Daily Logs

Glamorous Galah - One way ticket

Here's Dave at Melbourne airport. Along with Ted they have a one way ticket to Road Town, Tortola - BVI, via NZ and LA. We managed to get our luggage of surfboards, spinnakers and assorted gear checked in without too much excess. It's been a busy week of good byes and packing. Leaving the family and friends is never easy. Caribbean here we come!  . read more...

Glamorous Galah

Satellite phone test and sutures. This is a test run for our sat phone from Australia. Today Bernie and Ted had a lesson with Dr Flanagan administering nylon sutures into a leg of pork!. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the World

TUESDAY 25th May 2010 (presently in Rarotonga, The Cook Islands, South Pacific,)  07.00hrs   Another cloudy Morning, and we still have that big swell charging into the small harbour, even though there is only 21knots of wind. The trouble with the swell is it makes getting on and off the boat very difficult, however, no one has fallen yet. We have the boat on long stern lines, which are tied to the Quay walls, so we have to use the rib for going ashore. All the boats are in the same situation.09.30hrs  John and Skipper hopped up on the scooters and took off up to the Hospital to see how poor old " Fats" is doing.!  has he survived ? When we arrived , the neck support and all the bandages had been removed. Oh my God !  He looked positivly afull, all. read more...

Graptolite - 2644 Miles Out

09:19.26S 132:38.34W Thursday PMLife has developed into a routine of breakfast, siesta, lunch, siesta, dinner, siesta, nightwatch, sleep, breakfast. Obviously, in reality it's a bit more complicated than that. But not much.You could insert catch fish and talk on radio, before lunch and have showers and sundowners before dinner and you might get some idea of the hecticsocial whirl of our existence. It's more tiring than you might think.All this is preamble to me saying nothing much has happened today.Bikini of the day - green string with butterflies. M. read more...

Quasar V of Lleyn - nearly there

Wednesday 26th MarchNEARLY THERE!Not much happening today! The Marquesan courtesy flag is hoisted in preparation for our arrival tomorrow!clip_image002. read more...

Glamorous Galah - First aid freakiness!

Bernie and I attended a course run by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria on the weekend. Incredibly, we sat next to Jeff Young who has his 36ft yacht Sea Falke in the Caribbean. He intends to sail her back to Australia in January after cruising more of the beautiful islands of the West Indies.Ted Bainbridge. read more...

Destiny - An awful night

25.5.2010Wir hatten einen gemütlichen Pfingstmontag und kamen mit ausgebaumter Genuamit 20 kn Wind aus Ost gut voran. Als der Wind um die Mittagszeit auf 18kn nachließ, setzten wir. unser Paradestück:, den Spinnaker. Abends warenwir noch ca. 24 Stunden vom Ziel Niue entfernt; der Wind hatte sich weiterreduziert auf 13 kn ONO. So ging es in die Nacht. Die Wettervorhersagehatte zwar Gewitter und in Gewitternähe Starkwind angesagt, aber dieVorhersage hatte schon die ganzen letzten Tage nicht zugetroffen. SeitKachelmann nicht mehr verfügbar ist, ist auch auf das Wetter kein Verlaßmehr. Nach der üblichen Wacheinteilung ging die Mannschaft schlafen; dieerste Wache übernahm Wolfgang.Bei mäßigem Wind zeigte sich vor uns ein spektakuläres Wetterleuchten, dassich gegen 21:30 Uhr rasant nähert. Ein. read more...

Crazy Horse - May 25

Crazy Horse just arrived at Raratonga today at 4pm. We were warmly greeted by other World ARCers. We had to med moor in some wild wind and weather. Thanks to Charles from Dreamcatcher and Stian from Ronja we tied up safely. It could have been very ugly without their help. Ronja is here along with Dreamcatcher, Brown-Eyed Girl, Jeannius, and A Lady. Ocean Jasper should be arriving early tomorrow am.Everyone has commented on how this is such a warm and friendly island. Prices are much better here than in French Polynesia. We are joining the others at a local restaurant for dinner tonight. Since we haven't been off the boat yet today I will write more about this island tomorrow. We may stay here a couple of days until the weather improves. There are lots of confused seas now and. read more...

