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 10
910 nautical miles to go.
Discovered ham in fridge, purchased in Las Palmas needed cooking sooner than later. The next few dinners will be �'ham�' themed. Tonight it was fried ham with boiled pots, cabbage and carrots and a cheese sauce. Tomorrow will be fried ham and egg on sauteed potatoes with roasted aubergines, butternut squash, onion and green peppers and a cheese sauce.
We finally have wind and are making much better time. Day 10�'s 24 hour run was a very respectable 138 nm.
Much excitement was had at about 0200 in the morning. A ship, �'Happy Rover�' and Larus were on a collision course �-We�'ve seen the distant glow of 2 other ships in the distance at night, but you really don�'t expect to see anything that close in the middle of the Atlantic let alone intending to use the same but of water.
This is one of the joys of AIS (Automatic Identification System) ships must carry it and because we can send and receive from our set as well we both got warnings of when and how far away we were due to pass based on our current speeds and courses. As a sailboat, our course and speed is much more variable than a ships we swing from side to side and accelerate/ decelerate depending on the wind and waves. It makes it more difficult to know if their course was in front of us, behind us or on top of us.
They had altered course, as we knew they would, but called up to check anyway they were too far away for us to see their navigation lights - and they passed us to the stern by less than a nautical mile. Neat.
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