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09/01/2020

Sweet Dream - Sunday January 5, 2020

Morning at the Penguinden apartment we stayed in overnight at Simon’s Town, then in the afternoon we went to a picnic in the park concert at Kirstenbosch Botanical gardens. Such a lovely venue, good family fun listening to the local talent of Craig Lucas, Paxton, and Jimmy Nevis. image0.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Sunday January 5, 2020
Sweet Dream - Sunday January 5, 2020
09/01/2020

Amazing Grace - Amazing Grace Log 2: Preparation is the Key to Success

It’s now T-2 days until we set sail to Colombia. And we are NOT READY. But we’re getting there 😊.In the meantime, our days are filled with seminars about the route, weather, currents and tides, best places to provision, can’t miss places to explore, etc. etc. My novice sailing brain can only follow about 50% of it, but Captain Dave is soaking it all in so he can teach us along the way.You guys have a lot of questions for us about the route: Why go westward? What about hurricanes and bad weather? Why not spend more time in Indonesia since you’re already over there? Isn’t this dangerous? And to those we can confidently say that for a circum-navigation expedition in under 2 years, this has been well thought out and we’re sure it’s the right trip for us.Sailing west allows us to pick up the. read more...


Amazing Grace - Amazing Grace Log 1- Monkeying Around
Amazing Grace - Amazing Grace Log 1- Monkeying Around
09/01/2020

Amazing Grace - Amazing Grace Log 1 - Monkeying Around

Over the last week, we’ve spent countless hours packing, organizing, traveling, and preparing for our around the world trip before arriving in beautiful St. Lucia about a day and a half ago. Don’t get me wrong, the preparations aren’t over, and we have a long day of work provisioning, safety inspections, installing sails, etc. ahead of us. But we took a break to prioritize “keeping the crew happy” (the most important thing, according to Captain Dave) and explore this magnificent island.Upon arrival, our first break was the beginning of rally happy hour with the other World ARC boats. Of course, beers by the boats while meeting new people is right up our alley. We met people on boats from all over the world (heavily Great Britain, Australia/New Zealand, and Scotland/Ireland/Belgium). Our. read more...


08/01/2020

Sweet Dream - Saturday January 4, 2020

Penguins! We rented an apartment at Penguinden in Simon’s Town. Spent the afternoon and evening with these cute little buggers. Just heavenly! Best day ever!image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Saturday January 4, 2020
Sweet Dream - Saturday January 4, 2020
08/01/2020

Sweet Dream - Friday January 3, 2020

Wine tour day....Anura and Vrede and Lust. Cape wines do not disappoint!image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Friday January 3, 2020
Sweet Dream - Friday January 3, 2020
08/01/2020

Sweet Dream - Thursday January 2, 2020

We booked a table at The Crypt, a famous old Live Jazz club in the basement of St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town,..paid $600 rand for the booking, took an Uber there. Our table was for 19:00. We arrived at 18:58. The doors were padlocked shut and there was a crazy homeless guy camping out in a tent on the doorstep. NOT the scenario I envisioned for a fabulous night out in Cape Town with my daughter and her boyfriend. We ended up having a lovely evening across the street in a less cool venue, The Taj hotel. Live music, good Cape wine, and delicious food. Still...very dissatisfied with The Crypt for taking our money to book a table and not even being open...lamest nightclub in the world! Oh well! image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Thursday January 2, 2020
Sweet Dream - Thursday January 2, 2020
08/01/2020

Sweet Dream - Wednesday January 1, 2020

After a quick breakfast and coffee we ubered up to the Table Mountain Tram and enjoyed fellowship with the Nimbus crew who were also in the que. We picked a perfect day, as it was clear to start, then the tablecloth came down. We walked all over at the top, and then had beers in line while waiting to come down. image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Wednesday January 1, 2020
Sweet Dream - Wednesday January 1, 2020
08/01/2020

Sweet Dream - Tuesday December 31, 2019

Last day of 2019. What a fabulous year we’ve had Twelve countries visited, 22,000 miles of ocean crossed, untold numbers of wonderful people we have met. Looking forward to a great new decade in 2020. My daughter and her boyfriend, Brad, joined us for a few days of holiday making. image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Tuesday December 31, 2019
Sweet Dream - Tuesday December 31, 2019
06/01/2020

Amazing Grace - Log Day 1 - Monkeying Around

  1/6/2020, 9:09 AM 14°04.5200N; 60°56.9590WOver the last week, we’ve spent countless hours packing, organizing, traveling, and preparing for our around the world trip before arriving in beautiful St. Lucia about a day and a half ago. Don’t get me wrong, the preparations aren’t over, and we have a long day of work provisioning, safety inspections, installing sails, etc. ahead of us. But we took a break to prioritize “keeping the crew happy” (the most important thing, according to Captain Dave) and explore this magnificent island.Upon arrival, our first break was the beginning of rally happy hour with the other World ARC boats. Of course, beers by the boats while meeting new people is right up our alley. We met people on boats from all over the world (heavily Great Britain,. read more...


06/01/2020

Domini - Log 1 - Official Number

We are preparing for our Voyage Around The World here in St Lucia, and we have been issued with our official race number. Not that it’s a race of course. It’s a rally. (Unless by some remarkable fluke we actually win, in which case it’s definitely a race.)The kind people at ARC Rally Control have issued us with the same number as our boat length, so that’s one less thing to remember.Which at our age, has to be a good thing.Ju & LynLyn on Number 47. read more...