Glamorous Galah - Preparations

It's down to the wire for Dave and Ted as they make final preparations to join GG in the BVI. A one way ticket has been booked on Air NZ for each. We are weighing up our gear, and starting our good byes. Bernie has scored a couple of spinnakers, thanks to Rimmo, so, as the smallest mono hull, we are hoping to well and truly stay up with the fleet. Our 3 bladed Autostream feathering prop should also assist!Ted Bainbridge. read more...

Asolare - in the Marquesas

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }Friday 28th March 2008 Over half the yachts have now arrived in Hiva Oa and there have been some great parties! Two nights ago everybody that had come in, went to a hill top restaurant for a superb meal and entertainment. Today’s photo was taken at the restaurant and is a local dancer in traditional dress and movements to match! There are very unfortunately three yachts still in the Galapagos awaiting spare parts all “stuck” in Ecuador in customs! The parts have been delayed there up to three weeks and one of the owners is flying today to Ecuador “to start World War III”. This is a totally unacceptable situation and the peeked capped customs officials with gold braid applet’s, need to be told very firmly that they are doing. read more...

Glamorous Galah - About us

Glamorous Galah is a US made 2005 Berret-Racoupeau designed Beneteau 393 sloop, owned by Bernie O’Hanlon and Ted Bainbridge from the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne, Australia. She has a fully battened main with three reefing points and a self-furling jib. On the World ARC Rally we will carry a spare main and jib, asymmetrical and symmetrical spinnakers. Powered with a 56hp Yanmar diesel, we have fitted an Aussie made Seahawk Autostream self-feathering propeller. Instruments are Raymarine. She carries 150 litres of fuel and 500 litres of fresh water. Her fin keel draws 1.9m with a beam of 3.96m and LOA 11.94m. She has three cabins entering on to the main saloon with navigation station to port and galley to starboard. She carries four surfboards, a 3m RIB and 9.9hp 4. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the world

MONDAY  24th  MAY  2010    ( Presently in Rarotonga, The Cook Islands, South Pacific.) 07.00  Cloudy Morning with lots of Cocks crowing in the background. We took some photo's of the damaged toe rail and paintwork on the starboard side caused by the French men in Raiatae as they left the dock on their way to the start of the practice race. Laurent needs the photo's for the Insurance co. so we emailed them to him. Laurent, our yacht agent in Tahiti, was terrific, he really looked after us and the boat and seemed available at all times ,nights, weekends, holidays,  etc,, excellent! On the other hand, Arnaud in NautiSport was the exact opposite, He actually went on his annual leave for the couple of weeks that the World ARC fleet were in. read more...

Whitbread - It's a bit wobbly.

Had a close encounter with a non-WARC sailing boat this morning a German sail boat that passed within a few boat lengths, not sure they looked to be heading to the Marquesas though. It was a bit of a worry that the VHF transmission was so broken up when we could have literally shouted across to them, so either his set or ours needs a look at - put it on the list. Ah yes, the list. A few items that need attention which continues to grow and expand as if it has taken on a life all of its own. Think we are going to be busy in the Marquesas.The other thing that happened on the sunrise watch, which is the most amazing time of day as the darkness fades away, the sun pops up behind you and all those menacing looking clouds reveal themselves as fluffy white ones, was a murder. In fact it was. read more...

Lady Kay - 18th day at sea! Cleone picture

Day 18 of the leg and boredom has pretty much kicked in! Great news is that Michael has fixed the generator and so can make water. The GPS is giving us an ETA of the 29th and less than 300 miles to go which was duly celebrated with a beer at lunch time!We finally spotted another boat last night and today crossed paths with Cleone (photo attached), James on Cleone put up the spinnaker in an attempt to pass us but with some furious sail triming we are currently holding our own (just!).Our boat will have done 15,000 nm later today. Another reason to celebrate maybe.Kerry, Jackie and MichaelIMG_0603_1_1. read more...

Voyageur - Log day 96 - Drookit!

24 May 2010In Scots speak it means soaked to the skin and we fitted the bill perfectly. A humdinger of a rain squall heralded the beginning of our last night at sea. The sky went black. It was like a curtain being drawn across a stage. Unfortunately for us we were the actors, not the audience! Visibility was reduced to a few yards. The surface of the sea was flattened as the heavens opened and rain like "stair rods" hit the surrounding water like gunshot. I had to reach for my rain jacket a rare occurrence on this boat. Voyageur had fully poled out genoa and mizzen and for half an hour we before it reaching speeds up to 9knots though not in the right direction.Desert Island Risks! We entered the pass just before high water. Ciao and Asolare were already at anchor and Thor V1 arrived. read more...

