MOONBEAM: Circumnavigation 2013 - 2015
MOONBEAM INFO
Who: Capt Ken and Lil Bardon
Port: Marco Island, FL, USA
POSTS
FAVORITE LINKS
SAILING SCHEDULE 2015
FEB-MAR - Thailand, get boat ready for shipping to the Med
APR - boat in Marmaris, Turkey
MAY - sail from Turkey to Crete
JUNE - sail the Greek Isles, thru the Corinth Canal and up the Adriatic
JUL-OCT - Croatia, Italy, France, Monaco, Spain, Gibraltar
OCT-NOV - cross the Atlantic to BVI’s
NOV - Thanksgiving in the BVI’s
DEC - ?????
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SAILING SCHEDULE 2014
EARLY APRIL: depart New Zealand for Brisbane, Australia
MID APRIL - EARLY JULY cruise North towards Cairns along the Great Barrier Reef
JULY - OCTOBER cruise islands of Indonesia to Bali
MID OCTOBER - NOVEMBER sail from Bali to Thailand with a stop on Singapore
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SAILING 2013
JAN 13 - depart Marco Island for Panama
MAR 11 - Panama - Marquesas
LATE APR - Marquesas - Tahiti
MID MAY - Cruise Pacific Islands
MID JUN/JUL/AUG - Tahiti - Fiji via Cook, Samoa, Tonga Islands
MID AUG - Cruise Fiji Islands
MID SEPT - Fiji - New Zealand
OCT INTO 2014 - Moonbeam in New Zealand
FEB-MAR - Thailand, get boat ready for shipping to the Med
APR - boat in Marmaris, Turkey
MAY - sail from Turkey to Crete
JUNE - sail the Greek Isles, thru the Corinth Canal and up the Adriatic
JUL-OCT - Croatia, Italy, France, Monaco, Spain, Gibraltar
OCT-NOV - cross the Atlantic to BVI’s
NOV - Thanksgiving in the BVI’s
DEC - ?????
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SAILING SCHEDULE 2014
EARLY APRIL: depart New Zealand for Brisbane, Australia
MID APRIL - EARLY JULY cruise North towards Cairns along the Great Barrier Reef
JULY - OCTOBER cruise islands of Indonesia to Bali
MID OCTOBER - NOVEMBER sail from Bali to Thailand with a stop on Singapore
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SAILING 2013
JAN 13 - depart Marco Island for Panama
MAR 11 - Panama - Marquesas
LATE APR - Marquesas - Tahiti
MID MAY - Cruise Pacific Islands
MID JUN/JUL/AUG - Tahiti - Fiji via Cook, Samoa, Tonga Islands
MID AUG - Cruise Fiji Islands
MID SEPT - Fiji - New Zealand
OCT INTO 2014 - Moonbeam in New Zealand
29 December 2015 | MARCO ISLAND
13 December 2015 | MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA
11 December 2015 | KEY WEST, FLORIDA. USA (YEAH)
11 December 2015 | KEYWEST, FL
10 December 2015 | APPROACHING KEY WEST
08 December 2015 | SAILING THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA
07 December 2015 | APPROACHING THE EAST END OF CUBA
05 December 2015 | LEAVING LUPERON, DR
03 December 2015 | APPROACHING PUERTO PLATA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
01 December 2015 | ROAD TOWN, BVI
30 November 2015 | ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA, BVI
27 November 2015 | LEVERICK BAY, VIRGIN GORDA
23 November 2015 | 18 30'N:64 23'W, VIRGIN GORDA. BVI'S
21 November 2015 | 18 36'N:62 59'W, 75 MILES TO VIRGIN GORDA
20 November 2015 | 18 34'N:60 23'W, 220 MILES TO VIRGIN GORDA
19 November 2015 | 18 28'N:57 35'W, APPROACHING THE ISLANDS
18 November 2015 | 18 32'N:54 43'W, APPROACHING THE ISLANDS
16 November 2015 | 18 44'N:49 54'W, APPROACHING THE ISLANDS
15 November 2015 | 18 24'N:47 06'W, APPROACHING THE ISLANDS
14 November 2015 | 18 15'N:44 26'W, SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC
MONDANGO III
20 October 2014 | 04 03'S:111 14'E, 240 NM TO BELITUNG
KEN (PICTURE BY BRUCE)
We have been sailing for the last thirty six hours....no engine on. YEAH! The wind has been on our starboard hind quarter, and we have been doing between 7 - 8 Kts SOG at times.
