Friday 1 April 2016
Adina departed the small fishing harbour of Mirissa, Sri Lanka, at 5.40am on 28th March, just as it was starting to get light and at around the same time the early morning fishing boats were heading out. The Coastguard came down to ensure we were indeed leaving which was a relief as we were never…
Sunday 27 March 2016
With legs still in shock from the climb up and down Adam’s Peak, Susie and I jumped onto two more lurching, go-as-fast-as-you-possibly-can buses and headed to the town of Kandy. On arrival we got into a tuk-tuk but didn’t progress very far as the roads were closed to traffic with what looked like an up-coming…
Monday 21 March 2016
It feels strange to think we’ve been in Sri Lanka just two weeks, it feels so much longer. For Susie and myself it’s been just the tonic (with gin, of course) we needed. A new culture, friendly people and wonderful sights all within short distances of each other. In fact it wouldn’t be wrong to…
Wednesday 2 March 2016
Our final day at sea proved to be one with good winds in the 20 knot vicinity and lively boisterous seas. There don’t seem to be many of us crossing the Indian Ocean this year compared to last year but a month ahead of us are three boats, two of whom we’d met in Malaysia,…
Monday 29 February 2016
Day 7 dawned with sunny skies, a steady sea state of 1-2m waves and light winds. The parasailor had flown all night keeping us on course. The boat felt steady, we were no longer continually holding on and we could walk around comfortably. We were doing 5-6 knots, it was near perfect as we walked…
Sunday 28 February 2016
The wind went east yesterday meaning it was hard for us to stay on our rhumb line. Cruisers love rhumb lines and do their utmost to stick to them. It’s only racers who go veering off course chasing speed – nine out of ten times they are of course dead right but we shall not…
Saturday 27 February 2016
During the morning of day 5 we passed our halfway mark for the passage – always a good reason for some cheer. Just a paltry 560 nautical miles to go. We can almost smell that Sri Lankan curry! The weather forecast was spot on again as the winds blew 22-25 knots – but more sensational…