Andante of Mersey - Dorado

We have 283 miles to go and should be in Saturday lunch time. Life goes on in the routine of b'fast, reading, doing the roll call of positions on the SSB radio, doing the emails, reading, lunch, catching up with sleep from doing the night watches, reading, listening to music, happy hour, evening meal and then setting the sails for the night watches. We usually reef a little as the wind often increases at night.We had a particularly bad Bank holiday Monday. We attempted to gybe on to std and work back North. The yellow uphaul got wrapped around the top genoa swivel so that it had only allowed part of the sail to come out. The pole would not come down because of the friction around the sail. I eventually managed to throw a rope over the pole to get to a position where Matt could reach the. read more...

Crazy Horse - May 24

Yesterday the wind piped up and we had some good sailing in the afternoon and through the night. Just took the sails down as they were making a racket and doing not much good. Winds in this part of the Pacific are flooky and come from all angles. Just when you think things are humming along the wind changes direction or just dies off. Now we are motoring and will probably do that throughout the night. No signs of any other boats out here. Hoping to get into Raratonga tomorrow. Bill does talk with Jim on Ocean Jasper inthe am and pm on the SSB. There are lots of clouds out here. Then the sun pokes through again. We will be passing by three small islands before we reach Raratonga.Rosemary, Bill and Matt. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the World

 SUNDAY    23 rd   May  2010     (  Presently in Rarotonga, The Cook Islands, South Pacific )  It is a cloudy morning and no one on board was in any rush to get up . Then Fats decided to do a cooked breakfast, a very rare thing on this boat, as skipper does not approve, basically, cooked breakfast's stink the boat for a long time after. so, generally not allowed. We went to the church and listened to Sunday singing. absolutly the best choir singing you would ever hear. Lift the souls. We then did a little scouting around on foot, before hireing scooters at lunch time, Then, like three little boys, we reved up and vanished in different directions to explore this lovely looking Island,  As mentioned. read more...

Graptolite - Life is a Minestrone

It's amazing what golden oldies people have buried in their iPods. 10CC is playing as I write.The skipper (me) gave one of his masterclasses this evening over cocktails and nibbles. This one was on the subject of knot-tying. My party-piece is tying a one-handed bowline and a true anecdote about me, bowlines and the Duke of Edinburgh. (Another time gentle readers if you have not already heard it).Colin was mainly interested in knots used for terminal tackle, hooks and line-joining when using heavy monofilament. (The uni-knot system works well for those who care). Heike was mainly interested in knots that can be used to secure wrists, ankles and necks. Bikini of the day - orange one-piece with blue and green piranha fish.Losing the plot in the Pacific at 08:49.69S 129:50.73W Wednesday PMM. read more...

Quasar V of Lleyn - Log

Tuesday 25th MarchSAILING IS THE EASY BIT!Passage making is easy! You just put up the white fluffy things, set the autopilot, look at the weather forecasts, trim or reef occasionally, check the course and keep watch! You just sail for days on end with the same sail plan and with steadyish winds.The real skill is overcoming all the never ending mechanical and gear problems, as you progress! Malcy is a very experienced and very competent yachtsman (about 130,000 miles), but where he has few equals is his ability to fix things, which as an engineer was once his profession!JB: Yes. over the last week or so it has become apparent that Quasar V is suffering a leak, of the salt-water variety, which is never a good sign. We have had to regularly empty the bilges, however, they just keep filling. read more...

Ariane - Suwarrow: Ein Fisch beisst zu und Haie umkreisen die Schiffe!

Hallo liebe Freunde  Tönt das nicht gefährlich? Ist in Wirklichkeit nur halb so schlimm. Zuerst zum Ort: Suwarrow ist ein Atoll, wie wir das von den Tuamotus recht gut kennen. Eine einzige Einfahrt führt durch das Riff und bedingt gute Sicht, um die Karte mit den sichtbaren Riffen zu vergleichen. Die Motus sind bewaldete Palmeninseln, die sehr gut aussehen und auch Strände aufweisen. Der beissende Fisch war ein kräftiger Wahoo von ca. 1,4 m Länge, die ein Crewmitglied des Katamarans "Destiny" vor Suwarrow gefangen hatte und an Bord hieven wollte. Das Tier hat sich gewehrt und den jungen Mann ins Bein gebissen. Hier zeigt sich wieder einmal, wie gut es ist, nicht alleine umher zu schippern. Denn kurz nach dem Vorfall war die Destiny im Atoll und ankerte neben der Yacht "Lady. read more...

