Hello everyone, We are here! Relaxing and partying with the best of them but doubt we are consuming rum punches as fast as Thindra’s crew. The Swedes are in a class of their own. Thindra is a Swan 60 with eight for a crew which was moored up alongside us in Las Palmas. Seems so [...]
Posts Tagged ‘generator’
THE SKIPPER’S REPORT
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged accident, adventure, Amel, ARC, batteries, beards, beautiful, blog, charge, cockpit, crew, Crossing, cruising chute, dark, DB Consulting, deck, engine, finish, food, fruit, fuel, funny, gas, generator, genoa, goose wing, halyard, Katharine, knots, Las Palmas, mainsail, Maximillian, mizzen, parasail, Pigeon Island, power, problem, Rodney Bay, rum, sailing, scary, spinnaker pole, squall, St Lucia, swell, tea, Thindra, voyage, wind on December 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
244 nautical miles to go!
Posted in Crossing, tagged ARC, batteries, boat, cooking, crew, crusing chute, deck, exciting, finish, generator, happy, helm, Mark, Maximillian, Moonstruck, spinnaker pole, spirit, squall, Tristan, VHF, winds, yacht on December 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We are getting so close! After 2456nm, 244 does not seem a big number at all. Our water supplies are doing very well, I think we’ve only used about half of Maximillian’s water tank. Fresh veg is out now, apart fro an onion or a potato or twwo but we do have some jars of [...]
When will they arrive?!
Posted in Crossing, tagged blog, generator, Katharine, Pamela, Simkins, St Lucia on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hi everyone – Pamela here… Because of generator problems, the Simkins clan aren’t able to write long blog posts at the moment But keep an eye on the Twitter box on the right hand side of the blog, as Katharine is sending me occasional tweet updates from the ocean. Now they’re getting close to [...]
First catch & fun and games with the generator, again.
Posted in Crossing, tagged beautiful, boat, cooking, crew, Dad, dark, engine, fishing, generator, helm, horizon, John, Mark, Maximillian, moon, problem, Roxy, sailing, Skyelark, swell, Tristan, VHF, yacht on November 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It may not have done our average speed any favours, but we had the most beautiful day’s sailing yesterday. The swell was running much more easily and right behind us so that we surfed the waves without any crazy slewing around which was fun. The sun was out and the sails were balanced really nicely [...]
