Excellent news at last...!! "Nereida" should be away sailing soon!
- Tearing my hair out in frustration - still stationary in Cape Town!!!
- Happy New Year from windy Cape Town!
- Tues 15Dec09 Strong winds in Cape Town over weekend... after bad news on Friday... time passing..
- Thursday 10th December 09 I look over Groupama after a day busy organizing people for repairs
- Nereida sails in to Cape Town harbour - at last!!
- Mon/Tues 7/8 Dec09 Days 59&60 ETA slips further ... and further... Sixty day
- Sat/Sun 5/6 Dec09 Rough 'washing machine' conditions...
- Fri 4Dec09
- Wed/Thurs 2/3Dec09 Days 54/55 Nereida stops heading for the South Pole!
- Sun-Tues 29Nov-1Dec09 Days 51-53 A magnificent Wandering Albatross greets 'Nereida"...!
- Thurs/Fri/Sat 26-28Nov09 Days 48-50 One squid... over the Greenwich Meridian...
- Tues/Wed 24/25Nov09 Days 46&47 Slopping about in high pressure calms.... with
- Sat/Sun /Mon 21-232Nov09 Days 43-45 Lovely fast sailing at times - but big swell
- Wed/Thurs/(& part Fri) 18/19 /20Nov 09 Days 40-42 From 50+ knots to nothing -
- Mon/Tues 16/17 Nov 09 White-chinned petrels??? ... a big 'blow'...& then a bigger one...!
- Sun15Nov09 Day 37 Excellent sailing today.. with birds for company still!
- Sat 14Nov09 Postscript ...I forgot to mention the pin!!!
- Sat 14Nov09 Shearwaters and petrels around 'Nereida'
- Fri 13Nov09 - Day 35 Saw an albatross this morning!!
- Day 34 Thurs 12Nov09 Nightmare!! Gooseneck nearly off...!! More chafe.. & a '
- Wed 11Nov09 Day33 YES!!... One working watermaker ...
- Sun-Tues 8-10Nov09 Days 30- 32 Hot sun during day, not much wind, calm, often rolly, downwind sailin
- Sat 7Nov09 Day 29 Reef lines & boom end dealt with - ALL OK!
- Friday 6th Nov09 - Aft cabin develops a leak - everything is sodden......
- Thurs 5Nov09 Happy Guy Fawkes!!
- Tues/Wed 3/4th Nov 09 To my UK friends on 5th November: Have a good Bonfire N
- Mon 2Nov09 Day 24 Full moon rises over Trade wind clouds....
- Sat/Sun 31Oct/1Nov
- Thurs/Fri 29/30thOct09 Problems continue - with a vengeance..!
- Wed 28Oct09 Bigger seas... a 'bumpy' ride again...
- Tues 27Oct09 Into the Southern Hemisphere... "Nereida" crosses the Equator almos
- Sun/Mon 25/26th Oct 09 By noon Monday - closer to Brazil than to W.Africa! Equator Tuesday??
- Fri/Sat 23/24 Oct 09 Days 14 & 15 Change of course - heading South to the Equator!
- Wed/Thurs 21/22 Oct 09 Days 12 & 13 Hit by big squall midnight Wed...!
- Mon/Tues 19/20th October
- Sat/Sun 17/18th October -What a night..! Lightning... Tropical Wave... no wind.
- Days6&7Thurs/Fri 15/16th Oct 09 Enjoying lovely Tradewind sailing! (...until pro
- Days4&5 Tues/Wed 13/14th Oct 09 First flying fish - & repairs!
- Days 2&3 Sun/Mon 11/12th Oct 09
- Day 1 Passing Fuertoventura
- The wind is king! Calm means delayed departure to Fri 9th Oct 2009
- Sun27th Sept 2009 - So busy, but a productive weekend!