Tucanon - Ciao is the champion

Well done Ciao for winning the Tahiti Pearl regatta. Of the four races, they were twice placed second and twice placed first. Not bad for a yacht cruising the world. An amazing feat and a well deserved achievement!Monday morning early we restocked at Raiatea with fresh fruit for the passage to the Cook islands and Niue. We had been advised that despite spending 2 nights in Bora Bora, it is not suitable for provisioning. We also refueled at the marina adjacent to where we had spent the night.It was a down-wind sail to Bora Bora, unlike the day of the first race a few days ago. We were flying the parasailor and speeding along, arriving in time for the crew to participate in the dinghy race which was a very wet, fun-packed affair. That evening, those boats which hadn't already left for. read more...

Asolare - In Marquesas. First in Class!

Wednesday 26th March 2008 “Asolare” is now safely in the Marquesas after a very fast crossing of 16 days and 20 hrs.We came 5th overall and 1st in class! This was actually, for us, the first leg that we competed in as we stopped off on the first Leg in the San Blas Islands and on the Ecuador Leg in the Las Perlas Islands. The leg to the Galapagos was almost all motoring for the whole fleet.We arrived in the dark – Asolare does not seem to know any better – so anchored outside the harbour until daylight.It is sunny but very heavy clouds and some rain but the small supermarket stocked Tonic Water as we ran out halfway across the pacific as there was none to be bought in the Galapagos!The photo is a “sunset” time photo in the anchorage with ARC yacht settling down for then. read more...

Voyageur - Log day 96 - Chasing rainbows!

23 May 2010We motored on throughout the day and into the night. Conditions were so calm we lunched at the cockpit table as if we were at anchor, unheard of during a sea passage. Taking two hours respite from the constant drone of the engine we enjoyed our sundowners and evening meal in peace. The day brought just one squall lasting only a few minutes and even then the wind did not rise above ten knots. We were however rewarded with a stunning rainbow which crept across the surface of the sea to come quite close to Voyageur. During our two months cruising in French Polynesia I cannot ever remember seeing so many rainbows, on an almost daily basis, often several in one day, occasionally doubles ones, once a triple one. Our eye caught the first real signs of chafe on the lower luff of the. read more...

Jus'Do It 3 - land ahoy and baby boy!

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }26.03.08 5pm Marquesas time.Ian phones home in the afternoon (25th) to learn he’s a Grandad again! Kadyn Darby was born 10am UK time this morning –congratulations to Jady, Lynn and big sister Myli! This very happy news is the icing on the cake of another beautiful day’s sailing in bright sunshine with a cloudless sky. We’re almost straight on course for Hiva Oa – the wind is a constant 15-20 knots and we maintain a speed of 8-10 knots throughout the afternoon and into the night. We’re seeing many different birds now (a sure sign we’re nearing land) including frigates, terns , boobys , sooty terns and some others that aren’t close enough for us to identify. They almost seem to hunt in layers, with the frigates the. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the World

SATURDAY  22nd  MAY   2010 04.00hrs   The skipper was at the end of his watch and Jonh was about to take over untill 08.00hrs... The wind had died way down, so we started the engine and left it heat up for a while before we ran it at 1500 rpm which drove the boat along nicely at 6.8 knots.. 08.00hrs, we could see the Island of Rarotonga, and it was just a mere 21 miles away,, It was one of those beautifull mornings, Flat deep blue sea, light air, ( mind you, not great for sailing ) not a cloud in the sky, and the sun shining down on us and the Island we are heading for.... We put out the fishing line again, in one last desperate attempt to catch a fish before reaching our destination.( however, we did discover a big flying fish in the. read more...

Crazy Horse - May 23

Crazy Horse left with Ocean Jasper for Raratonga yesterday at approximately  9:30am. Wild Tigris decided to stay at Bora Bora for another day or so. Grand Filou was still there also perhaps waiting for more crew and repairs. Mattdelivered one Crazy Horse World Tour t-shirt to the owner Jessica before we departed. BBYC is in the midst of a major reconstruction but they are open for business despite all the construction. We had a wonderful time there meeting new folks and reuniting with the other ARCers.Our best wishes go  out to Jessica and Teva in their recovery from the hurricane devastation.They are certainly a determined and hard working couple.Our last night at Bora Bora was spent going for a dinghy ride through a downpour for one last visit to Bloody Mary's. While sitting. read more...

