L'Aventura Voyages
| Vessel Name: | L'Aventura |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Privilege P42 |
| Hailing Port: | Oban |
| Crew: | Andy, Sue, Iona, Keir |
| About: | We are all healthy, wealthless and not so wise. |
03 June 2009 | Enroute to Tobago
26 May 2009 | Portsmouth, Dominica
14 May 2009 | Tintamarre
02 May 2009
30 April 2009 | Tintamarre
10 April 2009 | Spanish Point, Barbuda
28 March 2009 | Spanish Point, Barbuda
27 March 2009 | Low Bay, Barbuda
26 March 2009 | Low Bay, Barbuda
25 March 2009 | Enroute to Barbuda
25 March 2009 | Enroute to Barbuda
19 March 2009
19 March 2009
18 March 2009
18 March 2009 | Marigot, St Martin
07 December 2008 | St George, Grenada
12 August 2008
Recent Blog Posts
26 May 2009 | Portsmouth, Dominica
Second Chances and Brave Endings
We left the rain behind in Deshaies - except for a feisty squall that popped the top two slugs on our main. All patched up yesterday. So, the sun shone in the enchanted islands called Les Saintes. An idyll of lush green vegetation, picture perfect red roofed houses, French style and Creole charm. [...]
A Tuna Day
25 March 2009 | Enroute to Barbuda
Andy Byatt
A fairly early 0430 start.
Left Simpson Bay, St Maarten with a light breeze and a starry sky. Jogged along with a couple of cruise liners lighting up the night sky - hence our name for them "Obscene Splendour". Went rather close to an anchored Freighter that had no anchor light on at all. No answer to the VHF despite the fact I had their name - Panagia. Dangerous and slack... So all ye sailors beware the bad ship P.
I came off watch at 0800 - safely past the islets of St Barths. With Io now on watch, Keir and I decided to risk hooking up a barracuda and set the lines despite the shallow water. Almost immediately we hooked up a good fish and feared the inevitable Barry (we toss them back in case of ciguatera poisoning). Keir speculated as he worked the reel - could be a barracuda, a kingfish or a tuna. To everyone's delight 10 minutes of winding the trusty reel revealed a beautiful 10lb blackfin tuna. Got the boat speed down to 3 knots and Keir made his a happy day by successfully bringing the fish in. So a lovely plump tuna sits chilling in water ready for shasimi tonight. Hurrah. Io now a tad seasick (because of the fishy smell) and Keir cured of seasickness because of the adrenalin.
The wind direction is good for a direct sail to Barbuda but a tad light so we are plodding along gamely. We'll see how things go - may have to fire up the engine again this afternoon.
Will be running the water maker later - so we're gonna be in grand shape once we arrive at Barbuda's west coast.
And now let's see if this first remote post works....
C ya.
Andy
Left Simpson Bay, St Maarten with a light breeze and a starry sky. Jogged along with a couple of cruise liners lighting up the night sky - hence our name for them "Obscene Splendour". Went rather close to an anchored Freighter that had no anchor light on at all. No answer to the VHF despite the fact I had their name - Panagia. Dangerous and slack... So all ye sailors beware the bad ship P.
I came off watch at 0800 - safely past the islets of St Barths. With Io now on watch, Keir and I decided to risk hooking up a barracuda and set the lines despite the shallow water. Almost immediately we hooked up a good fish and feared the inevitable Barry (we toss them back in case of ciguatera poisoning). Keir speculated as he worked the reel - could be a barracuda, a kingfish or a tuna. To everyone's delight 10 minutes of winding the trusty reel revealed a beautiful 10lb blackfin tuna. Got the boat speed down to 3 knots and Keir made his a happy day by successfully bringing the fish in. So a lovely plump tuna sits chilling in water ready for shasimi tonight. Hurrah. Io now a tad seasick (because of the fishy smell) and Keir cured of seasickness because of the adrenalin.
The wind direction is good for a direct sail to Barbuda but a tad light so we are plodding along gamely. We'll see how things go - may have to fire up the engine again this afternoon.
Will be running the water maker later - so we're gonna be in grand shape once we arrive at Barbuda's west coast.
And now let's see if this first remote post works....
C ya.
Andy
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