Peregrine
FollowPeregrine is a 1972 CT41 William Garden clipper ketch with black and white topsides and a frightful amount of brightwork. She has been in my family since 1977, but I took control of her 1993 at the age of twenty and have spent most of my life since living aboard. My wife and I and the cats have cruised Peregrine extensively up and down the eastern seaboard of the US and out to Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean as far south as Trinidad throughout the past 20-odd years. We got underway again in July 2014 on an extended cruise of three years (or so) bound ostensibly west-around the globe, but we will just have to see where the winds ultimately take us...Crew are Dirk and Gretchen
Recent Updates
En route from Ascension to the E. Carib. Classic doldrums. All well aboard.
Alan is on his way but who knows where to. He is TACKING. Yikes. he is not going to Aus but whether he arrives at New Cal or NZ next stay tuned!
Departed Le Port bound for Richards Bay, SA. Hope to escape this convergence zone by lunchtime today and pick up the SEerlies to carry us as far as Madagascar. Then things turn ugly.
Darse des Plaisances, Le Port, Reunion. We've hiked in the mountains and we swam in the waterfalls. We've projected and prepared, and now it's time to press on to South Africa.
At anchor Port Mathurin, Rodrigues. Friendly people, fresh baguette, great hiking, easy, clean, and low-key.
<p>(Posted 1000 UTC Sep 2) We arrived safely in Kupang, Indonesia on the 31st of August. Thank you again for all of the weather reports and position tracking.</p>
(Posted 1900 UTC Aug 27) Spoke Australian Border Control aircraft today. Despite the rumors, they do not deliver ice cream.
(Posted 1917 UTC Aug 25) 700nm to Kupang.
(Posted 0124UTC Aug 24) Uneventful passage through Torres Straits with fine winds and weather. Winds held E until last night; drifted along @<2kts for hours, but finally fired up a few minutes ago. Combination of poor reception from Darawank & Brunei Sailmail stations and low battery power (wind & towed generators ineffective @<10kts wind downwind) has made emails (like YIT reports) more challenging, so we may not be checking as frequently as usual, but we will be sure to report our safe arrival. ~900nm to Kupang.
(Posted 1917 UTC Aug 22) Rested a day in Treacherous Bay; now continuing through Torres Straits.
(Posted 1926 UTC) Motorsailing to an anchor at Treacherous Bay, Darnley Island, Great Northeast Channel.
(Posted 0540 NZT) 107nm to Torres Straits. 1460nm to Kupang.
(Posted 0540 NZT) 220nm to Torres Straits. 1570nm to Kupang.
(Posted 0630 NZT) ~390nm to Torres Straits eta late Fri/early Sat
(Posted 0630 NZT) ~540nm to Torres Straits
(Posted 0630 NZT)correction to last transmission
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(Posted 0630 NZT)Aim to be about 12d 10's 155d 25'e by noon Monday (NZT), then run immediately south of, or through the Louisiades, depending on conditions.
(Posted 0630 NZT)1026 nm to Torres Str.
(Posted 0700 NZT)1150 nm to Torres Str. Expect ~160E early Sat AM. Question: would diverting a little south of our rhumb line avoid the high convective zone this weekend?