Whitbread - The Management

Sailing on Whitbread requires lots of management of various issues. We have fuel management, water management, food management etc. etc. and if anything goes wrong then its obviously poor management of that issue. For example, yesterday we had very bad "sugar management". We appear to have run out of sugar on board and currently blame Wolfy who has been having more than his ration with 4 sugars in his coffee. He is now responsible for good sugar management on the future legs.Todays issue being raised is "shade management". Without a bimini in the cockpit and in the midday sun at 10' south of the equator it doesn't take long for the helmsman to turn medium-well done. We have resorted to various ways of creating good shade management, from wrapping t-shirts on our heads or draping towels. read more...

Lady Kay - generator trouble

HiOnly 445nm to go - made v good progress overnight at the cost of being thrown into the air a regular intervals whilst trying to sleep. I had to prize my grip from the mattress when I woke up.Generator stalled last night. Michael changed the fuel filter, which was full of muck - impossible to get clean fuel in Galapagos - but unfortunately we still have a problem - possibly with the coolant system or the impeller. Both engines are working, so not too much of a problem as we can use these to generate power. Our useful manual, badly translated from the German, contains some wonderful advice e.g. Attention! Before opening the de-aerating points the generator must be stagnant!! and ' the coolant must be refilled so long, up to recognizes that the cooling water level does not sag any. read more...

Voyageur - Log day 95 - Jibe, jibe & jibe again

22 May 2010Day three and a day beset with squalls. Poles out this way, poles out that way. We jibed, jibed and jibed again. I could almost hear Voyageur saying, "for goodness sake guys make up your mind"! Asolare overtook us last night finally disappearing over the horizon by lunchtime. Liza who had been playing cat and mouse with us over the last couple of days also suddenly reappeared and swept by us on the opposite tack. We had been discussing putting up the ballooner for two days now and were still no further forwards in making a decision. Trouble is we are just too lazy and lack the competitive spirit. I much prefer to work out the lunch and dinner menu than the sail plan. Besides, I have got into a really good book. 'The Last Voyage of the Lucette' was a remake of Dougal. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the World

FRIDAY   21st  MAY  2010    (  Skippers Grandaughter....... Rachel Hyde.........birthday )  Lots of showers and wind during the night, However, no traffic. Donal tried the SSB,but with little or no success, a range of about 30 miles, the VHF will do that distance for us now since we installed a new ariel. Skipper is still in a sleep mode and spent most of the morning asleep on deck again, but feeling a little better. Taking the advice of Leah and Annette; stuff yourself full of Vitimen " C". Donal and John spent most of their time playing Sudoku, Donal has the old fashion way......... a bookJohn has the modern way................an electronic book Fishing.....   Nothing happening here either,  It looks as if the. read more...

Cleone - Leg 4 Day 17 - Complacency

Pride comes before a fall, but what comes after Complacency?I can tell you when you are sailing; tearing one of your best and most important sails.  The Skipper was calmly relaxing in his bunk, thinking that every thing's cool but a touch windy.  The crew's on deck, thinking probably the same kind of thoughts.  So the Skipper (being the skipper) has a bright idea.  What about another reef in the mainsail?  Well, the crew, being the crew, think that it is a splendid idea, and so the drama begins.  But first to set the scene.  Cleone has an inner forestay, off which to fly our storm-sails, as I think I've already explained.  Partly because the original place it was secured to when not in use has broken, and partly to make it more convenient should it be needed, when at sea this forestay is. read more...

Kasuje - daily log Wed 26th March

Hi all,This will be our last log on this passage as we have some 140 nm to go and anticipate making landfall about 10 pm tonight our time. That's 07.30 Thursday morning in the UK.Many thanks for all your emails during the passage, we await them with eager anticipation and your good wishes help us through the less pleasant moments.Thanks also to my great crew on this leg ,firstly for looking after me during my bout of Montezuma's and for there patience on this long passage. This is the longest single passage and the furthest from landfall we will encounter on the whole world cruise and I think it is fair to say that we will all be glad to hit land.( Well not exactly hit land but gently come alongside). Fortunately the passage has been without incident, just the usual maintenance items and. read more...

