7th January 2012 7th January 2012Back in the Northern HemisphereGuppy and I have crossed the equator again so we have now left the southern hemisphere and jumped from summer to winter in the northern hemisphere […]
8th January 2012 8th January 2012Going through the doldrumsToday was overcast with squalls bringing rain and wonderfully refreshing showers to me, at first… But the squalls intensified and the showers turned to strong, heavy […]
9th January 2012 9th January 2012Wild Water, Pooring rain and Dancing DolphinsTo a windless night with squalls followed another cloudy day with even more squalls. And the rain has not stopped all afternoon. Even after I had […]
10th January 2012 10th January 2012I think we made it out of the DoldrumsThe gusty and heavy squall that brought 40 knots winds and pouring rain finally dissolved with the night. Today the wind has settled to a nice […]
11th January 2012 11th January 2012Only 12days to go, I’m not ready to arrive yet.All night and today we had good wind and the shining sun made for a very hot day today. But the worst of the doldrums is […]
12th January 2012 12th January 2012Back in the trade windsThe waves are rolling nonstop over deck now that Gup and the Trade Wind have found each other… And so between the closed hatches and the […]
13th January 2012 13th January 2012Getting sloshed around like in a wash-machineWithin no time the waves have built up, becoming high and steep. The sea has been changed into a cooking pot and aboard of Guppy it’s […]
14th January 2012 14th January 2012Waves & Flying FishThe wind keeps pulling us ahead. Happily the waves are longer now so less of them end up in the cockpit which makes my life aboard […]
15th January 2012 15th January 2012Getting slapped in the face by a.. fishThe wind has calmed down a little and the hatch to the cabin can stay open. Also I can sit on the deck and easily check […]