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Tag Archives: Ocean
Fourth Time Across Equator
Just at the crack of dawn this morning (Thursday March 12), we crossed the equator for the fourth, and last, time on our circumnavigation. We were over 100 miles off the coast of Brazil and there were no other boats … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic, Brazil, Equator, Ocean, Passages, sailing, South America, tahina
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Coasting Along Brazil and a Scary Boat
On Monday morning, before the crack of dawn, we passed the northeast corner of Brazil and passed a significant milestone both literally and figuratively. We finished crossing the wide open part of the South Atlantic Ocean, reached the South American … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic, Brazil, Ocean, Passages, sailing, South America, tahina
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Moving Along
We have been at sea for eight days so far, and expect to pass the north east corner of Brazil within the next 3 days. We have had some wonderful spinnaker sailing most of the way making nearly 200 miles … Continue reading
Southern Ocean Crossing Update
We left St. Helena on Thursday, 26 of February, with our planned destination of Trinidad 3700 nautical miles away. Leaving with us was the boat s/v Sanctuary with our friends Guy and Christine on board. Guy and I have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic, Ocean, Passages, sailing, St Helena, tahina
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Touring St Helena
St Helena is a unique volcanic island located in the South Atlantic about 2000 km west of Angola, Africa and 3500 km east of Brazil. The nearest land is actually the similarly isolated island of Ascension. Both islands are part … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, Atlantic, distillery, fort, harbor, house, Island, jacobs ladder, jamestown, mountains, napoleon, Ocean, sightseeing, St Helena, tahina, tomb, trees, volcanic
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Arrived at St Helena
After 7.5 days of sailing, and 1300+ nautical miles since Luderitz, we arrived at St. Helena this morning at the crack of dawn. We had lighter winds overnight, which turned out to be a good thing allowing us to easily … Continue reading
Sailing to the West
It’s a big Ocean out here. We have seen no land since Monday night, and it’s Sunday morning now. We have about 380 nautical miles left to go. We averaged 200 miles per day the first 3 days, which was … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic, Ocean, Passages, sailing, St Helena, tahina
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Good Start to St. Helena
We left Luderitz mid-afternoon on Monday with St. Helena over 1300 nautical miles away. There was a little coastal wind at the start, but it soon died off as predicted. We were waiting for a weather trough to die out … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic, Namibia, Ocean, Passages, sailing, St Helena, tahina
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2014 A Year of Travel Adventures
This year has been so filled with events that it has been very hard for us to document it thoroughly on the blog. There are so many places and things that happened, followed by even more things, that we simply … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, highlights, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Ocean, Passages, sailing, South Africa, summary, tahina, travel
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Lions Head 360 Panoramas
As was mentioned in the previous post, I took three 360 panoramas during our climb to the top of Lions Head the other day. Viewing these panoramas is the closest thing to actually being there without going. Truly spectacular views … Continue reading
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Tagged 360, Cape Town, cliffs, Coast, Hout Bay, Lions Head, mountains, Ocean, overlook, panoramas, rocks, Signal Hill, Table Mountain, tahina
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