Voyageur - Log day 94 - Westward Ho!

20 May 2010We are now on leg 7 and for this part, the rally was split into two groups. The first (those who did not take part in the Pearl Regatta) left three days ahead of us for Suwarrow in the northern Cook Islands and then on to Niue. This is because there is limited space for yachts within the Suwarrow lagoon and not enough moorings in Niue to accommodate us all. So Voyageur is in group two and at twelve o'clock opposite the Bora Bora Yacht Club the starting gun fired for our departure. Seven yachts crossed the start line, Voyageur, Ciao, Noeluna, Asolare, Liza, Tucanon and Sunrise. Skylark and Chessie are held up in Tahiti. Once through the pass it seemed that we would have the wretched light and fickle winds that had dogged us on the first couple of days of the regatta but by mid. read more...

Crazy Horse - May 21-Bora Bora

This will probably be our last day in Bora Bora. We have enjoyed our stay here and becoming members of the Bora Bora Yacht Club. The family atmosphere and their love and care of the local homeless animals and friendly and welcoming attitude toward transients is refreshing. Teiva and Jessica are the young owners of BBYC and have a lot on their plate with the reconstruction of the club since the hurricane came through here in Jan. '10.Yesterday Bill and I and Chessie went for a tour of the island with Henry who's family has lived here for generations. He showed us the anti-aircraft guns still left here from WWII. Some of the US soldiers from that war never left. So there are Americans dotting these islands leftover from WWII. You can get the idea that this is a wonderful place to live if. read more...

Graptolite - 2329 Miles Out

08:39.89S 127:29.30W Tuesday PM Pacific OceanThe wind and sea have been a little more Atlantic-like today with food, drinks and bodies all cheerily defying gravity when you least expect it.There have been few signs of life out there in the Pacific. No fish, no boats and no Bank Holiday traffic jams. Just some seabirds now and then which seem to be following us. So much for the old navigational method of following them!Bikini of the day - blue strings with big butterflies.M. read more...

Kasuje - Pigs might fly, no I think you mean fish!

Hi everyone,  Angela, Bruce and the Skipper put their heads together today to try and work out the itinerary for the rest of our trip . We have roughly 7 days to get from the Marquesas to Tahiti which is about 800 miles away. The distance between the two islands is not that far, but there are many islands in-between that we would like to visit. Also, and most importantly which island would be the correct place to open the celebratory champagne, this big decision is still undecided.  I thought i would go against the grain and suggest now! We are all getting rather excited at the prospect of seeing land.  We will get to the Marquesas on either Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Although you may think after 3 weeks at sea, what difference does it make which of the days we get. read more...

A Lady - " A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World,

THURSDAY 20th MAY 2010 (presently at sea, between Bora Bora and the Cook Islands ) We had a good night at sea, just one or two squalls, but even at that, the wind never went above 28 knots, but the squalls brought plenty of rain , and umbrella's are useless at sea. Not having the radar is a bit of a bummer, it is great for identifying the squalls and their direction. we miss that piece of equipment. However, we have the AIS working again , so we could see " Ronja" and " Dreamcatcher" for most of the night untill we went too far ahead of them and lost the signals. The range must be approx 15  / 20 miles, depending on the height of their AIS ariels. Early morning saw plenty of cloud and wind, A steady 22 / 25 knot trade wind, so we were averaging 8 knots.. read more...

Voyageur - Log day 93 - A "bizarre" request

18 May 2010 Straight after breakfast David and I took the tender around the next bay. In spite of our reservations at the time, we think the new tender is a brilliant little craft. From Zodiac called Zoom it planes extremely well, better than our other one. We still hope to have that one repaired when we reach Oz however. David went off to the bank for US dollars for Niue, while I went off to buy our fresh fruits and vegetables for the next couple of weeks to come. Examining his passport the bank teller seemed to take more than a passing interest in David asking where he was from and where he was staying. Finally he asked if he could speak to him outside. He left his station behind the counter and once outside asked if David had a weapon to sell!!! When David politely declined he asked. read more...