Domini - Log 1 - Official Number
Domini - Log 1 - Official Number
31/12/2019

Sweet Dream - Monday December 30, 2019

Dive party....in the howling wind that ripped through the marina, our gas grill spun on it’s mounts and dropped bits in the water...heroic efforts of Captain Lars, Joe from Charm, and Todd from EQ2 were all to no avail....but it made for great happy hour conversation.image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Monday December 30, 2019
Sweet Dream - Monday December 30, 2019
31/12/2019

Sweet Dream - Sunday December 29, 2019

V and A waterfrontimage1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Sunday December 29, 2019
Sweet Dream - Sunday December 29, 2019
31/12/2019

Sweet Dream - Thursday December 26, 2019

Cape Town!image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Thursday December 26, 2019
Sweet Dream - Thursday December 26, 2019
31/12/2019

Sweet Dream - Tuesday December 24, 2019

Merry Christmas Eve!image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Tuesday December 24, 2019
Sweet Dream - Tuesday December 24, 2019
21/12/2019

ARC 2019 - Rodney Bay marina - Sailing Greatcircle (ep.152)

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20/12/2019

ARC 2019 - Arriving in Saint Lucia - Sailing Greatcircle (ep.151)

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21/12/2019

Skyelark of London - ARC Finish

It was nice to have a daylight arrival for a change!Team Skyelark crossed the finish line at around 7 am local time - we had boatsin sight ahead and behind and the last evening at sea was spent trying toimprove and maintain our position. There was some suspicion amongst the crewthat Kitty was letting out sail to speed up, and Steve was sailing extra milesin order to sway the arrival time for our ETA competition - the coveted prize helming Skyelark across the finishline. The winner was Kitty whose estimate came within a recordbreaking 15 mins! We crossed the line in fine style,  slightly overpowered with all sailsblazing, a fridge full of cold beers and a frittata in the oven. Smiles allaround, and a  great sense ofachievement as we were welcomed into the marina and handed. read more...


Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
Skyelark of London - ARC Finish
20/12/2019

Sweet Dream - Thursday December 19, 2019

Fun times with the crew of Lunatix and Babsea!image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Thursday December 19, 2019
Sweet Dream - Thursday December 19, 2019
Meltemi - Fehlende Fotos 4
Meltemi - Fehlende Fotos 4
Meltemi - Fehlende Fotos 3
Meltemi - Fehlende Fotos 3
Meltemi - Fehlende Fotos 2
Meltemi - Fehlende Fotos 2
Meltemi - Fehlende Fotos 1
Meltemi - Fehlende Fotos 1
19/12/2019

Greatcircle - ARC 2019 - Getting closer to the Caribbean - Sailing Greatcircle (ep.150) new music

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19/12/2019

Karhammel IV - News from Karhammel IV

News from Karhammel IV, Thursday December 2019 19th :Our last –at sea, Las Palmas to Santa Lucia- messageAbout the broken jib : After 12 hours sewing, 132 holes in the ropes+head sail, 792 knots,the reparations allow the jib to work : grey plumber tape over the 6 sewed ropes & 12 jib weaknesses over the crema-white sail allow an original, excentric look, indeed, J J.Strong winds, 30-33 knots are our daily life, with a rough sea – 4 to 6 m,4 to6s, « crossed swells ». Main issue is that Karhammel IV is badly rolling,everything is flying across the cabin, including the crew members.Our hydrovane, Jean-Louis is working fine & beautifully : yesterday morning, his previous somehow neurastenic face welcome us completely illuminated with red nose –we immediateay checked but neither the. read more...


19/12/2019

Sweet Dream - Wednesday December 18, 2019

Today we rode the blue line hop on hop off tourist bus to enjoy getting off the boat and out into the city awhile. The weather was perfect, the countryside is gobsmackingly gorgeous, the food was delicious, and had a grand time investigating places to explore. In the evening we had a fun time of fellowship with Helmut and Barbara from Babsea, and Helmut’s sister Marion and her husband, Otto at the night market. image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Wednesday December 18, 2019
Sweet Dream - Wednesday December 18, 2019
19/12/2019

Sweet Dream - Tuesday December 17, 2019

Happiest of Holidays! This is a fantastic place to be celebrating in!image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Tuesday December 17, 2019
Sweet Dream - Tuesday December 17, 2019
19/12/2019

Sweet Dream - Monday December 16, 2019

Day of reconciliation! Beautiful concept. The world needs more of this!image1.. read more...


Sweet Dream - Monday December 16, 2019
Sweet Dream - Monday December 16, 2019
19/12/2019

Hatha Maris - Hatha maris day 20 / 14/12/19

Saturday day 20 / 14/12/19The final countdown (It’s a wrap .... only 100 more to eat ;-) )This is my 5th Transatlantic crossing and my longest one, ending tomorrow by sunrise in Rodney Bay after 19 1/2 days of great sailing with 6 awesome crewmates and a marvelous;) skipper. There is a lot of chitchat going on during watches which kept me from sleeping at times but made me smile very often. Everybody new to sailing made big progress and skills get polished. In my watch group people like to ride the squalls and surf the waves. The girls longing to arrive and join the party. Words to listen to: chop shop, bare off, keep it down, push ;) Words of wisdom: stay on course, TGV, 150 wind angle, faster! Looking forward to my first rum! Love corinneOh well, what a journey! I will arrive back home. read more...