Patea

14m 2009 Beneteau First 45

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Posted: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 - 06:00

Made it!! Got in a few hours ago - swim, food, beer in quick succession and now some are asleep and some are making plans to go ashore! All looking forward to a quiet, still and restful nights sleep

Posted: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 - 09:00

Neptune has been very good to us this trip, serving up a second tuna yesterday, and today Fletch hauled in our biggest Mahi mahi yet, which will feed us well for the next week while we explore

Posted: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 - 04:57

Did I mention its getting hot? When we left the Cape Verdes last week the water temperature was 26, and the air temperature similar, quite pleasant, and requiring a light duvet at night. We're 300nm

Posted: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 - 07:24

And the winner is..... Mr Hinton!! Nice work Al - we have secured some brown paper and are awaiting expectantly!! Now, about that Mahi mahi.. After ten solid days of consistent wind, we have hit a

Posted: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 - 07:42

Annnnnnnnnd we're over 3/4 of the way there! Everyone is excited! Izzie has especially done well given we have been sailing now for some 9 days - here longest time at sea to date! We are starting to

Posted: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 - 10:39

Still in the Western Atlantic! And the last of the land meat will get consumed tonight - Fletch is whipping up a bacon pasta special!

Posted: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 - 09:18

Finally, the bananas begin to ripen, and after almost a week of abstinence all are enjoying the deliciousness of a ripe banana on the cereal in the morning- ah the simple things! We caught another

Posted: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 - 08:09

Mid Atlantic!! At 10:46 am this morning we ticked off 1006.5 nautical miles, with only 1006.5 to go! very exciting! There were celebratory whoop whoops, three loaves of fresh bread were kneaded

Posted: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 - 04:09

Day 4: Mahi mahi!! The clicker on the rod screaming signified a good size fish had hit the lure, and was now running away madly trying to avoid the dinner pan - a quick drop of the headsail and we

Posted: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 - 07:51

After a couple of hours stop in the most western island of the Cape Verdes, Santo Antao, where we finalised the reefing systems for our brand new main, we were off! Somewhat surprisingly, it was a

Posted: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 - 14:59

And we're off! Well actually we are going to stop in at this next island for a quick swim and hull scrub and then we are off!

Posted: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 - 13:57

Leaving the marina and heading onto anchor for a night to go over all the boats systems once more, and mount the new mainsail, then we'll be heading to Santo Antao for a night and then off! If you

Posted: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 - 22:18

In the hive of activity that is Marina Mindelo getting prepared for our departure across the Atlantic in the next few days. This is unlike any other marina we ha've been in in that you dont see

Posted: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 - 14:47

An afternoon and evening here enjoying the desolate Santa Lucia, with its barren landscape and volcanic hues, before heading to Sao Vincent, our penultimate stop this side of the ditch.

Posted: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 - 14:51

A quick trip back north from Santiago to our new favourite Capo Verdian snorkelling spot for an overnight stay, which was accompanied by a huge pod of dolphins hunting flying fish around the boat and

Posted: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 - 18:00

Oh, forgot to say we shot down to Santiago to pick up our new sail, and our new crew - welcome Connie and Fletch, tis great to have you both back on board! We spent a couple of days here, then headed

Posted: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 - 04:30

A blustery run down the coast to our next little gem, with sand blows up the hill and a plethora of fish life around the peninsula to the North providing great snorkelling. Oh, and we picked up this

Posted: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 - 07:24

A quick cheeky day sail across to Sau Nicolau, and tuna for breakfast! And likely sashimi for the next week too!

Posted: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 - 11:44

A week already in the Verdes! We've mostly recovered from the lack of sleep on the passage from the Canaries to here, induced by a decent 2-3m spwell, and strong winds the whole way, and Patea

Posted: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 - 13:00

Safe and sound after a vigorous sail (30-35 knots ALL the way!) - tired crew so a feed and a beer or two then bed - more to come soon!

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