- Arrival in Lanzarote, Canaries
- Day 11: Last full day of passage to Canaries - more Tradewinds sailing
- Days 9&10 Passage from Guernsey to the Canaries
- Day 8: Sat 12Sept09
- YIPPEE!! Finally back into touch by radio emails... at long last!!
- Sat 5thSept 09
- Testing report to website from "Nereida"
- Guernsey report 6 - chain onboard ... at last!! ...floorboard arrived & is cut..
- Guernsey report 5: Anchor chain in England .. still busy with jobs....
- Guernsey report 4 - 1st & 4th Aug 2009...Chain is ready for shipping!!!
- Guernsey Report 3 - Dive tank beside fluxgate compass...oops!
- Guernsey Report 2
- Guernsey report 1 ... memories, joblists, ....
- About to leave England - & so many helpful, kind people to thank!
- 13May09 Lots done ... but SSB not transmitting!
- Mast is stepped .... "Nereida" is getting closer to sailing...
- New "Nereida" meets the sea - pictures..!
- "Nereida" gains a keel! But progress slows down.....
- February update (with photos) from the Najad yard in Sweden - it was cold here!
- Busy January09: Najad 380 in build in Sweden & London Boat Show
- Happy New Year!
- November/December news: Travelling/seeing friends,..Swedish Olympic sailors,..ne
- October News - To San Francisco and back to B.C....
- September news
- Busy August!
- 27-28July08 To Kauai
- Moving on... looking for Nereida II... going sailing again soon!
- Recollections.... and moving on through Nereida s 11th birthday
- Nereida comes to a sad end
- 13-15th June08 Tehuantepec....'chute wants to be a drogue!
- 11/12th June 08 - Finally lost that lovely current! Worries on the hurricane front....
- 10th June 08 - calm, sunny day - topped up fuel tanks from cans
- Mon 9th June - "The best laid plans of mice & men..." - plans 'set in jello' etc etc - "Nereida" tur
- 7/8th June Days 2&3 of the Great Trek North!!
- Nereida transits the Panama Canal - 4th/5th June 2008
- Panama Canal Live videocam
- 23-28 May - Torrential rain - & unexpected linehandling
- 12th -22nd May 2008 Boat jobs - & one poor tiny gecko
- Sat/Sun 10/11th May 2008 Landfall in Panama...to Portobelo for the night - on to Colon Sunday
- 6-9 May 2008 - Nearing Panama in light winds & foul current!
- 5/6th May Lots of shipping to avoid on run in to Panama - to complete Caribbean/
- 3/4/5 May Good sailing westward
- 22 April - 2 May Problems, repairs & more problems cause further delay leaving C
- 15-21April '08 Trinidad - Busy with repairs
- 14/15 April - Safe arrival in Trinidad to complete Atlantic crossing
- Fri/Sat 11/12 April Days 7&8 of no autopilot or windsteering - Raymarine turn up trumps!
- Sat/Sun 12/13 April - Rough Saturday night dance!!
- 10th April - still good current - marvellous!
- 9 April: Day5 of no self-steering... FINALLY GOT CURRENT!!!
- 8 April: Day 4 of handsteering to Trini - hit by flying fish!
- 6/7 April Days 2/3 of handsteering to Trinidad....
- Sat 5 April - Autopilot not working...it's going to be a 'slow boat' to Trinidad!!
- 3/4/5 April Rough seas & grey skies.... but finally a hint of sun... no!
- 1st/2nd April The wind finally arrives - with the ITCZ
- 30/31March - Across the Equator! But struggling to get through the Doldrums in variable light wind &
- 26-29 March 08: Fernando de Noronha, Brasil! .... & on ....
- Easter weekend: 22/23/24 March08 Lots of dolphins - some leaping straight up & 'tail-flopping'!!
- 19/20/21March08 Wonderfully relaxed sailing in bright sun or under bright moon! ....most of the time
- 18 March 08 Anyone who wonders why I'm doing this should be here now!!
