Thursday 17 November 2016
The latest edition of ‘The Pacific Crossing Guide’ written by Kitty van Hagen and published by the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation has hit the shelves. We were pleased to be able to contribute to this voluminous work which not only covers places to visit in the Pacific but provides a wealth of information on…
Saturday 3 May 2014
On day 8, our SSB radio that allows us to send e-mails and blogs from the boat decided we should stay isolated from the world, wouldn’t play fair and added itself to the repair list. Being at sea for so long you try and slip into some form of routine but at the same time…
Monday 28 April 2014
So Adina is now 7 degrees south of the Equator and we have turned west heading for Hiva Oa, one of the Marquesas Islands which form part of French Polynesia. Being further south, the holiday brochure promised favourable current, no more rain, waves on the aft quarter, sunshine and flying the spinnaker. Ever read a…
Friday 25 April 2014
It seems that the middle of the Pacific is too far from land for Adina’s SSB email system, which is why there have been no blogs for a few days. They’ve been in touch via their backup short-message service on the Yellowbrick. Everything is ok and they passed their halfway point last Sunday. Stephen.
Friday 18 April 2014
Day 2, Sunday 13th, we were happily sailing and making nice progress. While the forecast was for no wind, we had 10-12 knots of lovely wind. The sun shone and it was hot. Out on the sea, large squadrons of flying fish were fleeing in front of the boat and we could admire small Petrel…
Monday 14 April 2014
Adina is on her way across the Pacific Ocean. Saturday morning, we woke at 7am and after final boat preparations were ready for the off at 7.40am. Our departure this time was very different to the start of our crossing of the Atlantic Ocean when we were one of 250 boats taking part in the…
Friday 11 April 2014
So our time in the fabulous Galapagos Islands is nearly up. We’ve been here just over 4 weeks and without doubt it’s been a trip highlight. But as much as we’d like to stay and play with the sea lions and penguins forever and a day, one must move on. We are looking to raise…