I entered the New Year still in George Town, Exuma and loving every minute, while the UK enters a new and indefinite full lockdown. I am waiting for three items to be delivered to me, and then I will begin […]
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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 …
My reading in 2025 is likely to be dominated by my sailing across the Pacific…past adventures, historical fiction and authors local to the South Pacific and South East Asia. The …
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 …
The feature image above is the Literary Lizard book shop in Placencia, Belize where I begin my 2024 adventure. It is likely that 2024 will be a momentous year for …
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 …
