Ithaka
FollowIthaka is an OVNI 435 13 metre aluminium cutter built by Alubat in France in 2003. Ana and Colin bought her in Panama in 2012 and sailed via the Pacific Islands to New Zealand in 2013 where they stayed a year longer than expected! In 2015 they spent 6 months exploring Fiji and Vanuatu before returning to New Zealand in October to prepare for the crossing to Chile. They set sail on Christmas Day and arrived in Valdivia, Chile, 42 days later. After some coastal cruising in the Chiloe area, they put Ithaka to bed for 6 months while they travelled by land through South America. In October 2016 they returned and sailed through the Patagonian channels and the Beagle Channel arriving in Puerto Williams just before Christmas. In 2017 they sailed to Ushuaia and then east across the Le Maire Straight to Staten Island and then to the Falklands. They left the Falklands in March and sailed to Brittany, France, via Brazil and the Cape Verdes. Ithaka is now on the hard in Brittany and, up for sale, waiting for her next adventurers to join her.
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Recent Updates
Ithaka - January 19, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Day 25 We've managed to avoid that tropical low, thanks to Bruce, our weather guru. Instead of thunder storms and blustery strong winds, we've had a ... Read More
Ithaka - January 17, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Day 24 Yet another calm and sunny dawn. No one around but us. The birds have gone.
We have been motoring quite a lot over the last 2 days trying to ... Read More
Ithaka - January 17, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Day 23 Another calm day. More motoring.
In this passage I have sometimes had a curious feeling that we are moving along corridors rather than ... Read More
Ithaka - January 16, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Day 22 Calm sea and sunny skies today, which was very welcome after a couple of rocky rolly days. With the engine and water maker running, we took ... Read More
Ithaka - January 14, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
This is Lucas, breaking the silence: Started the day with my 0300 shift. Colin and I worked to try and experiment with different configurations of ... Read More
Ithaka - January 14, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
MAJOR TOM TO GROUND CONTROL Night watch 0000 to 0300. Bumping and crashing again, hard on the wind on starboard tack. She's trying hard to head east ... Read More
Ithaka - January 12, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Day 19. Ana here, again. A day of apprehension. We have been expecting a frontal system with winds in the high 30s to pass over us from the NW, so ... Read More
Ithaka - January 12, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Day 18. Ana here. I'm in a particularly buoyant (pardon the pun) mood. This is because today I washed my hair. The second time since we left NZ. I ... Read More
Ithaka - January 11, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
We've worked our way north again to allow two successive fronts to pass to our south while we maintain not-too-strong westerly winds. So we skirt the ... Read More
Ithaka - January 9, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Monochrome morning....150 shades of grey, the bright contrast being the danbuoy flag which is fluttering gaily on the end of its pole. THen the birds ... Read More
Ithaka - January 8, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Its the middle of the night here and the wind has dropped down to 10 knots on our starboard quarter. HOwever the waves are still rolling through ... Read More
Ithaka - January 8, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. The effects of the cold front lasted all day yesterday. We had 25 knots gusting 30 until early evening when it began to moderate. The seas were only ... Read More
Ithaka - January 7, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. PLeasant day yesterday and good to catch up with Kiapa and Sel Citron as well as Maunie and Obsession in the evening. We will soon know how far our ... Read More
Ithaka - January 6, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Ana here, while Colin and Lucas slumber. We're over 1,000 miles from land, and still sight birds. In fact, we've seen more sea birds than on any other ... Read More
Ithaka - January 5, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Fast day yesterday reaching in 20 knots. Wind increased even more early this morning so we are triple reefed and staysail in preparation for the front ... Read More
Ithaka - January 4, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Light winds yesterday and slow progress, close hauled on port tack all day. Allowed us to finish off a few outstanding tasks from Auckland including ... Read More
Ithaka - January 3, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Light winds all yesterday and overnight making for slow but very comfortable progress. Also allows the crew to show off their cordon bleu skills in ... Read More
Ithaka - January 2, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Beautiful sailing yesterday across the bluest ocean under the bluest sky, Ithaka revelling in the flat conditions and 15 knots of wind. The wind has ... Read More
Ithaka - January 1, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Steady but slow progress yesterday after an initial period of drizzly rain courtesy of a weak cold front. Then the sun came out and we managed to ... Read More
Ithaka - December, 2015
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. We celebrated the turn of the year at midnight with Laphroig Malt and Christmas Pudding. We 3 must have been the first people in the world to see the ... Read More