Destiny - Segler?s Traeume

Mittwoch, 17.5.2010Wir sind seit Bora Bora nun den dritten Tag auf See. Der Wind ist konstantaus OSO mit rund 20 kn, in Böen bis 27 kn. Unter Spinnaker, mit 15,6 knin der Spitze, rauschen wir unserem Ziel, dem Suwarrow Atoll entgegen.Steuermann ist der eiserne Gustav (Selbststeueranlage) und die Mannschafthängt traumverloren ihren diversen Gedanken nach:Wolfgang arbeitet an verzwickten Konstruktionen, mit denen er nun endgültigdie abstrusen Vorstellungen des Finanzamts Ludwigsburg vom Tisch wischenkann,Udo träumt vom Pilze sammeln im angenehm kühlen Spätsommerwald,Anne plant, auf dem von April bis Oktober nur von einem Mann bewohntenSuwarrow-Atoll ein stressfreies Nagelstudio ohne Terminprobleme zueröffnen,Michi träumt davon, einen Mahi-Mahi endlich mal an der Angelschnur auf'sBoot zu. read more...

Lady Kay - Running on the spot

In a bid to get to Hiva Oa more quickly, Kerry can be seen running on the spot. the work of callisthenics goes on (she claims that its keep fit!). We still have 550 miles to go and hope to be in Hiva Oa on the 29th (just a mere 4 more nights to go!). We have almost run out of fresh fruit and veg, with a single tomato and a lot of bananas left, time to dig out the vit C.IMG_0589_1_1. read more...

Whitbread - Another day at the office

to all the sailors and non sailors around the world today its german time again on yacht whitbreadheute nacht sind wir 14 tage auf seeich war noch nie solange auf see am stueck. die tage fliegen vorueber von einer schicht zum mittag von der naechsten zum abendessen dann in die nacht und schliesslich schlafen um am naechsten tag wieder am steuerrad zu sitzen. so vergehen die tage ziemlich schnell und jetzt sind also zwei wochen vorbei und wir segeln noch immer. die ersten 10 tage gingen echt schnell super kurs super wind und es fuehlt sich an als ob man auf einem riesigen drachen reitet (so fuehlt es sich zumindest fuer mich an) man sitzt da in der nacht und reitet auf den wellen man gleitet foermlich dahin es ist ein echt ueberweltigendes gefuehl mit nichts zu vergleichen was man auf. read more...

Crazy Horse - Leg 7

Yesterday 12 boats started on the seventh leg of the World Arc Rally '10-11.The boats were Tucannon, Liza, Voyageur, Thor VI, Ronja, Dreamcatcher, Ciao,A Lady, Sunrise, Asolare, Noeluna, and Gran Filou.Matt and I took photosfrom the dinghy as they started across the line. They were excited to getonto the next leg and sad to leave French Polynesia. Crazy Horse, Brown-EyedGirl, Ocean Jasper, and Wild Tigris are still here at Bora Bora for variousreasons and will move on within the next couple of days. Some of the fleetleft earlier in the week for Suwarrow.We may just move on to Niue since weare getting a late start.Yesterday Bill and I went with Ana and Jim to the restaurant called BloodyMary's. It has a wonderful decor and great food so we just can't resistgoing a 2nd time. They have. read more...

A Lady - " A LADY TRIP" Sailing around the World

WEDNESDAY  19th  MAY 2010 ( Presently about to leave Bora Bora for the Cook Islands) Crew for this trip :-  Stephen Hyde ( Skipper,) Donal Mc Clement, and John ( The scot ) Another beautifull day in Bora Bora. Interesting thing, looking back on the trip so far, and it has been a facinating trip, but nothing would or could prepare you for a trip like this, ( even with the help of World ARC, and they are great ) Almost all , if not all boats in the fleet, including ourselves have problems from time to time with things going wrong or breaking down. then there is the logistics of getting spare parts to where ever the boat is and then trying to find a quack to do the repairs ( thats if we cant do them ourselves) Believe you me, all this just gobbles up time and. read more...

Lady Ev.VI - Daily-Log Lady Ev.VI, 19.05.2010

hallo,auf dem Weg nach SUVAROV,das Schiff hieß so,das die Insel entdeckte,wird mir nach einem von Ulli unter großen Muehen aufgesetzten Filterkaffee langweilig und ich setze mich ans SSB-Geraet.Viel gibt es nicht zu berichten:- wir vier Maenner sind wohlauf, keiner hat sich in den Finger geschnitten, keiner beschwert sich ueber Etmale von 189 sm,Genua am Baum an Backbord und gerefftes Groß an Stb.Stimmung ist gut, wir sind bis zum Anschlag tolerant und machen uns z.B. darueber lustig, dass wir uns wohl zum Nachmittagskaffee umziehen muessten, wenn Damen an Bord waeren.- Joerg hat dem Olli Suessperlen vom Salon nach oben ins Cockpit hoch geworfen; die Dose ist natuerlich im Fluge aufgegangenund wir haben alle auf den Knien gelegen, um die Perlen wieder einzusammeln.- Um die Reling an BB. read more...