We had a pleasant surprise yesterday when we got hailed on the radio by a ketch passing us 4 miles away.
"Moonbeam. Moonbeam. This is the sailing vessel Mondango III"
"This is Moonbeam, please switch to a working channel"
"Is there a Captain Ken on board?"
"Yes, this is him"
"This is Jeremy Smith, former captain of Splendido"
Well, it turns out that Splendido is owned by friends of ours, Michael and Daniel, and we met Jeremy in 2008 when he was working as a captain for them. Jeremy has been working on Mondango III for the last six months as first mate. Mondango is a new 56 meter ketch (that's 182 feet ---YIKES). The boat was built in Aukland, and has already been through the South Pacific, Australia, Indonesia and is on the way to Singapore now. We may be able to catch up in Thailand next January.
We had a pleasant surprise yesterday when we got hailed on the radio by a ketch passing us 4 miles away.
"Moonbeam. Moonbeam. This is the sailing vessel Mondango III"
"This is Moonbeam, please switch to a working channel"
"Is there a Captain Ken on board?"
"Yes, this is him"
"This is Jeremy Smith, former captain of Splendido"
Well, it turns out that Splendido is owned by friends of ours, Michael and Daniel, and we met Jeremy in 2008 when he was working as a captain for them. Jeremy has been working on Mondango III for the last six months as first mate. Mondango is a new 56 meter ketch (that's 182 feet ---YIKES). The boat was built in Aukland, and has already been through the South Pacific, Australia, Indonesia and is on the way to Singapore now. We may be able to catch up in Thailand next January.
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| Vessel Name: | Moonbeam |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Island Packet 485 |
| Hailing Port: | Marco Island, FL, USA |
| Crew: | Capt Ken and Lil Bardon |
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MOONBEAM INFO
Who: Capt Ken and Lil Bardon
Port: Marco Island, FL, USA
POSTS
FAVORITE LINKS
SAILING SCHEDULE 2015
FEB-MAR - Thailand, get boat ready for shipping to the Med
APR - boat in Marmaris, Turkey
MAY - sail from Turkey to Crete
JUNE - sail the Greek Isles, thru the Corinth Canal and up the Adriatic
JUL-OCT - Croatia, Italy, France, Monaco, Spain, Gibraltar
OCT-NOV - cross the Atlantic to BVI’s
NOV - Thanksgiving in the BVI’s
DEC - ?????
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SAILING SCHEDULE 2014
EARLY APRIL: depart New Zealand for Brisbane, Australia
MID APRIL - EARLY JULY cruise North towards Cairns along the Great Barrier Reef
JULY - OCTOBER cruise islands of Indonesia to Bali
MID OCTOBER - NOVEMBER sail from Bali to Thailand with a stop on Singapore
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SAILING 2013
JAN 13 - depart Marco Island for Panama
MAR 11 - Panama - Marquesas
LATE APR - Marquesas - Tahiti
MID MAY - Cruise Pacific Islands
MID JUN/JUL/AUG - Tahiti - Fiji via Cook, Samoa, Tonga Islands
MID AUG - Cruise Fiji Islands
MID SEPT - Fiji - New Zealand
OCT INTO 2014 - Moonbeam in New Zealand
FEB-MAR - Thailand, get boat ready for shipping to the Med
APR - boat in Marmaris, Turkey
MAY - sail from Turkey to Crete
JUNE - sail the Greek Isles, thru the Corinth Canal and up the Adriatic
JUL-OCT - Croatia, Italy, France, Monaco, Spain, Gibraltar
OCT-NOV - cross the Atlantic to BVI’s
NOV - Thanksgiving in the BVI’s
DEC - ?????
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SAILING SCHEDULE 2014
EARLY APRIL: depart New Zealand for Brisbane, Australia
MID APRIL - EARLY JULY cruise North towards Cairns along the Great Barrier Reef
JULY - OCTOBER cruise islands of Indonesia to Bali
MID OCTOBER - NOVEMBER sail from Bali to Thailand with a stop on Singapore
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SAILING 2013
JAN 13 - depart Marco Island for Panama
MAR 11 - Panama - Marquesas
LATE APR - Marquesas - Tahiti
MID MAY - Cruise Pacific Islands
MID JUN/JUL/AUG - Tahiti - Fiji via Cook, Samoa, Tonga Islands
MID AUG - Cruise Fiji Islands
MID SEPT - Fiji - New Zealand
OCT INTO 2014 - Moonbeam in New Zealand