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French Polynesia
French Polynesia 2014 17th May - 6th June, San Cristobal, Galapagos to Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands 6th - 12th June, anchored Atuona 12th June, Atuona to Baie Hanamonenoa, Tahuata 12th - 16th June, Anchored Baie Hanamoenoa 16th - 17th June, Baie...
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Galapagos
30 April - 17 May Wreck Bay, San Cristobal, Galapagos The trip from the Las Perlas islands to the Galapagos was rotten. It took eleven days with light winds and adverse currents and birds which shat on my boat and permanently stained the spray hood. Nuff...
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Panama Canal Transit
Panama Canal Transit 01 April - 08 April, Marina Zar Par, Dominican Republic to Marina Shelter Bay, Panama 13 April, Shelter Bay Marina to Gatun Lake 14 April, Gatun Lake to La Playita anchorage 14 April - 16 April, La Playita anchorage The passage from...
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Dominican Republic
23rd March - 1st April, Marina Zar Par, Dominican Republic I arrived at Marina Zar Par at around midday on Sunday. The approach was relatively simple in the end but I was glad I'd read the descriptions of the entry on the Internet before arriving. The...
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Rewind
19/09/13 - 20/09/13, Almerimar to La Linea, Spain 20/09/13 - 04/10/13, Marina Alcaides, La Linea 04/10/13 - 09/10/13, La Linea to Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, Canary Islands 09/10/13 - 14/12/13, Canary Islands 14/12/13 - 05/01/14, Santa Cruz de Tenerife...
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The Happy Return
16th - 17th July, Lagos – Puerto America, Cadiz, Spain 18th - 19th July, Cadiz – Cadiz (abortive attempt to go to Gibraltar) 20th July, Puerto America, Cadiz 21st July, Cadiz – Chipiona 22nd July, Chipiona – Puerto Sherry 23rd July, Puerto Sherry – Barbate...
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The Azores to Lagos
04th - 11th July, Sao Miguel, Azores – Lagos, Portugal Marina Alcaides, La Linea, Spain, 23rd September 2013 I am resorting to augmenting the few notes I took during this passage with the emails I sent during the trip from the Azores to Portugal otherwise,...
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Azores
Faial You need to tie up at the visitors wharf to do the entry formalities for Faial. Just to get there, I needed to zig-zag between the anchored boats. The visitors wharf had no space whatsoever but somebody on a big cat offered to take my lines so I...
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Bermuda to the Azores
22nd May - 5th June, Bermuda – Horta, Faial, Azores I recorded such detailed notes on my telephone during this trip that I have decided just to publish the whole thing in full gonzo mode. The new version of over-blog lets you stick a kind of album of...
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Antigua to Bermuda
6th- 13th May , Antigua – St. Georges, Bermuda 14th - 21st May, St. Georges Bermuda, anchored in Powder Hole I left English Harbour in Antigua at about 10h30. Not a lot of wind. I ended up motoring until the morning of the 7th. I was motoring up the west...
