30th June 2011 30th June 2011What a bilge pump alarm and cockroaches have in common.I feel much better today, so things are going in the right direction. But I can’t say it is the same with the wind although I […]
1st July 2011 1st July 2011Fight with the Code 0 & a squallFinally some winds… And they are here for awhile. Early this morning there was some light wind but by the time I had all the sails […]
2nd July 2011 2nd July 2011When there’s no wind at least I have an SSB radioYeah – wind blowing since yesterday. But it kept playing games on Guppy so I was busy all day adjusting the sails and correcting course. At […]
3rd July 2011 3rd July 2011Wind! YayI had planned my route to sail close to Palmerston Atoll [Southern Cook Islands], so that maybe I could see it … But sadly it was […]
4th July 2011 4th July 2011Changed my mind & courseGup and I have decided not to stop in Niue but to go directly to Tonga. Via SSB radio all the sailors who have been to […]
5th July 2011 5th July 2011Using Duct tape as anti chafe is NOT a good idea..The wind keeps merrilly fooling around… Last night it shifted to the North, which was great. So this meant that I just had to unrig the […]
6th July 2011 6th July 2011A meeting on open oceanAfter many hours on a close course that felt like being on a rocking horse the winds slowly faded. Guppy made good progress and from going […]
7th July 2011 7th July 201135nm to goThere is a pretty wind blowing again, but at this time I don’t really want it. Guppy is now going too fast! I have 35 nautical […]
8th July 2011 8th July 2011Arrived in Tonga – Vavau & some Pictures from the crossingI am moored in Tonga. Last night I tried to sail very slowly, but I still was too fast even after replacing the Genoa by the […]