Ascension Island to Fernando de Noronha……Day 2 June 23rd, written the morning of the 24th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: Staying with GMT for now We\’d had a lovely night and decided if the winds were below 20 knots, we\’d run the spinnaker during the day. First we jibed and it seemed the wrong thing to […]
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Ascension to Fernando de Noronha Island (Brazil)…..Day 1 June 22nd to the morning of the 23rd, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: Still using GMT We got a bit of a late start yesterday morning. The boat was completely ready to go, but the previous three days on the anchor was anything but calming. It was tough
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Ascension Island – Departing on June 22nd….. June 21st, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT We\’ve been at Ascension Island for six days now. The small Capital of Georgetown is a sleepy little vista with lots of history. The British based ships out of here to watch for \”Black Birder\’s\” (slave ships) in the 1800\’s. There
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Arrival and First Day at Ascension Island…… To see the Photo Gallery associated with this post, click: 06-2013 Ascension Island – UK (Mid Atlantic) Photo Gallery June 14th-15th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT We arrived at 4:30 pm on Friday the 14th. I really wanted to be here before dark (which we were) because of
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St. Helena to Ascension Island…..Day 4 June 13th, written the morning of the 14th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT Right after I posted the morning blog yesterday, the winds dropped to 10-12 knots and I was sure we wouldn\’t make the Anchorage today. About three hours later, we put up the spinnaker on port tack
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St. Helena to Ascension Island…..Day 3 June 12th, written the morning of June 13th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT Yesterday started out a bit blustery, but we were able to use the full main and genoa for several hours before the winds came up over 22 knots and decided to put in the first reef.
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St. Helena to Ascension Island…..Day 2 June 11th, written the morning of June 12th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT Yesterday started off a bit slow and during the day we were a bit slow despite all the \”laundry\” (all the sails) up. Late in the afternoon when we were on radio schedule with Peri Peri
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St. Helena to Ascension lsland……Day 1 June 10th, written the morning of the 11th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT It\’s always nice to have a few regrets leaving a place. That means, you enjoyed it and would consider coming back or at least recommending it to others. St. Helena fit nicely into both categories. We
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Sights of St. Helena….. June 3rd – 9th, 2013 (Western Hemisphere) Time: GMT To see the Photo Gallery associated with this post – CLICK HERE On our last day, we had the biggest flying fish I\’d ever seen. Friends Dave and Kathie of \”Sunflower\” were reporting lots of them, but this was the only one we
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Arrival at St. Helena Island…..Day 8.5 June 2nd, written aboard on the morning of June 3rd, 2013….(Western Hemisphere) +0 GMT/UTC 1380 miles, 8 days 8 hours – averaged 163 nm/day. Yesterday started as a blustery sail with the somewhat diminishing winds from the night before\’s 30 & 40 knot gusts. I was a bit concerned
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