19 October 2016 | Friday Harbour, Washington.
18 June 2016 | 48 17'N:124 03'W, Strait of Juan de Fuca
14 June 2016 | 47 30'N:127 35'W, Bamfield, B.C., Canada
13 June 2016 | 47 30'N:127 35'W, Approaching the Pacific North West
12 June 2016 | 45 31'N:131 13'W, Approaching the Pacific North West
11 June 2016 | 44 36'N:132 31'W, Approaching the Pacific North West
09 June 2016 | 42 25'N:135 40'W, Approaching the Pacific North West
07 June 2016 | 40 05'N:140 20'W, Day 15 : Hawaii to Canada
04 June 2016 | 36 40'N:143 30'W, Day 12 : Hawaii to Canada
03 June 2016 | 34 36.5'N:144 28.9'W, Day 11 : Hawaii to Canada
02 June 2016 | 33 00'N:145 32'W, Day 10 : Hawaii to Canada
31 May 2016 | 30 01'N:146 37'W, Day 8 Hawaii to Canada
30 May 2016 | 29 34'N:149 06'W, Day 7 Hawaii to Canada
29 May 2016 | 28 58'N:150 35'W, 6 day underway
26 May 2016 | 24 43'N:156 56'W, Third day underway
25 May 2016 | 22 56.8'N:158 02'W, Leaving Oahu
24 May 2016 | Honolulu, Hawaii
14 May 2016 | Honolulu, Hawaii
12 May 2016 | 21 11.6'N:157 42'W, Sailing to Honolulu
Pirates of the Caribbean
30 January 2016 | 12 09'N:68 17'W, Island of Bonaire
Bill/Scuppers
(Apology for Billy's "old news" but such good times I cannot resist).
Ships's Log Jan 28, 20 16 (note the old date but this is when he wrote this) 1500 local time.
Day 3 starting now, 48 hours since "splash" in Port of Spain, 26th. Terrwyn jibed this morning at 10:00 to port and 245 degrees T SW now on a rhumb line for Bonaire. Track is looking good for landfall tomorrow at daawn.
Two yachts had been boarded and stripped in December 2015 and Trinidad Coast Guard have responded with increased patrols by air and sea, encourage radio silence and night departures. These pirates appear not to be the Hollywood nor Samoli variety; not holding crew ransom or worse but pirates never the less and at large. They are operating exactly where we were headed off the Venezualan coast likely local ma & pa fishermen or local drug runners down on their luck. Consequently we sailed at night without lights initially East into 2 metre swells before "falling off" (turning off the Easterly Trade Winds) onto a NW starboard broad reach. This makes a dog leg hocky stick course NW and now SW away from Caracas. We also decided on a window of increased breeze 25 knots and gusty with 2-3 metre seas as the bad guys operate from open high speed 28 ft. skiffs, not fun in big seas. Not fun for Terrwyn also fresh out on our "shake down" hop. Today we both are feeling much better, galley is open. Fishing season still closed.
It has been exciting and with much flying fish and full sun today, all systems working well we hope to be on the mooring tomorrow afternoon. Today has been wonderful.
P.S. - We didn't quite make it to our Bonaire mooring as planned. Massage the vectors and numbers as we tried by midnight we accepted that we were not going to approach the anchorage in light. Therefore here we are "hove to" parked, 60 miles up wind and current under 2 knots drifting and celebrating my 63rd birthday. Beautiful Cathy all to my selfish self.
Terrwyn will trim sails and break away midnight to sail in dawn vs dusk - safer and even rested to find Bonaire anchorage.
P.P.S. January 30, 20:00.
We made it to Bonaire this morning as hoped. Lovely moonlight cruise and welcoming Police (ABC islands Coast Guard) boarding party. (See photo) Great guys! "Dormaars in black". The Dutch accent here is sweet and after yet another BD surprise dinner it's bedtime. Maybe sleep a full night and day.
Terrwyn is hanging on her mooring in another paradise bay.