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November 12, 2016
Position: 21º 8.742′ S 35º 6.378′ E So glad that night is behind us. We returned to Convivia after the taco party to find the boat pitching wildly in a Northerly 20 knots. We hipped fatty and checked our anchor snubber and went below to put the kids to bed. After a few rounds of […]
November 12, 2016
Position: 21º 8.718′ S 35º 6.492′ E Yemaya arrived today with tons of fish. The kids have been reunited with their friends, and are happily creating animals out of felt while we all bop our heads to Frances England. Tonight is Trevor’s Birthday (Happy Birthday T) and we are talking about a fish taco and […]
November 11, 2016
Position: 21º 8.7′ S 35º 6.492′ E We arrived at first light in B. Diaz. There is nothing here but a little spit of sand and apparently it gets pretty rolly when the tide covers the sand. That said, it is beautiful in its way, and we are delighted to be here. All is well.
November 10, 2016
Position: 20º 15.708′ S 35º 50.328′ E The last 24 hours has followed the same pattern as the previous days of this passage. Many hours of tedious motoring (and hand steering) followed by some of the best sailing imaginable. Today the whole family was engaged in dreaming about our future. The kids both drew pictures […]
November 9, 2016
Position: 18º 48.222′ S 37º 46.128′ E Last night was one of the best nights of passage I have ever had. The exhilaration of gently flying across the ocean at 9 knots with nary a chop to the water, combined with the bright moonlit, star filled sky was an overwhelming experience. Add to that the […]
November 8, 2016
Position: 17º 52.23′ S 40º 23.952′ E We sailed really nicely all night under a starry sky. We have a 2.5 knot current with us now and are flying towards Mozambique at 8ish knots. It’s strange to be in the middle of the Mozambique channel on the biggest news day of the decade (in the […]
November 6, 2016
Position: 17º 9.63′ S 42º 9.3′ E We motored for 12 hours last night, hand steering the whole time. Not fun. To balance it out we had a small meteor storm and a gorgeous moon set. We are sailing again now and spirits are high. All is well.
November 6, 2016
Position: 16º 34.98′ S 43º 47.178′ E Heavy rains last night helped us balance our water supply. The sailing has been, by and large, excellent. Spending our days playing family games and listening to podcasts and our nights staring up at an impossibly starry sky. All is well
November 5, 2016
Position: 15º 52.002′ S 45º 20.598′ E What a fantastic way to start a passage. We have been steadily increasing speed all day. At the moment we are beam reaching at 7 knots in nearly flat seas. About an hour ago we overtook a big local schooner that had smoked us earlier in the day […]
November 4, 2016
Position: 15º 46.026′ S 46º 14.694′ E Katsepe will be our final anchorage in Madagascar. Just five miles from the big smoke, but feels as remote as many of the small islands we have visited here. Lots of nets to dodge, kept the sail interesting! All is well.