- Sun/Mon 16/17Mar08 Lovely relaxing sailing in sunshine
- Fri/Sat 14/15March08 Flying fish every morning!!
- 13March08 - 13 isn't always a bad luck omen!! Day2: Rocking & rolling from St Helena - Trinidad
- 9-12th March St Helena - "An emerald set in bronze"!
- 7/8 Mar08 Arrival at St Helena - Napoleon's exile & last resting place
- 5/6 Mar 08 Up the mast again - but at sea, this time!
- 2/3/4 March08 Good progress towards St Helena
- 29th Feb/1Mar08 - After a lovely day of fast sailing... generator not charging.. & then engine doesn
- Wed/Thurs 27/28th Feb08 Life gets a bit frantic onboard occasionally!!
- Tues 26th Feb08 About to leave Namibia for St Helena
- Fri/Sat 21/22 Feb08 Luderitz, Namibia
- Sun/Mon 24/25th Feb08
- Wed/Thurs 20/21 Feb08
- Mon/Tues 18/19 Feb08 The "Skeleton Coast" tries t o live up to its name!!
- More jobs before leaving Cape Town
- Friday 15th Feb - Namibia here we come .. well, not quite..!!!
- Mon 11thfeb 08 Unable to move - steel and canvas work still incomplete
- Sat/Sun 9/10 Feb 08 Strong wind & blue sky gives way to overcast calm & rain!!
- 1-8th Feb 08 40-60 knot "Black South Easter"!! Cape of Storms indeed!
- 28-31 Jan08 Kirstenbosch Gdns - Sugarbird
- African penguins galore!
- Nereida leaves Indian Ocean for the S. Atlantic...!!
- Wed 23Jan08 In Mossel Bay still - strong WSW winds!
- Richards Bay to Mossel Bay, S. Africa 18-21Jan08
- Back on board with lots of jobs....
- Happy New Year!
- 4th Dec 07: Zululand Y.C., Richards Bay - lots of repairs ...and socializing with other cruisers
- Fri 23 Nov07 - Communication problems.....
- Sat 17th Nov07 - Safe arrival in South Africa at Richards Bay after 11 1/2 days on passage from Reun
- 16Nov07 Day11 from Reunion to S. Africa - end of Indian Ocean crossing close!
- 14/15th Nov07 Days 9&10 on passage to S. Africa
- Day8 to S.Africa: 13thNov07 Clear sky, flat calm, motoring!!
- Day7 to S.Africa - lovely, sunny, relaxed sailing.
- 11th Nov07 - genoa falls into sea!! Day6 of passage to S. Africa
- 10th Nov07 Struggling to get around Madagascar
- 8-9th Nov07: Days 3&4 to South Africa from Reunion
- 5-8th Nov07: Days 1-3 to South Africa from Reunion
- 2nd-4th November Back to "Nereida"(Photo: Tree ferns & mountains near Col de Fourche)
- Thurs 1st Nov (cont) - Patrick & son make music
- Thurs 1st November (All Saints) - Over the Col de Fourche to Hellbourg
- Wed 31st Oct Col de Taibit path starts here! (Cirque de Cilaos)
- Tues 30th Oct - a difficult harbour entrance at lovely St Pierre
- Mon 29th Oct Reunion west coast
- To Reunion from Mauritius Sat/Sun 27/28th Oct07
- Ganga Talao- Hindu temple in Mauritius
- View from extinct volcano in Mauritius, 24Oct07
- Mauritius 20th/21stOct07
- To Mauritius from Rodrigues - Thurs/Fri 18/19th Oct07
- Wed 17Oct07 Last day in Rodrigues
- Mon/Tues 15/16th Oct07 Two items lost....& found!!
- Sun 14Oct07 - Rodrigues Day!
- Fri12thOct07 - Nearly there!
- Thurs 11thOct07 Lovely, calm, sunny day's sail
- Day11 Wed 10thOct07 Yet another good sail today
- Cocos to Rodriguez Day10 Tues 9thOct07 ... Whipping!
