What a difference a day makes!….. 19 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We\’re just completing our second day at sea and surprisingly, we\’ll do around 170+ miles. I say surprisingly, because yesterday we had at least a one knot \”counter current\”. This is a phenomenon where the counter clockwise circulation of the Southern Hemisphere …
Photographs and Memories….. 18 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, We left Peros Banhos yesterday around 10:30 a.m. and had a slow but lovely sail all day. Just after mid-night (why is it always mid-night?…:-)) the wind came up a bit too strong for our sail plan and we changed the reacher out for the …
Peros Banhos….. 17 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well, we tried to leave Salomon yesterday and we did! However, there was virtually NO wind and as we were going right by Peros Banhos Atoll, so we stopped for the night. We anchored off the old pier (which is defunct); it no longer connects to …
Island Hike, Last nights super squall….. 14 October 2012 Dear F&F, As we are still waiting on our weather window, Nikki and I decided today to take a hike and see Ile Bodham. The island is about 1 1/2 miles long and a little over a quarter mile wide. We first went to find the …
Island Tour and Weather Watch!….. 11 October 2012 Dear F&F, Yesterday, Nikki and I along with Dave & Kathy of \”Sunflower\” took a \”tour de lagoon\”! We went over to Ile Foquet and it\’s neighbor \”motu\”, Ile Yakamaya. On the north tip of Ile Foquet is the wreck of \”Black Rose\”. She was a French …
Salomon Atoll, Chagos….. 08 October 2012 Dear F&F, We\’ll we\’re now on our fourth day here at Salomon. Two days ago, we went for a walk an what a wild \”put together\” scene exists on the beach. There is an old stone jetty (very small) that was here when people lived here 50 years ago. …
Arrival at Chagos, 10 days at sea….. 05 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Our last day at sea was in lovely light downwind conditions except for the odd swell coming from both the northwest and the east southeast. It felt like we were zooming up and down hills, shortly spaced together. We had an …
Day 9, squalls, wind shifs and ships….. 04 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well yesterday turned out to be a nice day, lots of \”breeze\” (18-25 knots) and we were able to make some northing. The swells became more tolerable and today feels like we\’re almost at the dock relatively speaking!..:-) We saw two …
Day 8, Uh!….. 03 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well, the last 24 hours has not been lots of fun. Squalls, rain and most importantly, wind from a less favorable direction. We passed a few more ships on AIS yesterday and had a bit of a start this morning (1/2 hour ago) as we …
Day 7, weather and ships….. 02 October 2012 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Yesterday was a nice sailing day, the evening got a bit cranky. The winds are definitely \”northern hemisphere\”. There is a small low pressure system now between us and Chagos which is moving toward Chagos. This should allow us to follow it in …