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
OUR LIMO HAS ARRIVED
11 March 2015 | FIVE MILES SOUTH OF KO NAKHA NOI
KEN
Moonbeam has finally been hoisted on the freighter to Turkey. Now I need a vacation.
Sunday. Sail to recommended anchorage near where the freighter will be anchored to get ready for a 7 AM Tuesday lifting. Meet up with friends made during the Indonesian rally that are also planning to ship to the Med.
Monday. The only motorboat in the rally, Southern Star, has volunteered to take the group out to watch the boat loading in preparation for our own experience. We only saw one boat loading due to adverse weather conditions.
Tuesday. Predawn wake up alarm to await call for Moonbeam to up anchor and approach the freighter. Call comes at 4 PM. We are finally in the slings next at 8:30 (sorry, no pics due to nighttime), and then board dinghy for five mile ride back to shore. We are almost at shore, and we get a call to come back. Again, adverse wind conditions, so we have to go back and 'unsling' Moonbeam and take an anchorage near the freighter. 11 PM, finally settled at our own anchorage.
Wednesday. 7 AM call to raise anchor again and approach freighter. All goes well, and by 8:30 AM we are back in the dinghy heading for shore waving goodbye to Moonbeam. NOW YOU ALL KNOW WHY I NEED A VACATION.
Sunday. Sail to recommended anchorage near where the freighter will be anchored to get ready for a 7 AM Tuesday lifting. Meet up with friends made during the Indonesian rally that are also planning to ship to the Med.
Monday. The only motorboat in the rally, Southern Star, has volunteered to take the group out to watch the boat loading in preparation for our own experience. We only saw one boat loading due to adverse weather conditions.
Tuesday. Predawn wake up alarm to await call for Moonbeam to up anchor and approach the freighter. Call comes at 4 PM. We are finally in the slings next at 8:30 (sorry, no pics due to nighttime), and then board dinghy for five mile ride back to shore. We are almost at shore, and we get a call to come back. Again, adverse wind conditions, so we have to go back and 'unsling' Moonbeam and take an anchorage near the freighter. 11 PM, finally settled at our own anchorage.
Wednesday. 7 AM call to raise anchor again and approach freighter. All goes well, and by 8:30 AM we are back in the dinghy heading for shore waving goodbye to Moonbeam. NOW YOU ALL KNOW WHY I NEED A VACATION.
Comments
| 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