- Sun/Mon 7/8thOct07 Mixed sailing conditions - & yet another boat hanging off my stern!
- Sat 6thOct07 Less rough by morning! More boats join evening 'Net'
- Fri 5thOct07 'Chute flying!
- Thurs4thOct07 Gentle sailing!
- Wed3rdOct07 - 52 flying fish ...& one bolt end!!!
- Tues 2ndOct07 Day 3 to Rodriguez
- Cocos Keeling to Rodriguez - Day2 1stOct07
- About to leave Cocos Keeling & begin passage to Rodriguez
- Safe arrival at Cocos Keeling - in strong winds!
- Day3 to Cocos Keeling
- Day2 from Xmas to Cocos Keeling
- Day 2 - Change of plan - stopping off at Xmas Island .....!!
- Bali - Christmas Island - Cocos Keeling
- Day4 to Xmas Island - excellent 24hr run!
- Day3 Making excellent speed at last - but in 'bumpy' seas!
- 15Sept07 Indian Ocean crossing started today - 1st stop Cocos Keeling(1100ml)
- "Nereida" makes landfall in Indonesia (Bali) on 8thSept07
- Balinese welcome - Sat8thSept07
- Fri 7Sept Last day (Day 7) from Darwin to Bali... lovely sailing!
- Wed&Thurs 5th&6thSept, days 4&5 to Bali: Finally...nice sailing!!
- Tues4Sept07 Day4 to Bali Photo:...Ambling along under stays'l...
- Darwin to Bali Day 3: Mon 3rd Sept (Timor Sea)
- Darwin (Australia) to Benoa (Bali) - Days 1&2, Sat/Sun 1/2 Sept07
- photo: Crocodile resting in Yellow WaterRiver, Kakadu Nat. Pk.
- Full eclipse of the moon tonight - fascinating! Lasted for two hours from 7.30pm.
- Just a nice photo of July dive on Barrier Reef from Cairns - with friendly Maori wrasse!
- C. Wessel to Darwin - Sat-Mon 11th-13thAug07 Photo: An overnight deck catch!
- Thurs9th/Fri10th Aug07 Gulf ofCarpentaria
- Steering cable nightmare/Torres Strait/Capt Cook's path!
- 5/6Aug07 Shelburne Bay to Mt Adolphus Island
- Sailing (& anchoring!) in middle of nowhere..... Thurs2Aug07
- Wed 1st August - Lizard Island to Flinders Island
- Lovely sail today! (31July07)
- Departing Cairns for Cape York - Sun29July07
- Cairns - work stop! Up the mast again...
- Slow progress ...but a nice place to be in!
- Australian landfall in bright sun!
- Land ahoy!! Australia sighted! Tues10July07
- Fast sailing! Sun/Mon 8/9 July07...POSTSCRIPT
- Fast sailing! Sun/Mon 8/9 July07
- Over halfway - now for the Great Barrier Reef! Sat 7 July07
- Crossing the Coral Sea Thurs/Fri 5/6 July07
- To Australia - Tues/Wed 3/4 July '07
- "Nereida" heads for Australia!! Sun/Mon 1/2 July
- SPCZ overcast - Vanuatu Fri/Sat 29/30June
- Vanuatu
- Outboard problems - TG for helpful fishermen!!
- "Bula!" from Fiji - up the mast!
- "Nereida" crosses the Date Line - now officially East of Greenwich!
- I just lost a day!
- Niue...& on to Tonga 30May-4June
- West from Bora Bora: 25-29May (days4-8)
- Bora Bora ...& on to Niue 21-24 May 07 (Days 1-3 on passage)
- Bora Bora
- Tahiti - Moorea (French Polynesia) Gas & oil OK! 18-20May07
- "Nereida" in Tahiti 11-15th May 07
- Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotus, French Polynesia 6-9th May
- Wed 2nd May: On passage to the Tuamotus
- Ua Pou to Nuku Hiva 27 April07 ... Sociable cruising!
