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 - February 7, 2016
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Sailed up the river yesterday and now moored up in Marina la Estancilla. Customs, Armada and Immigration completed but still waiting for Health and Biosecuity. This is a small Marina, non profit ... Read More
Ithaka - February 6, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile Day 43 Arrival The wind was cool and the waves short and steep as we closed on the coast. Soon we could distinguish Punta Gatera, until then only a waypoint on the ... Read More
Ithaka - February 5, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile Day 42 "Land Ahoy!" I heard through dreams and sleep. I struggled out of twisted duvet and to the companion way dressed only in underpants! Met Lucas, in similar ... Read More
Ithaka - February 4, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile Day 41 So what do I think about when hand steering for 3 hours from midnight, in the pitch dark, with only the 3 illuminated digital navigational dials to keep me ... Read More
Ithaka - February 3, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile Colin here again. Perhaps there'll be a squall.
Woke up from a deep sleep to hear Ana chatting with Graham on the radio, time 0130. Lay in my bunk half listening to ... Read More
Ithaka - February 2, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile Colin here! Wow, what a busy Sunday. It started at midnight when I came on watch. We were trickling along at about 4 knots in the right direction which was nice after ... Read More
Ithaka - February 1, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile Day 38. Ana here. We were becalmed for much of the day, with no sails up. We sunned ourselves, and aired the bedding. It felt almost like being in the tropics again ... Read More
Ithaka - January 30, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile Well we came out of the front and had a few hours of relaxed sailing in good winds. Then we met a high pressure system, the wind died and, after a few hours of slatting ... Read More
Ithaka - January 30, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile Spent the day managing the latest front. Soon after a grey, grey dawn, the wind picked up to the mid twenties gusting low thirties. We reached under double reefed main ... Read More
Ithaka - January 29, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile We ran the engine for 4 hours yesterday and then the wind began to fill in. The sun came out and we had a glorious few hours. Ana and I even managed some sunbathing on ... Read More
Ithaka - January 28, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile .
It's 0400 and I've just come in from the cockpit where I have been coaxing Ithaka into motion. The wind is light and variable. just 7 knots. The are 0.5 metre are ... Read More
Ithaka - January 28, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile .
It's 0400 and I've just come in from the cockpit where I have been coaxing Ithaka into motion. The wind is light and variable. just 7 knots. The are 0.5 metre are ... Read More
Ithaka - January 27, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
The big tropical depression that has been defining our weather for several days passed to our south this morning leaving us with a southerly wind ... Read More
Ithaka - January 25, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Day 32, Double special day today.
Today is Grayson's 4th birthday. Our eldest grandson. It's hard being here and not being there. It's hard for us ... Read More
Ithaka - January 25, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Day 31. Ana here, again. Today my watch begins at midnight, and I know before rising from Ithaka's bucking and rolling, that the wind has picked up ... Read More
Ithaka - January 24, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Day 30. Ana here. Lucas hails me for my watch at 3am today. Despite the ungodly hour, it's a popular watch with us all because of the sunrise. I ... Read More
Ithaka - January 23, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Thursday 21st January, 0600 ships time, I am just finishing my night watch and looking forward to an hour's sleep before breakfast. The batteries are ... Read More
Ithaka - January 22, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
El aire de Chile finalmente esta llegando para hacerme escribir este reporte en mi querido idioma latinoamericano.(English below) Ayer fue para mi un ... Read More
Ithaka - January 21, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Blue desert. Are we the only 3 living beings left on this earth? The birds have gone. There is just blue....sea....and sky. We slide along in 20 ... Read More
Ithaka - January 20, 2016
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On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ.
Day 26. The days are flowing into each other, merging, watch follows watch, meal follows meal, cup of tea follows cup of tea.
Work, is out there in ... Read More