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Aristea Wanderings
Planning to leave Punta Arenas on or about Jan. 15 for Rio de Janiero
Vessel Name: Aristea
Vessel Make/Model: Swan 47
Hailing Port: NYC, USA
The Crew: Jim Phyfe, Peter Holmes, Jon Arnason, Brian Lee
About: Peter, a friend from Padanaram; Jon, a long time sailing companion on several off shore sails and old friend, Brian; a new friend and wilderness expert.
Extra: Heading for Bermuda and then home!
Recent Blog Posts
19 March 2010
The Aristea has been directed into unknown territory to explore a newly-discovered territory called the Bermoothes and report back to Star Fleet Command.
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17 March 2010
March 17, 2010
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16 March 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010--We continue to have wonderful weather and a consistent east wind at 15-20 knots. We are sailing along at about 7.5 knots, and consistently making 170 miles a day. We are trying to decide which crew member gets sacrificed to Neptune to ensure we continue to get good winds. [...]
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15 March 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010--. Having continued to do the cooking, I made the mistake of heating up frozen lasagna last night. It was too rough to use the microwave, and using the oven for an hour brought the cabin temperature up to (it seemed) around 150 degrees. Astoundingly enough, my fellow shipmates [...]
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14 March 2010
Sunday, 14 March 2010--Bumpy Night But a Smooth Morning. As twilight came last night with the wind at 25-30 kts, we tucked in a 3rd reef just before dinner to get us through the period of darkness without having to reef further. (Remember, we're cruising, not racing.) We left the genny rolled in so [...]
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13 March 2010
Ahoy all ABFs (Aristea Blog Followers);
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13 October 2008
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16 October 2008
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