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The old one is broken

I broke the old blog, so here is new one

May 21, 2012: A new Post “Day 3 – Back on my feet” was written on the May 21, 2012 at 11:54 am on “S.V. Resolution”.After a few days of big white caps and steep waves, the winds havedropped below 15 knots and the waves have spread out a little. Outsideis much drier and pleasant, and my bruises from trying to move aroundthe boat are healing.The wind hasn’t shifted too much,... » read more

Further Adventures in Hawai‘i 2012

Oahu-Hawai'i Island - Maui - Lana'i - Moloka'i - Kaua'i

May 21, 2012: More posts with lots more details and photos to follow…eventually… After a final flurry of boat projects and purchases and a lovely sail off Waikiki with Kathy, we left Ala Wai Harbor on Sunday May 13th. We had a glorious sail to Lono Harbor on Moloka’i and spent two nights there, exploring the abandoned harbor both in and out of the water. On Tuesday, we m... » read more

IN THE MED

We plan to sail from Southern Spain to the Balearics, then on to Sardinia, maybe Corsica, then Scicily, Malta and Greece. Our plans are not cast in stone and may well change as ...

May 21, 2012: The time came to say goodbye to Sant Carles and the friends we made there. We left at about 11:00 a.m. bound for Majorca (again) about 120 nautical miles away. First we spent a few hours trying to sail to windward in very light airs and almost gave up but motored for an hour instead after which time the wind built and veered and we were able to sail a course to Soller, the only port of refuge o... » read more

Jambo sails the UK

Setting off from The Hamble Jambo goes clockwise around the UK over the next 3 months

May 21, 2012: David getting to grips with being a sailor!Sent from my iPhone » read more

West Coast of Scotland, Aug 2007

Ardrossan, Sanda, Craighouse (Jura), Tayvallich (Loch Sween), Loch Melfort, Loch Aline, Oban, Tobermory (Mull), Loch Nevis, Loch Harport (Skye), Loch Scresort (Rum), Tobermory, ...

May 20, 2012: Back down the Sound of Mull, past Lismore Island and into the entrance to Oban.We are coming in under sail and Ron doesn’t seem to want to take the main down yet..I am on the helm busy keeping my on one Caledonian MacBrayne ferry that is just leaving the terminal and one another one that is coming up the channel astern of us when..Splash, its that fender over the side again, and a call of... » read more

Ein Jahr unterwegs mit der Volare

Gemütlich durch das Mittelmeer (ca. vier Monate im Sommer und Herbst 2011), Ende November geht es über den Atlantik in die Karibik (dort bleiben wir weitere vier Monate) und dan...

May 20, 2012: Am Freitag ist wieder fast den ganzen Tag ziemlich gleich bleibender Wind mit ca. 15 – 20 kn, allerdings hat der Wind weiter nach Süd gedreht, sodass wir bei halbem Wind gut segeln können. Das Meer ist auch recht ruhig, Wellenhöhe unter 1 m, allerdings kommen die Wellen genau von der Seite, was die Volare zum Anlass nimmt, sich wohlig zu rollen. Kein anderes Schiff weit und... » read more

Endeavour's Adventures 2012

May 20, 2012: We awoke early and left the anchorage at 6.25 a.m. for our long passage to the west coast of Khios, some 50 + nautical miles south west.  It was very cold this morning and there was a mist hovering on top of the water as we left the anchorage, just like a picture postcard.  The wind was very light so we had to motor sail all the way passing two huge container ships quite close by.&nbs... » read more

Eastbourne Brighton

Een slap tochtje

May 19, 2012: Zaterdag 19 mei, Mama is vandaag 91 jaar geworden.Gisteren hebben we een hele lijst afgewerkt met dingen die nog moesten of niet deugden, zoals de olie van de keerkoppeling verversen, want het meeste lag woensdagavond eronder, zo van,”en nu wil ik nieuwe olie”.  Om de vuldop los te draaien was het nodig om de sleutel te verlengen met de lierhendel en erbij wat krachttermen... » read more

Rond de middellandse zee

Van Marseille naar zuid italie op 6 maanden nadien zien we wel verder.

May 19, 2012: Weinig wind voor de laatste tocht naar Trogir. We meren aan in de ACI marina en alle voorbereidingen worden genomen voor de terugreis van de crew. De Salacia wordt gekuist en het stadje bezocht. Morgen vliegt iedereen naaar huis.  » read more

our first entry into port yasmine hammamet tunisia

Arriving in Port Yasmine marina for the first time was a bit of a shock after spending our first year away from the UK in the sleepy little fishing marina of Nazare Portugal and...

May 18, 2012: Arriving in Port Yasmine marina for the first time was a bit of a shock after spending our first year away from the UK in the sleepy little fishing marina of Nazare Portugal and feeling very smug that the weather was so much better than the UK. We arrived to be met by 40+ degrees of heat and very high humidity and bright sunshine everyday, if we had thought Portugal was hot we were wrong ... » read more