Category Archives: Passages

Fish Stories and Screw Ups

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We left “BarackObama” Bay (my nickname for Baramahamay Bay) the next morning at the crack of dawn. Our objective was only 35 miles away, we motored out the river (no wind here anyway) and then got out the river mouth … Continue reading →

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Continuing Down the Coast and Photos

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Frank Taylor

In our last post, we had been traveling from Nosy Be and had stopped for a night at Russian Bay. The next day we had a fantastic lunch stop at Nosy Iranja – a fantastic beach island with a white … Continue reading →

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Wildest Ride Yet

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We left Sainte Marie on the 15th of August intending to sail 320 miles to Diego Suarez. The winds forecasted were 15-20 knots until we got closer to Diego Suarez where 20-25 knots was expected. Since the angle of the … Continue reading →

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Next Stop Réunion

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We plan to leave today for the French island of Réunion. It is only about 140 nautical miles from Port Louis, Mauritius (where we are now) to Le Port, Réunion. It will be an over night trip and we aren’t … Continue reading →

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Passage to Port Louis in Mauritius

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Frank Taylor

On Tuesday morning we completed the clearances to leave Rodrigues starting at about 9 AM. Our friends on s/v Gryphon 2 decided to leave in the morning as well. Karen and I got in the dinghy and rode back to … Continue reading →

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Passage to Rodrigues Complete

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Frank Taylor

Yesterday we arrived safely at Rodrigues Island (part of Mauritius) after 2005 nautical miles of sailing and 11 days 2.5 hours from leaving Cocos. The picture here is as we sailed towards the island at a nice 11 knot speed … Continue reading →

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Fish for Dinner and Weather Woes

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Frank Taylor

At the end of what we hope is our last day of light winds, on Thursday, we were motoring in calmer seas and sunny skies. Mid-afternoon our fishing rod went WHEEEEE. Karen reduced the throttle on the engine (to slow … Continue reading →

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Leaving for Rodrigues 2000 Miles Away

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Frank Taylor

Today we are leaving for Rodrigues Island – the easternmost island of the country of Mauritius. It is almost 2000 miles from Cocos Island where we are now. It should take us between 9 and 12 days to get there. … Continue reading →

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Cocos Island Arrival

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We had to pay close attention to our sailing today to ensure we maintained more than 8 knots of speed the rest of the day, so we could arrive before dark at Cocos Island. Since we had been maintaining 8 … Continue reading →

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Day 3 to Cocos

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Frank Taylor

The first two days we had lighter winds than we hoped at times. It made it a bit challenging because we had to tweak the sails due to variable conditions in order to keep our speeds up. But, there were … Continue reading →

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