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Auspray Adventures
Starting at Port Douglas we aim to travel south, exploring the various island clusters between here and Townsville. Towards the end of Summer we plan to backtrack and travell n...
February 09, 2010: We took the tender over to the beach at Mulligans and were walking along it trying to locate a track that would lead us to the waterfall.There was a large tree that was lying on it’s side, it would have been driftwood that was probably been washed up in the recent 3m tides.Toby and Bj climbed along the trunk and jumped off to the soft sand which was only about 1-2m off the ground. B... » read more
12 posts (3463 words) 53 photos 5 comments
Cool Breeze Sails South
We're leaving Hilton Head Island for a winter sail to the Keys and possibly the Dry Tortugas, seeking warmer weather. This is our 2nd trip South and our 3rd extended sailing tr...
February 08, 2010: We really do enjoy Coconut Grove and Dinner Key. We’ve had several days of laid-back vacation. Bill unloaded Christine and E.S., and we biked to Home Depot and Milam’s Grocery Store. We bought yet another water filter to try out and shopped at Milam’s. We unpacked groceries and then headed back to the “Grove.” We stopped in at the Chamber of... » read more
20 posts (13353 words) 85 photos 21 comments
Villainy sails south for winter
Blog by Clay and Galit sailing Villainy from New York City to Miami, Keys and Bahamas, Fall 2009 - Spring 2010.
February 08, 2010: Next stop: Key West! Got up, and threw up the main and genny and we were off to the races. It did feel really disorienting to be sailing West right at 270 degrees as almost all of our sailing has been South. Six hours later on a single tack we arrived in Key West. Stay tuned for more updates and new videos that I need to upload when I have a better internet connection! » read more
37 posts (12120 words) 90 photos 3 comments
Marshall Islands to S.E. Asia
Via Micronesia, Phillipines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
February 08, 2010: We slipped our mooring at 0930 Friday morning and motored to the wharf to check out with the officials. All went smoothly and $70 later, we were on our way to the west pass, 15 miles away. Palau turned out to be one of the more expensive countries that we’ve visited, as far as fees go. We got lucky with the weather and had a nice day with a fresh breeze for departing. We also had an ebbin... » read more
26 posts (13660 words) 84 photos 3 comments
My maiden voyage from NH to NY
Maiden voyage after purchasing Crosswinds. My friend Grant and I departed Portsmouth, NH on Saturday, May 10, 2009 and I arrived (without Grant) in Queens, NY on Saturday, May 16.
February 08, 2010: I wanted to get as early a start as possible, so we woke up again at dawn and shoved off. Once more the brightening sky framed our departure out of Newport harbor, and we set off for the Long Island Sound. Again the winds were almost calm, but we hoisted the sails and turned west around Point Judith. The seas were smooth as a mill pond until we entered the Race, where we got s... » read more
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Panama Pacific Coast 2010
Colon - Panama City - Las Perlas
February 07, 2010: Phew! Why did I think that I would have more time to work on the blog when my brother arrived??? Anyway, he arrived on Wednesday after a good trip from Britain and we have taken him on a shopping tour of Panama City (mostly for an eclectic selection of boat parts), to the visitors’ center at Miraflores Locks (I tried not to talk constantly about our transit), and to the o... » read more
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Rebel in Hobart Tasmania
Our stay in Tasmania extended through winter of 2009 as Ian had a mitral valve replacement. This gave us the opportunity to see a fair bit of the island by car.
February 05, 2010: Ian and I have worked like Trojans since leaving our Kings Pier Marina berth last Monday. We were taken out of the water on a cradle that runs up a ramp on railway type tracks. Then you blast the bottom of the boat with a hi pressure hose to get the barnacles and other sealife off the bottom. Then the net leg of the operation looks so daunting that you hire someone else to do the work for you!!... » read more
20 posts (4620 words) 69 photos 0 comments
Traversata alla vela pura (senza motore)
Trapani, Cagliari, Ibiza, Almerimar, Gibilterra, Las Palmas, Mindelo, S.Lucia, Martinica.
February 04, 2010: kenya, man and sea Inserito originariamente da PaololivornoCiao a tutti non potevo non condividere questo splendito scatto fotografico regalatoci da un amico fotografo di Livorno di nome… » read more
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A True, Blue, Outrageous Adventure
A Circumnavigation from Cape Town, through the Panama Canal and into the S & N Pacific, stopping in PNG and returning via Oz, Reunion & Mauritius... with an emphasis on surfing,...
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63 posts (22242 words) 782 photos 34 comments
This is home
this is home for me and it a grat place to be for now. not like some of you here . that are out and about in this world of ares i do good just geting out of the harber on a day ...
February 02, 2010: as of 12/18/09 i have been out for repares new pant and a lot of wood work thanks to Depth Perceptions and Larsons Shipyard in Newport Beach Ca the work is doing well .new pant top and botom and a lot of hard work from the team it coming a long great » read more
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