- Ua Pou from Hiva Oa, Marquesas Thurs 26 April 07
- Hiva Oa, Tahauku Bay - 22-25 April
- Arrived Fatu Hiva, Marquesas after 24 days at sea - Thursday 19th April
- Days 23/24 Tues/Wed 17/18Apr07 - Landfall imminent!
- Days21/22 Sun/Mon 15/16April07 - Rain squalls!
- Day20 Saturday14Apr07 - Better sailing from now..? Maybe not!
- Day19 Friday13Apr07 - Across the Equator!
- Day17/18 Wed/Thurs11/12Apr07 - whale ahoy!
- Days15/16 Easter Mon/Tues 9/10Apr07 - out of the ITCZ!
- Day13 Easter Sun 8Apr07 - Over halfway & into the ITCZ!!
- Day13 Sat7Apr07 Trade wind sailing...!
- Day12 Fri6Apr07 Trade wind sailing...!
- Day11 Thurs5Apr07 Rainy night & morning
- Day 10 Wed 4 April - hot, sunny... looks like a 4-wk passage..!
- Day 9: A very slow, relaxed day -again!
- Days 7&8 Sun/Mon 1/2 April
- Days 6&7 Sat31stMarch & Sun1stApril : Wind playing silly games!
- Day 5 Fri30March: N wind picked up again - beam reaching
- Days 2-4 Tues-Thurs 27-29March07
- Leave Zihuatanejo for Marquesas - 26Mar07
- DAY 3 28 March'07 Ambling along on a beam reach
- Busy getting ready to leave Zihuatanejo for the Marquesas - Pt 1 - Navy came to visit!!
- Overnight to Isla Grande & Zihuatanejo
- Boat jobs
- Tidying boat in relaxed mode after passagemaking....!
- At anchor in peaceful, warm Bahia de Chamela, Mexico Sun04Mar07
- Day 6 of passage SE from Ensenada, Mexico
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- Day 5 from Ensenada - Thursday 1st March: St David's Day- daffodils & leeks!!
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- Day 3 of good sailing off the Baja California coast
- Another day of good sailing - & good-sized seas!
- On passage at last!
- Arrived in Ensenada, Mexico 22Feb07
- 21Feb07-San Diego farewell
- Happy to report good progress on most fronts over last few days!
- Rain!
- Thursday: Making some slow progress!
- Still working on wiring, SSB and electronics!
- 20 yrs since America's Cup came to San Diego!
- Monday 29Jan07 Still dealing with instruments and wiring!
- New equipment arrives - but slow on wiring front!
- Some progress finally being made
- Lovely sunshine, interesting, graceful waterbirds, but little progress made with boat jobs
- Jobs galore!!
- 14thJan07: a resident blue heron surveys the boats at San Diego Y.C. from an adjacent roof.
- Busy preparing for return to boat from UK
- Nereida SW of Cape Mendocino, CA
- SSB - connections cleaned - TX OK!!
- 'Nereida' sails south again
- Portage Bay (near Petersburg), Kupreanof Island, AK
- Engine problems in Sitka
- From Hawaii to the "Pacific NW"
- Left Hanalei Bay Mon 24th July
- Finish of SHTP06 in Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii (Days 21&22)
- SHTP Day 21 - last one before the finish!
- SHTP Day 20
- SHTP Day 18
- SHTP Day 19
- SHTP Day 17
- SHTP Day 16
- SHTP Day 15
- SHTP Day 14
- SHTP Day13
- SHTP Day 12 - First flying fish!
- SHTP Day 11
- SHTP Day 10 SSB back!! (Or is it?)
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- SHTP Day 8
- Day 7
- SHTP Day 6
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- SHTP Day2
- Day 1 of SHTP