Wild Song

from the UK to the south Atlantic Ocean

01 August 2013
A final reckoning
26 May 2013
it's all over
24 May 2013
Speeding home
23 May 2013
Continental shelf
23 May 2013 | The Continental Shelf!
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20 May 2013
Head in cockpit locker, electrical triumph
19 May 2013
European waters. Fixing things.
17 May 2013
Course better. Tea worse.
17 May 2013
Rough
14 May 2013
On the way. Twice.
13 May 2013
Let the Last Leg Begin
10 May 2013
Scrubbing Day
08 May 2013
Big Yot, or Wot
08 May 2013
Back to Civilisation
07 May 2013
Horta!
05 May 2013
false start
03 May 2013
Farwell to Flores?
03 May 2013
Gradually getting sorted
02 May 2013
Trying to get back in the game...
30 April 2013
Peace at last

Crossing the Line!

25 March 2013
WILD SONG crossed the EQUATOR at 20.53UT at 25 18.4W.
Making celebratory scrambled eggs. Still motoring NW looking for wind. Forecast shows no wind for 300 miles yet: only two days’ fuel in tank. Suspect barnacle growth in tropical waters, boat sluggish not helping. Very disturbed swell now gone down.
Vessel Name: Wild Song
Vessel Make/Model: Victoria 38
Hailing Port: Falmouth UK
Crew: Paul and Libby Heiney
About:
Paul Heiney and Libby Purves are writers and broadcasters in the UK, are married, and have sailed together for over 30 years. Libby is also a monthly columnist for 'Yachting Monthly' magazine. [...]
Extra:
Both Paul and Libby have written about their sailing adventures. 'One Summer's Grace' is Libby's best-selling account of their voyage round Britain with their, then, two small children. Paul wrote of his solo transatlantic experiences in 'The Last Man Across the Atlantic'. The clue's in the [...]
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Who: Paul and Libby Heiney
Port: Falmouth UK
The Victoria 38 - Wild Song LOA(Length Over All): 11.4m LWL(Length Water Line): 9.3m Beam: 3.53m Displacement: 7,000kgs Draft: 1.9m Ballast: 2948kg Hull Material: GRP Engine/Fuel Type: Volvo MD 2040D Engine HP: 38hp
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