Game Over - Headed for Cape Town Again
Once again my attempt to complete a solo circumnavigation has come to an end. On Xmas Eve the top quarter of the mail sail separated...
Merry Xmas and Seasons Greetings to All
Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, shopping (but I can’t do that), office and other parties, friends and family (none of that out...
Good News
Lately I have been a little wary as I have been passing through waters that caused me so much trouble last time namely broken end of...
Sailing Safe
I am wary in these waters as it was around here that most of the incidents leading to my withdrawal last year took place. For instance...
One Quarter of the Way!!
It’s all in the way you do the math but it is now 37 days since I set sail out of St. Augustine. Multiply 37 by 4 and you get 148 days...
Suddenness of a Squall
I am again in the waters that did so much damage to my boat on my first attempt. Just this morning I had my cereal and reconstituted...
Strategy Unfolding
If you take into account the priority of my goals which are: Return home safely Be the oldest to have circumnavigated non-stop,...
Hello Tristan and Hello Roaring Forties of the Southern Ocean
Good to see an old friend. Yes I am passing by Tristan da Cunha again, a towering volcanic island looking very much like a nuclear power...
Twenty Days Out from Bermuda - Where is Dodge?
Twenty days and some 3,600 miles from Bermuda, I find myself still neck and neck with Dodge Morgan and his 1986 record. He did better...
Equator Crossed
Cocktail Hour Begins Early - at 4:16 local time here yesterday, I crossed the equator. This called for a small bottle of champagne to be...