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ChrisGFandango's trip to the Med

Porthmadog/Fishguard/Milford/Padstow/ Penzance/Falmouth/Plymouth/Chichester/ Brighton/Le Havre/French Canals/ Port St Louis/Golfe Du Lion/Spain/portugal/French Italian Rivier...

September 02, 2010: We had spent the last three days under the shadow of a walnut tree, its fruit still hanging within the branches; once the fruits mature they shed their fruit in time for Christmas.I opened a couple of windfalls and found inside the green conker like skin, flesh containing a yellow die which stains and within this the immature kernel, they weren’t edible so no point in picking them, maybe ... » read more

Amber Sand transits Turkey

September 02, 2010: Motored across the millpond from Greece to Turkey picking up the sea breeze from Atabol Burnu then enjoying a gentle sail up Hisaronu Korfezi in broad reaches to Kuyulu Buku, finding shelter, peace and quiet. » read more

West Coast and Beyond

We are taking a year off from work to sail the Pacific. Our route will take us from Olympia, Washington to Mexico. In the Spring of 2011, we will either travel to French Polynes...

September 02, 2010: Michael: The crew assembled August 8, 2010 in Port Angeles to begin the first leg of the journey. This included my son, Angus Angermeyer, Alex Jones, Brendan Fahey and Larry Hightower. Alex and Brendan are accomplished dinghy racers having sailed for the University of Washington. Angus was at the helm almost before he was speaking in complete sentences and has blue water experience. Larry ... » read more

Charon's trip north.

Charon departed Tasmania (Launceston) on May 31st - determined to head off before winter set in. Taking on crew, we had a decent trip across Bass Strait and arrived in Batemans ...

September 02, 2010: We are sitting out bad weather again in Wyee bay in the south of Lake Macquarie. A gale warning – but it hasn’t blown over 2 knots all day. Raining and damp. Wendy has made bread and I have spent the day on the laptop. The local mental home and former asylum is to our south – we initially thought it was a resort as it was floodlit at night – but this one has beautiful ol... » read more

Ionian to Turkey 2010

Prevesa - Ionian - Corinth Canal - Peloponnisos - Cyclades - Dodecanese - Turkish coast from Kusadasi to Finike

September 01, 2010: Lydia left the Hospital on Monday 10 August with he right arm in a banage with a cast under her arm to stop her bending the elbow or wrist.Tuesday 11 August as arranged we left Port Goeche and motored to Yacht Classic in Fethiye. Banuhan had kindly arranged for us to use her berth which is along side to make it easy to berth and also for Lydia to get on and off Silver Lady using the boarding ga... » read more

Retirement on 'Endeavour'

Pwllheli-Milford Haven-Padstow-South Coast of England-Weymouth-LeHavre-French canals- Paris-Port St. Louis-CoteD'Azur-Corsica-Elba-Rome-Italy-Greece-Croatia-Turkey-Cyprus-Greece...

August 31, 2010: We were on the first bus at 8 a.m. to Marmaris this morning and got off at the Cruise Port.  There was a long queue waiting to get boarding cards when we arrived about 8.15 a.m.  The security police on the gate checked our passports before entering.  After obtaining our boarding cards, we then joined another long queue to passport control before eventually getting on the catamara... » read more

Colin & Sue's Gap year (or two)

Picked up Hilda May in Gruissan, S France in April 2009. Headed across med to Greece and in 2010 plan to explore Southern Ionian, Pelopponese, and head across to Turkey in Sep...

August 30, 2010: » read more

Schären Törn

Ein 4 wöchiger Segeltörn drch die Stockholmer Schären, weiter auf die Alands und nach Finnland

August 29, 2010: Yachtcharter bei Sailmarine » read more

Jonathan-Livingston underway

Bruxelles to the world

August 28, 2010: An exciting de-rafting in St. Martin de Re followed by an uneventful sail downwind to La Rochelle.  Peter and Flavia on Starspray beat me down by a 4 to 6 knot margin. Maybe I should have hoisted the main sail. Lunch with Roy and Mia on Zamia and then a walk round the old town of La Rochelle, It is another gem worth seeing but preferably out of the high season. » read more

Auspray Adventures

Starting at Port Douglas we aim to travel south, exploring the various island clusters between here and the Whitsundays. Towards the end of Summer we plan to backtrack and trav...

August 28, 2010: Our first day in Watson’s Bay started out with a few showers but fined up by 9am.The Research Station had radioed us the previous afternoon to say they had a package to pick up.  We upgraded our aerial and wireless device before we left Port Douglas and when we tried to connect it up at sea, we found the all important patch kit wasn’t included.  So we ordered it from Cairn... » read more