Saturday 24 October 2015
Leaving behind the ugly port of Sorong, Susie and I set sail for Raja Ampat. Meaning ‘the Four Kings’ it’s renowned for being one of the world’s best diving destinations and was one of the reasons we had chosen the route we were following. First we had to find a safe spot to get ashore…
Saturday 24 October 2015
Formalities can be a real bane for cruisers sailing around the world – there is always a lot more paperwork to complete and a lot more officials to deal with than when travelling by aeroplane. We had to sail south to check out of Papua New Guinea at a town called Vanimo which doesn’t have…
Wednesday 7 October 2015
We’re not doing a very good job of keeping the blog up-to-date at the moment! We’ve just enjoyed a few relaxing days in Kampongpasar in Sulawesi which is famous for its traditional wooden Indonesia Phinisi boats built on the beach. For Susie it will remain more famous for discovering avocado with chocolate drinks. We’re off…
Saturday 3 October 2015
At 2am on a moonlit morning we left the Hermit Islands of Papua New Guinea, our sailing timed so we would have the sun overhead to safely see our way into the lagoon of the remote Ninigo Islands located sixty nautical miles to the north-east. More importantly we’d planned our arrival to coincide with ‘The…
Sunday 27 September 2015
Adina has crossed north of the Equator. Given we’re known as a gin and tonic boat it seemed only apt that we offered Neptune a little nip of gin. It was a bit early in the day so an Oreo biscuit was offered too! We’re only dipping our toe in the Northern Hemisphere for a…
Thursday 24 September 2015
Congratulations to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston who was awarded Sailing Today’s ‘Sailor of the Year’ Award at the Southampton Boatshow which we feel was richly deserved for one of the greatest sailors of our time. Sam Fortescue, editor of Sailing Today magazine had this to say in presenting the award “Is there no limit to the accolades garnered…
Saturday 5 September 2015
Rising to a windless dawn Adina motored off leaving little Ungalik Island behind, people getting in their dugouts paddling to school or heading out to tend to their gardens on the mainland. An hour later, still motoring, our navigation instruments all went blank. They were powered up but with no data, so no depth, no…