Yacht Larus
A slow circumnavigation
| Vessel Name: | Larus |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Slipper 42 |
| Hailing Port: | Southampton |
| Crew: | Tim Chapman and Nancy Martiniuk |
| About: | Sailing together since 1988 |
| Home Page: | Http://www.sailblogs.com/member/yachtlarus |
18 June 2016
Blog is moving
There is no perfect blog site for those of us who have almost permanent internet challenges, however we're moving from Sailblogs now to a new blog site. The posts here will remain but all future posts will be at;
21 February 2016
Every cloud has a silver lining
It came to light during the Boat show that the boat's insurers were insisting that the delivery skipper had an Ocean endorsement on their Yachtmaster ticket. Tim doesn't have this. He's had his Yachtmaster for over 20 years and in those days Yachtmaster Offshore was the highest level of certification. [...]
03 December 2015 | Nanny Cay, Tortola, BVI
Blog 78 - Cruising once again
Having just reread our last blog, I'm pleasantly surprised to find that it was pretty much spot on.
03 June 2015 | Antigua
Work, Work and more work.
It is an awfully long time since our last blog and we really haven't been doing much other than working.
27 October 2014
On the hard Chaguaramas and crusing in Tobago
Spring this year, April to July, found us working pretty hard. Summer found us spending our hard earned gains treating Larus and ourselves to some TLC. While Tim and I visited friends and family in Canada and the UK, we left Larus on the hard in Coral Cove Marina, Chaguaramas, Trinidad in the care [...]
19 October 2014 | Trinidad
New paint job
Couldn't resist painting the boat at Trinidad prices. Looking gorgeous in a slightly warmer shade of white. Also rolled on 4 more coats of Coppercoat for good measure.
04 July 2014 | Bequia
We’re still here!
And by ‘here’ I mean, Guadeloupe, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Marten and the British Virgin Islands. We have been working quite a lot over the last few months, and are currently in the Grenadines doing nothing but looking after Larus and pleasing ourselves.
02 March 2014 | Chaguaramas, Trinidad
The Run Up to Carnival
Trinidad is obsessed with Carnival. I've read that between Carnivals, the Trini's are either reminiscing about the previous Carnival or planning for the next.
24 January 2014 | Bequia
Charters and Bequia
Both Tim and I have been out on charter. I worked for two weeks in Guadeloupe on a 70' Flagship catamaran while Tim got called out to a short notice charter in the BVI.
Atlantic crossing day 7
1331 nautical miles to go.
I had planned how I was going to cook the fish in the morning meal when the winds were quite light. By the time I was doing the prep and then putting it all together, we were beating in to a Force 5 - still it all went according to plan. but I baked it with an Asian marinade and served it with Pad Thai. The flesh of the mahi mahi is pure white and it was wonderful. That will be dinner tomorrow night has well.
Tim's 2100 to 0000 watch was definitely drawing the short straw. I was asleep and oblivious but that part of the night was a frustrating mix of sailing in no wind or squalls. By the time I got up for my watch, the squalls had passed and we were back to sailing, motoring sailing, motoring, etc until daylight. We prefer to motor at night and drift during the day if there are very light winds. We altered course and headed down to 16 degrees latitude in the hope that we'll fine more wind soon.
Having said that - as we bob a long at 3 knots - the day is beautiful. The sky is enormous and trails of fair weather clouds pass slowly overhead. There is a long gentle two or three metre swell. It's like being stationary while an endless rolling landscape slides beneath you. Tim noted that it's silent as well. There is no sound of curling waves or the rushing sound that you expect with so much movement. And the sea is blue blue blue, and so clear we can see sunbeams arrowing down into the depths.
We're looking forward to passing the year that construction of the Hagia, Istanbul, began in 1300. But not as much as we're looking forward to the year when Hadrian's Wall was built, 122, and that of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Thank you all.
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