My “vague plan” to spend the winter months travelling somewhere warmer than an English winter has started today, 21 October, when I arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa and took an Uber from the airport to the Curiocity Hostel. Many airports […]
I landed at London Heathrow on Tuesday afternoon, and met with Alec, my eldest son, at the restaurant July for an Alsace evening. The next day I caught the train …
Francesco and I motored up river, although we could have sailed, because I wanted to arrive at Mar Marine around sunset. We arrived on time, and although I had to move …
Leaving Guatemala over the sand bar at Livingston I went aground for the second year running, and yet again called for Hector to pull me across. From there I anchored …
There’s a certain amount of Déjà Vu as I begin by saying that my plan for 2025 is to sail across the Pacific Ocean, and the first step is to …
This post should be “Panama 2024” but sailing passage plans are “written in the sand only to be washed away by the sea”. With incredibly short notice, Raul at Servimar in …
The short passage out of Belize waters to Ranguana Caye was good. Once through the Belize Barrier Reef I shortened both sails in 17 knot northerly wind and headed east …
I arrived in Placencia late on 28 December 2023 to be able to enjoy the New Year celebrations with cruising friends, which we decided to have in the Barefoot bar …
I arrived at the sea buoy marking the entrance across the sand bar at the mouth of the Rio Dulce at 13:25. The earliest of four different High Water times …
On leaving the anchorage on Tres Puntas I had already conditioned my mind to motoring the 100nm passage to Utila in the Bay Islands of Honduras, as the weather is …
