Gypsea Heart

Gypsea Heart is a 2005 Leopard 47 catamaran registered in the USA with home port of Luckenbach, Texas. Rankin and Sandy are her permanent crew and are members of the SSCA and ICA.

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Posted: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 - 10:18

Sailed from Emae Island to NW Tongoa. We could not safely land a dinghy on the rocky shore to find someone to pay our 500 VT (US$ 5) fee each for diving there, so we had to let Jon from Evergreen

Posted: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 - 18:53

Sailed from Lelepa to Emae Island with 15-20 kt wind making for a fast passage. Caught a 7 kg (15 lb) mahi mahi near Emae and shared it with Blue Rodeo, Evergreen and the villagers on shore

Posted: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 - 10:47

After a 5 nm sail from Paul's Reef, anchored in the NW lagoon of Lelepa where there is a narrow opening between the reef and numerous coral heads in the lagoon. The bottom was mostly 10 - 15 ft deep

Posted: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 - 10:41

We spent 6 days in Port Vila on a Yachting World mooring to get fresh provisions, fill up with diesel, check in with Immigration for our one month visa plus 4 month extension, obtain a required

Posted: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 - 08:08

After a 23 hour downwind sail, half of which was with the spinnaker, from Port Resolution on Tanna, Vanuatu, we arrived at Port Vila on Efate, Vanuatu. We are attached to a Yacht World mooring and

Posted: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 - 18:54

Had a nice 8 hour spinnaker sail from Port Patrick on the north coast of Aneityum, Vanuatu, to Port Resolution on the SE coast of Tanna, Vanuatu, except that we had to lower and raise the spinnaker 3

Posted: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 - 18:36

Anchored in Anawamet Bay (Port Patrick)on the north side of Aneityum Island, Vanuatu. A reef is in the middle of the Bay and the east channel is much easier to navigate than the west channel around

Posted: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 - 09:11

Anchored in Utche Bay, SW Aneityum Island, Vanuatu. This anchorage is only 2 miles from the main anchorage at Anelghowhat (Analgawat) Bay and is 1 mile from Jnmal (Inmal) Reef where there is supposed

Posted: Tue, 27 May 2014 - 09:22

We arrived at Aneityum, Vanuatu, yesterday morning 5 minutes behind Blue Rodeo with no repairs necessary and no lost lures - a record. We caught a skipjack as we arrived as a consolation prize. There

Posted: Sun, 25 May 2014 - 10:58

It is 11 am on Sunday and we are 125 nm from Aneityum, Vanuatu. The forecasted winds of 8-12 knots for last night turned out to be 15-20 kts which allowed us to sail at 8-9 knots and make up ground

Posted: Sat, 24 May 2014 - 18:46

Motored most of the day in light winds until 1600 when able to sail close hauled. Fish still shy.

Posted: Sat, 24 May 2014 - 07:55

Posted: Fri, 23 May 2014 - 17:57

Our 24 hour spinnaker sail ended at 1100 hrs when the wind died (RIP). Ever since, we have been motoring(92%), sailing(8%) with another day of light wind forecast. ETA in Aneitym, Vanuatu, on Monday

Posted: Fri, 23 May 2014 - 07:50

getting closer to Blue Rodeo!

Posted: Thu, 22 May 2014 - 18:48

Sea swell diminishing and temperature slowly rising. Lovely day spinnaker sailing with plans to fly the spinnaker all night if the wind doesn't die and the squalls stay away. Trying to catch Blue

Posted: Thu, 22 May 2014 - 07:55

Posted: Wed, 21 May 2014 - 17:49

Sailing along with reefed main and poled out jib.

Posted: Wed, 21 May 2014 - 08:40

Posted: Tue, 20 May 2014 - 07:53

Motoring along.

Posted: Mon, 19 May 2014 - 18:30

Though we are motoring, it is a very pleasant evening and the sun is just setting

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