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
A GOOD BREEZE AND FRESH BOTTOM PAINT
16 May 2015 | 36 02'N:25 52'E, BETWEEN TURKEY AND CHANIA, CRETE
NANCY
It is 9:00 AM and I am sipping a freshly brewed cup of coffee. And sailing. Turkey long departed, 20 hours ago.
Crete and the port of Chania, 110 miles ahead on a course of 253.
After a bumpy and cold overnight with little sleep, motoring into a head wind, confused seas, and a field of fishing vessels, this is pure heaven. Moonbeam, at 52 feet and 30 tons, likes a good breeze to get going. We have that, with 18-20 kts apparent, wind on the beam. Speed through the water is averaging in the high 7's and even pegged a 8.5.
Better, one half hour after first writing this, beam winds picked up, boat speed then averaging in the 8's with an occassional surf on a wave for a peg at 9.4! Waves 2-4; boat really cruising along.
WooHoo! As good as it gets!
Isn't this why we fell in love with sailiing in the first place? !!
Crete and the port of Chania, 110 miles ahead on a course of 253.
After a bumpy and cold overnight with little sleep, motoring into a head wind, confused seas, and a field of fishing vessels, this is pure heaven. Moonbeam, at 52 feet and 30 tons, likes a good breeze to get going. We have that, with 18-20 kts apparent, wind on the beam. Speed through the water is averaging in the high 7's and even pegged a 8.5.
Better, one half hour after first writing this, beam winds picked up, boat speed then averaging in the 8's with an occassional surf on a wave for a peg at 9.4! Waves 2-4; boat really cruising along.
WooHoo! As good as it gets!
Isn't this why we fell in love with sailiing in the first place? !!
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| 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