A Lady - Sailing around the World

TUESDAY   18th  May  2010   ( presently in Bora Bora ) Gosh, it was interesting here last friday night,  As you will have read, it was a cloudy night and about 22.00hrs, the whole sky lit up and remained lit up for a long time in relative terms, We all thought it was lightning,but there was no thunder and no more flashes,,  However we were informed later that it was a huge falling Star,  most unusual, and we were witnesses to it all . Wonderfull stuff.. 08.00hrs,, A very sloww rising, even with all the cocks crowing in the background,  The Skipper is still tired, the sore throat is still bothering him and no real improvement,, despite the antibiotics and spray's..  Its hard to believe that one could get sick or ill in a. read more...

Crazy Horse - Bora Bora Yacht Club

We made it here yesterday to Bora Bora and today we officially made it asmembers of the Bora Bora Yacht Club. Don't know how we will make it to allthe meetings during the year. Really the place is really great with open airwalls, thatched roof, sandy beach, great food, and wonderful company. Wecould really like it here!Tonight we went to Bloody Mary's. I think almost the entire contingencyhere from the World ARC went too. Jutta and Jochum from Chessie flew herefrom Tahiti to be with the fleet while their boat is being repaired there.It was wonderful to dine with them tonight and see all the other sailorstogether one last night before the start of the next leg tomorrow. The fishand meat was wonderful and prepared to our preferences. First time I had asalad to go with the meal for a long. read more...

Lady Ev.VI - Daily Log Lady Ev. VI, 17.05.2010

Ein Dream-Team ist auf Lady Ev. VI losgesegelt!Ulli Kramer, Dieter Dahlmann, Joerg Schoeddert und Gerd "Olli" Oldenburg sind von Bora-Bora nach Suvarow losgesegelt. Hat die Tragoedie der "Irrungen und Wirrungen" auf anderen Schiffen ihr Ende gefunden?Hat sich die Suche nach dem optimalen Schiff, gesteuert durch die optimale Crew gelohnt?Wir meinen: Ja!Selten hat sich teutonisches Ritter- und Heldentum in so kleinen, alten und teilweise haesslichen Maennerkoerpern darstellen lassen! Vielleicht haben sie Innere Werte?!Die Zukunft wird es zeigen!Guenstiger Wind und etwas zu viel Segelflaeche fuer Nachtfahrt haben uns erstmal an die erste Stelle der winzigen Fleet gebracht; morgen schon kann der Roundcall uns in helle Verzweiflung stuerzen, wenn Lady Lisa ihre fuehrende Position ueber. read more...

Jus'Do It 3 - a catch!

25.03.08 1pmWe continue to goosewing in 15-20 knots of wind, constant East direction all day. Decided not to gibe, and continue on parallel to the rum line . We pass miles and miles of long line fishing lines, see a large fishing boat on the horizon and hear what sounds like Japanese chat on the VHF. No other yachts to be seen. Mid-afternoon – A CATCH! We manage to hook and land a Long-bill Spearfish. The whole crew plays a part in getting in the long awaited catch of the voyage: Annie winches the line in, Ronnie pulls and guides the line, Ian is once again head gaffer, and Stewy videos the whole process! The fish is 5’ long and takes a good few halfs of vodka to knock it out! (following initial shot of Soft & Gentle Shampoo!) In no time at all, Stewy has it skinned and. read more...

Kalista - thawing out on a sail boat rocks

Finally got away from Hampton and it's odd magnetic forces trying to keep us all there, had to send home for more money and clean underwear. We've been on the water for three days and are learning about each of crew. Likes, dislikes and past history and future dreams. However I think I've given them all Ted overload with all my stories, when I enter the cockpit they all go below and when I can trap one they find a reason to leave even so far as to tell me they have to go visit their sick Grandmother. But on another note perhaps a shower would help.  We've had some excitement aboard: in the middle of the night (when else) our bilge pump started earning it's keep. We had water in the bilge, after the taste test we decided that it was salt water. Oh! Oh! Since the water coming in was. read more...

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