We have been going to windward now since midnight on Saturday night.  Windpilot steering has been spot on.  Wind has now come just east of south so we are making the islands.  Slightly stronger winds (15-20) has meant we have been reefed since lunch time yesterday.  Just easing now so soon we will shake out. […]

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Position: 2.317,-84.415 at 07:00 local, 13:00 BST 24hr run: 95.1 miles by GPS, 107.1 miles through wqter. ETA Galapagos at 5 knots: 11:20 local 24th May Wind: South 13 knots Sea: slight with SW swell 1.5m No chat today other things on my mind. David

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Position: 3.043,-83.007 at 07:00 local, 13:00 BST 24hr run: 106 miles by GPS, 113 miles through water. ETA Galapagos at 5 knots: 10:01 local Sun 24th May Wind: South west 9 knots Sea: smooth with SW swell 1m Great days sailing yesterday.  All to windward and virtually all nearly straight at Galapagos.  Wind has now […]

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Position: 3.363,-81.269 at 07:00 local, 13:00 BST 24hr run: 72.1 miles by GPS, 107.7 miles by log. ETA Galapagos at 5 knots: 15:29 local 24th May Wind: South West 12 knots Sea: slight with no swell Skye:  20% cloud cover Quietly tacking to windward.  Egret away to Columbia.  Time for books, concertinas, French on the […]

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Position: 3.990,-80.238  ,at 07:00 local, 13:00 BST 24hr run: 95.2 miles GPS,  112.6 miles log. ETA Galapagos at 5 knots:  05:21 local 24th May Wind: South West 15-18 knots Sea: lumpy with no swell Skye:  60% cloud cover no thunder clouds Isla del Malpelo is some 80miles to the west, a small island in the […]

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Position:5.565,-80.454 at 07:00 local, 13:00 BST 24hr run: 94 miles GPS, 92 miles log. ETA Galapagos at 5 knots: 19:35 local 23rd May Wind: South 8knots Sea: smooth with SW swell 1.5m Skye:  70% cloud cover no thunder clouds Light winds mostly just enough to sail hence below 100 mile 24 hour run.  Enough to […]

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Position.  6.979,-79.740 at 07:00 local 13:00 BST 16th May ETA Galapagos at 5 knts 14:20 23rd May Wind N 3 with thundery rain Left Isla Las Perlas at 12:00 yesterday.  We did what we often did on holiday with Puilladobhrain – got up early and had an hour on the beach before we set off. […]

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Position 8.401,-79.082 We have escaped Panama City.  Anchored off Pedro Gonzales, In the Las Perlas islands. Plan to scrub the bottom and fit the windpilot ready for the Pacific starting probably starting tomorrow. David

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Position:  9.5446,-78.9007. Lemmon Cays, San Blas Islands Distance run 1096 Sorry no e-mail yesterday.  We were on “final approach” at the time and then needed to hurry to catch the officials for permits etc.  Then we had to celebrate arrival. Was fed up about needing to have the windpilot self-steering gear repaired especially as the […]

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Position at 11:25 BST 11.008,-77.581 118 miles to go.  ETA at 5 knots 06:02 7th Apr Wind NE 5 We kept well offshore as we passed Columbia in the hopes of avoiding the higher winds and seas associated with the area just off the coast.  We have had 20-25 knots and seas large enough for […]

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