ICAROS

Icaros is a 2002 Catana 431 catamaran purchased by the current owners, Bev & Bob, in France in 2013. Icaros has a white hull with grey and yellow sail and cockpit covers.

Posted: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 - 19:15

We have just rounded Cap D'Ambre and I can report that Madagascar looks beautiful. After a rough and bouncy night, the sea flattened out as we approached the coast at sun rise. A favourable current

Posted: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 - 19:21

The wind and seas have eased a bit for our final leg to the top of Madagascar. We should round Cap D'Ambre tomorrow during daylight hours. Looking forward to getting off this magic carpet (aka roller

Posted: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 - 19:18

We had a rainy night but plenty of sunshine so far today for the solar panels. Since coming through the gap on Tues we have been angling south. Today we head west and tomorrow north west along the

Posted: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 - 19:24

Yesterday afternoon we navigated our way through the Mascarene Gap, an area between two large banks or shallow areas. Not a great feat as it?s about 65 miles wide! Now we are on a more southwesterly

Posted: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 - 19:18

Still moving along quite nicely downwind with just the headsail. Hurry Up, Slow down, Hurry up!! The latest weather forecast shows the winds easing around the top end of Madagascar in time for our

Posted: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 - 19:27

Still moving along comfortably downwind with just the headsail. We had quite a bit of rain and wind last night but things have settled down today. Heavy clouds fill the sky so the solar panels are

Posted: Sun, 9 Jun 2019 - 18:42

Still moving along quite nicely downwind with just the headsail. Have shut the freezer off today. We just have a couple of frozen made-ahead meals left. Time to get inventive with the dry stores

Posted: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 - 19:33

Still moving along quite nicely downwind with just the headsail. Saw several cargo ships on AIS last night. Now today - nothing. Maybe we passed through a shipping lane. Chatting twice daily on our

Posted: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 - 19:24

We are moving along quite nicely downwind with just the headsail. The big excitement for the day has been our first AIS target since leaving Sumatra - a cargo ship heading east bound for Singapore

Posted: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 - 19:45

Well, what a difference another day can make!! We are now heading for Madagascar. A weather forecast of 30+kt breezes and high seas around Rodrigues in the upcoming days made us consider our

Posted: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 - 19:51

Well, what a difference a day can make!! We have rather boisterous conditions today. Last evening the wind picked up from the NW and we were able to sail through the night. This morning after

Posted: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 - 19:24

The wind dropped out and we have been motoring since midnight. We have a long lazy swell and a favourable current helping us along. The forecast has a change coming tomorrow or the next day. We will

Posted: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 - 20:15

It was a starry starry night and now it's a blue sky day. The wind and waves have eased a bit and it's lovely smooth sailing. The temperature is very pleasant and we've started to wear T-shirts

Posted: Sun, 2 Jun 2019 - 18:42

Had a couple of passing showers this morning. The past couple of days have been overcast with lumpy seas in the morning and then the afternoons have brightened up to make the solar panels happy. The

Posted: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 - 19:27

Yet another good night and no fish died on deck. We are in SSB radio contact with several other boats we know in the area. Unfortunately propagation has not been good the past couple of days

Posted: Fri, 31 May 2019 - 20:12

Yet another good night. We had a small early morning shower which I thought might be nice to rinse the salt off the deck - but we keep getting broad sided and splashed by the occasional big wave

Posted: Thu, 30 May 2019 - 18:27

We had another good night. Nice steady breeze and no rain. The wind has lessened a bit today but we are now on a beam reach and still making good time. 498 miles from Padang and 1954 miles to go to

Posted: Wed, 29 May 2019 - 17:48

We had a very good night. Nice steady breeze and no rain. AND best of all - no other boats. After the last couple of years in SE Asia maneuvering at times amongst hundreds of boats, it is awesome not

Posted: Tue, 28 May 2019 - 19:09

We were surprised to find ourselves sailing not long after leaving Padang last evening. Had expected to spend the first couple of days motoring south to find some wind. Had several squalls through

Posted: Mon, 27 May 2019 - 22:50

Goodbye Indonesia, Wonderful Indonesia, Goodbye SE Asia. Lots of good times & great people we've met along the way. Looking forward to getting out there & doing some sailing & exploring new

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