Mr Legoman, who has been with us from the start of our journey, now feels safe to come out and enjoy the trip. He has a walrus face and when we asked for a name back came John Lennon since he sang “I am a walrus”! Staying in the rope locker he felt trying to [...]

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So now you know we’re off on probably the longest crossing, Panama to Marquesas with possible with stop over at Galapagos. So you won’t hear from me for a while, but I do have something to amuse you. We have taken pictures of various signs, do you know what they mean?

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So no comments on the windward vs leeward islands question. My thoughts are that it relates to where they are on the voyage from Europe and back. Sailors travel south from Europe to nearly Cape Verde Islands then across to caribbean. They return to Europe via Bermuda and Azores. So you would conclude all your [...]

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So we have been sailing here for 6 weeks and got used to the grouping of the southern islands as the Windward Islands (Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada) and the northern islands as the leewards (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua etc). We are in the North East trade winds. How are the northern islands to leeward [...]

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Now the competition, Link here to original post (opens in new window).I’ve not had any correct answers so the holiday for 2, wide screen TV and the flight to the moon will have to be carried forward to the next competition, but I guess you want to know what the wooden blocks were for. They [...]

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So what do you think this is for?  Specially made by David with the left over bits from the plank, the one we found in El Ferrol.

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